“p up to get m itsn mm anl e‘fir lturu stepped up to get penalty and then in the swedish girl they pulled off a magnificent save to keep that shot out and to keep sweden 1—0 ahead. some? casty why christine sinclair, the candle a captain, didn't take that penalty. —— some questions as to why she didn't take the penalty. she is the usual penalty taker. sweden did have a chance later on, a penalty shout that was wheeled out. for a previous offside infringement on their way into that. and then there was a late bit of drama in the stadium, a free kick right at the end that canada had. keep up, but it was all to no avail. sweden through to the next round where they will face germany and four years ago germany knocked sweden out of the world cup and then, three years ago, at the olympics, they won the olympic final. germany gold, sweden

silver. there is a little bit of history and perhaps something sweden will be looking for a bit of revenge. indeed. earlier was saw the usa creep past spain, needing two penalties to go through. not as dominant as we're used to seeing them? yes, from the team that was scoring so yes, from the team that was scoring so freely in the group stages with 18 goals, suddenly today in the round of 16 games against spain, it all came down to the spot kicks and it was megan who put them ahead. seven minutes in from the spot, spain equalised a couple of minutes later. spain were really frustrating this us side. we didn't see them at their best. spain posed a question, a different type of style and the usa have come up against. it hasn't been under pressure in this tournament so far. interesting to see how the defending champions were coping. and then megan again towards the end who stepped up for the second penalty. she slotted it home, got them the win. big relief for the

defending champions. they weren't at their best. here in paris, on friday night, is where we will have the blockbuster quarterfinal. usa are going to be taking on the hosts, france. many people are saying these two are the top two teams in this tournament so far. the hosts against the defending champions on friday night in paris, certainly going to be interesting. it certainly is. thank you very much for that. what a matching story. what a matching story. big news from the premier league — newcastle united are looking for a new manager after confirming rafa benitez will leave the club, when his contract finishes at the end of the month. in just over three years at st james' park, the spaniard led the side back into the premier league — guiding them to mid table finishes in the last two seasons. patrick gearey reports. ina time in a time of little glory, rafa benitez was hope. newcastle's figure of stability in three years of ups, downs, rebellions and rows. the

anger towards owner mike ashley and the boardroom contrasted with the love towards the dugout. but the relationship between the two could not hold. today the club said it is with disappointment that we announce it had been a coup back in march 2016 when newcastle headed for relegation signed up benitez, a champions league winning man manager —— manager who had just left a real dread. he brought back optimism, array of light that spread over the next season in the championship. newcastle went up as champions and though there was little money to spend, bennett has guided them to tenth in the premier league, then 13th this season. he could only defy the tide so long. as the season empty made it clear he needed money to keep newcastle buoyant. we are in the same position as before. i came

here because i could see potential andi here because i could see potential and i want to see team competing to be between seventh and tenth. at the moment it seems if you analyse the tra nsfer moment it seems if you analyse the transfer fee, the wages moment it seems if you analyse the transferfee, the wages bill, everything, we are too far away. we would like to stay close like eve ryo ne would like to stay close like everyone here. what he said diplomatically was being screened more forcefully from newcastle's fans. mike ashley says he wants to sell the club but rumours of ta keovers sell the club but rumours of takeovers haven't become anything material. the anger could be muffled by bonito is's achievements on the pitch, until now. he has been asking for what he believes is necessary for what he believes is necessary for the club to progress. that would be investment on the pitch. players and so on. but also investment off the pitch. we are playing catch up 110w. the pitch. we are playing catch up now. if we don't start to invest, then we are falling further and further behind. unfortunately i think that's what's going to happen

110w. think that's what's going to happen now. we want ashley out! a group of newcastle fans are making their views on the club is my direction clear. the feeling that in losing bonito as they have lost much more than a manager. some more football news to bring you now. england have failed to win their final game of the under 21 championships. they drew 3—3 with croatia. england took the lead three times, but couldn't hold out for the win. josip brekalo with the croatian equaliser with eight minutes to go, afterjonjoe kenny thought he might have won it for england. the result means they come third. progression to the next stage was already ruled out before this match. in the africa cup of nations, ivory coast beat south africa to go level with morocco at the top of group d. jonathan kodjia scored the only goal of the game to give the two—time winners the victory in cairo. elsewhere in the tournament, angola earned a point against group e favourites tunisia in suez, as djalma cancelled out youssef msakni's first—half penalty. the 32—year—old took advantage of a rebound from goalkeeper farouk ben mustapha. defending champion caroline wozniacki

is through to the second round of nature valley international at eastbourne. she beat belgium's kirsten flipkens in straight sets. earlier karolina pliskova made it to the last 16. world number one ashleigh barty has pulled out with an arm injury. it's been announced this afternoon that italy will host the 2026 winter olympics and paralympics. skating sports and ice hockey will be held in milan, while most alpine skiing events will take place in the resort of cortina. italy'sjoint bid beat stockholm to stage the event. bangladesh are still in with a shout of reaching the semi finals of the cricket world cup. with a 62 run win, over bottom of the table afghanistan. bangladesh batted first after being put in, and made 262 for seven, with mushfiqur rahim top scoring with 83. afghanistan were always struggling to keep up with the required run rate

and were eventually bowled out for 200. bangladesh are fifth in the table — just a point behind fourth place england who play australia tomorrow. more on that game now. the hosts will be without star batsman jason roy again tomorrow at lords. he's still recovering from a hamstring injury. england themselves are trying to recover from their shock defeat to sri lanka in their last match, their second defeat of the tournament. australia will have steve smith and david warner, facing england for the first time since their ball tampering bans. joe wilson has been speaking to both captains. it is england versus australia at lord's in the world cup. that in itself might be enough to grab your attention, but let's consider the jeopardy for england in this match. another defeat and they would face the growing possibility that there would be —— they would be missing out on the knockout stages in their own world cup. what role with the home crowd play in this match? we have already seen india's captain, the right colleague, instruct his fa ns

the right colleague, instruct his fans not to boot steve smith. and david warner for fans not to boot steve smith. and david warnerfor their fans not to boot steve smith. and david warner for their part in the scandal during this tournament. what policy will eoin morgan pursue? do you see it as your role to give any kind of indication or instruction to the crowd about how they should behave? no. they pay a lot of money, i suppose they can do what they want. they do. sport is beautiful in many ways because it attracts people from far and wide. people can get carried away with home support and away support. everyone has had support at the ground throughout the tournament. if not more so than the home team. it will probably be the same. do you feel you have two, after what happened in the last game, prove you can win matches under pressure? the guys have performed under pressure for a very long time. the pressure of being favourites for the last two years. i

have no question about producing pressure. australia's captain is expecting an aggressive response from england plus my players on the pitch. as for an aggressive reception from england's fans, basically, no worries. if anything it has given a bit more motivation. asa it has given a bit more motivation. as a player you don't tend to hear a lot of stuff from the fans, you hear noise at times but not specifics. i'm sure that is the last thing from a steve or dave's mind when they are walking out to bat. if a handful of people or a whole stadium are billing them, it doesn't make any difference to how hard they watch the ball or how hard they doubt themselves or anything like that. it isa themselves or anything like that. it is a bit of white noise, to be fair. while england were chasing and collapsing in their last world cup game against relying her, in australia's match david warner made 166. there is a lot to look forward to hear at lord's. can't wait for that match. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers.