At 11. But england booked their place in the final with two late goals. Lauren hemp taking advantage of some hesitancy in the Australian Defence to put england back ahead in the game. Alessia russo then found space on the right hand side with four minutes to go to net a third and confirm englands place in their first ever World Cup Final. So england now take on spain in the womens World Cup Final on sunday. Our reporter emily brown was watching the game at lioness ella toone s former club, astley and tyldesleyjunior Football Club in manchester. And our crew there captured the moment lauren hemp scored englands second goal. Cheering. Earlier, i spoke to former england captain, gillian coultard, and footballer Natasha Dowie and got their reaction to the lionesses win against australia it has been a long time coming. Obviously i went to the 1995 world cup and got knocked out in the quarterfinals but everything has improved 1,000 . I cant believe how much investment has been put in there,
It was 1990 when tracy edwards skippered the first all female crew to compete in the whitbread round the world yacht race 12 women who changed the face of sailing forever. heather thomas is the new skipper for the ocean globe race and, at 26, is even younger than tracy was when she raced maiden. yeah, it was a bit of a shock when tracy asked me to be the skipper of maiden, but i was really honoured that she let me look after her baby and take it around the world, and very, very excited to be able to skipper an ocean race for the first time. six years ago, tracy rescued her beloved boat from the scrapheap in the indian ocean. fully restored, she now sails the world as a floating showcase to promote and support education for girls. and so her crew for the race is international.
Canada is experiencing its worst wildfire season on record forcing the evacuation of more than 160,000 people. the maiden yacht broke records in 1990 by racing around the world with an all female crew. now, she is preparing to compete again, taking on 1a other yachts in the ocean globe race. john maguire has the story. like threading the eye of a needle, maiden squeezed through the especially opened deck, of tower bridge in london. every time she embarks on a voyage, she and her crew break records, smash glass ceilings, and make headlines. just as they have for more than 30 years. it was 1990 when tracy edwards skippered the first all female crew to compete in the whitbread round the world yacht race,
The whitbread round the world race. now after years of neglect she s been restored and is back in the water. jon maguire has been to the solent to meet the crew. maiden has been breaking records for more than three decades. when tracy edwards skippered the first all female crew to complete the whitbread round the world race in 1990. four years ago, she was rescued from the seychelles and brought home for a major refurbishment. she set sail once again, this time to promote girls education, but her voyage was cut short by the pandemic. it was horrendous, because we were just getting into our stride. we were finding out that not only could maiden raise money for girls education and programmes, but also the inspiration, you know, that she takes with her around the world. she sails in somewhere, and she is iconic, and young women, girls, they see maiden, they see the all female