West African Regional body ecowas had given the countrys junta a week to reverse its coup which has seen Mohamed Bazoum placed under house arrest. The bloc threatened military intervention if the demands werent met by sunday. But the deadline has now passed, so far, without action. But a short time ago nigers junta warned the threat is still there. Translation the planning of this war has been carried out. Free deployment has begun in two Central African countries. Our armed forces and although defence and Security Forces backed by the unfailing support our people are ready to defend the integrity of our territory and the honour of our homeland. France has suspended all Development Aid to nigers neighbour, burkina faso after its Military Government said it would see any intervention against the coup leaders as a delcaration of war. Thousands of people gathered sunday in the main stadium of nigers capital in support of the coup, Chanting Anti French Slogans and waving russian flags. The
Loss against sweden. Three us players, inlcuding theirstar, megan rapinoe, missed in the deciding penalty shootout. Now on bbc news sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, im paul scott At The Bbc Sport centre heres whats coming up. Not to be england fall short in their bid for Netball World Cup glory. Over and out megan rapinoe s dream of further world cup success comes to an end, as sweden book their place in the last 8. And bouncing back Mathieu Van Der Poel recovers from this crash to become world road champion. We start with disappointment for englands netballers. They have fallen just short in their quest for world cup glory, after losing to australia 61 45 in the final in cape town. Ben croucher reports. In cape town, if you try to take on all the dramatic scenery, you could miss what is right in front of you. Cut out the distractions, remove the noise for englands roses, their sights were set on one thing. A step into the unknown in a first World Cup Final. England started o
We begin in niger, where the Breaking News in the last half an hour is the military leaders who staged a coup say they have closed the countrys airspace over what they called the threat of intervention against them. The announcement came as a deadline expired for them to restore the ousted president or face the possible action from the west African Regional grouping known as ecowas. Earlier thousands of people gathered in nigers capital to support the militaryjunta, despite International Condemnation of the soldiers actions. Some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. And algeria, which Borders Niger to the north, has said it is categorically against armed intervention. France says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore nigers elected president. Nigers Prime Minister was in paris on saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the countrys embassy. He has dismissed that pro coup protests are taking p
Been selected for the world cup. she s certainly not alone. the list of star players who have missed out on this world cup because of acl injuries is really long, and they re from some of the top ranked teams, including england, the us, the netherlands and france. many are calling this an epidemic and say it s hurting the women s game. it s like a who s who of the best players from england, forward beth mead and leah williamson, holland s vivianne miedema and france s delphine cascarino. in fact, it s an injury that impacts women up to eight times as much. there s a number of reasons for this. according to experts, women sjoints, including the knee, are often looser and have a greater range of motion. there s less muscle mass there, making the area less stable. the way women land from jumps is often different. it s even thought the menstrual cycle can have an impact. it s been very clear to those of us involved in treating football players. dr andy williams is a leading knee surgeon