wicketkeeperjonny bairstow, who then carried the protester off. the second was wrestled to the ground by security staff. the delay was about five minutes and three arrests were made. just stop oil protesters have disrupted other sporting events in england this year, including the premiership rugby final and the world snooker championship. megan rapinoe says the world cup next month will be a transformational moment in women s sport, with the game enjoying a period of major growth and with her usa team s successful fight for equal pay ending successfully last yea r. the previous tournament in 2019 was overshadowed by the uswnt s dispute with their own federation and they won a second world cup in a row despite it. but as rapinoe and the squad chase a third trophy in succession, she says the event in australia and new zealand will take place in a unique context. the sort of acceptable cognitive distant ants and just denial of what we actually are and i think those days are read