Fans are getting ready for the big game in spain too. The womens game there has seen an explosion in popularity, with the number of women players in federated leagues increasing by almost 200 from 2009 to 2022. Heres one of them. Translation the way they are showing us they are breaking down barriers time and time again the collective Bargaining Agreement a few years ago, the professionalisation of womens football, all this, and also the way they represent the values of sport for me and i think for all of us is a complete inspiration. Off the field during this competition, there have been serious conversations taking place about womens sport and its place in the world, including pay equality. The total prize pot for the womens world cup is 110 million thats a 300 increase from the 2019 tournament. But by comparison, its significantly lower than the 1140 million pot for the mens tournament in qatar last year. At the beginning of the competition, analysis by cnn found that female players
the bbc football commentator john motson, who has died at the age of 77. also coming up in the programme. australia hold their nerve to reach their seventh consecutive women s t20 world cup final with a tense five run win over india. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start today s programme with news that a new independent regulator of men s football in england is to be established for the first time. the announcement follows a recommendation by a fan led review last year. the main purposes of the proposed new regulator will be stopping english clubs from joining european breakaway leagues, preventing financial failings at clubs, introducing more stringent owners and directors tests, giving fans more power and ensuring a fairer distribution of money down the english football pyramid. the significant move aims to protect english football s cultural heritage. here s just some of the reaction to the proposals starting with the premier league chief executive richard masters. w
celsius in some places. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. tributes are paid to england world cup winner george cohen one of the heroes of 1966, who s died aged 83. the premier league is back on boxing day and all eyes are on mikel arteta who s arsenal side top the pile. and some more history for sam curran, the star of england s t20 world cup win breaks an indian premier league record, in today s auction. hello there and welcome along to the programme and tributes continue to be paid, to george cohen, one of england s world cup winning heroes of 1966. who has died at the age of 83. cohen played every minute of the tournament, including the famous 4 2 win over west germany. his passing, means there are only two surviving members of that side. cohen, who played for fulham all his career, was also a mentor to former players. very sad at the news today. george was not only a mentor to me but also a good friend. in the club is very sad to hear of his passing
investigators and frankly looked like from the outside it could be going cold but after more than a month and a half, 19,000 tips and dozens of local states and federal law enforcement officials working on this case, they finally made an arrest in the murder of four of those students. 28-year-old brian kohberger is being held without bond for first-degree murder. he was in court and denied bail. an s.w.a.t. team from the pennsylvania state police made the arrest at his parents house at 3:00 in the morning. eastern pennsylvania, 2500 miles away from moscow, idaho. he faces four counts of first-degree murder along with felony and burglary. more information of the case is sealed until kohberger is back in idaho and serve with an arrest here. police are confident they have their suspect. what i can tell you that we have the individual in custody committed these horrible crimes and i do believe our community is safe. we need to be vigilant, right? reporter: it was back in the
it is hot out there. here is susan powell with a look at the weather picture. hello. the uk faces the prospect of extreme heat in the days ahead. the met office has issued a red level warning for monday and tuesday, where it is anticipated rising temperatures will have impact on infrastructure and just the way we can go about our day to day lives. portugal and spain have experienced crippling heat through the last week, and the heat is going to be migrating northwards into france on sunday and then for the uk, monday and tuesday offers the prospect of temperatures widely at least 10 celsius above average for the time of year. overnight, we will see some rain pushing out of northern ireland into scotland and northern england, but already it is warmer than it was at the same time on saturday. 3 4 degrees at the end of the night, saturday morning, if you like, across northern england, we are looking at the mid teens first thing sunday, the warmer air is beginning to push in. the