world cup. and japanjoin them after beating costa rica 2—0. england unchanged for the final ashes test which means a0 year old bowlerjimmy anderson keeps his place. and a year and counting until the paris olympics begins as they prepare to put on the most sustainable games of all time. we begin at the women's world cup where japan and spain have become the first teams through to the knockout stages of the tournament. both teams looked in impressive form spain easing past zambia and japan seeing off costa rica to maintain their perfect starts. canada are close to joining

them in the last 16 afterfighting back to knock ireland out. drew savage reports. determine football was and will do for a start. 12 years since they won the world cup and just seven years old and she made history with their second gold in costa rica becoming the country strongest scorer at a women's world cup. japan replaced spain on monday to decide who wins group c and who goes through in second place. the qualifiers in style for the 5-0 the qualifiers in style for the 5—0 win against zambia raise them on their way and it hasn't been the best introduction to world cup football for zambia. ginny and albert at two more each. a draw againstjapan when the group and the captain is

playing down expectations. favourites? no, ido playing down expectations. favourites? no, i do not think we are one of the favourites. you have to go game by game. now we have the game against japan in the middle of the round of 16 and we cannot think beyond that. we'll sustain the present but the future is in our heads because that is her dream in our objective be champions. pressure, we like it. i champions. pressure, we like it. ., , ., ., it. i religious variable to the oint to it. i religious variable to the point to have _ it. i religious variable to the point to have any _ it. i religious variable to the point to have any chance - it. i religious variable to the point to have any chance of| point to have any chance of reaching the knockout stages and doing them hope for the olympic champions equalised to their goal before a winner for manchester united left canada on the brink of the knockout stage. at ireland's exit from the first world cup is not guaranteed for the final group game against nigeria on monday. for the latest scores in

analysis, director website. as for the european champions england they're back in action on friday when they'll face denmark. england have travelled from brisbane to just north of sydney to their permanent base and defender alex greenwood says she and her team—mates are impressed by their new surroundings. will come to the base camp on the central coast and it's pretty impressive as everything the players could possibly need, commuter room, pictures of the players all of the wall and they have this desk you are proving popular with the players and she says she really enjoys making friendship bracelets here when she has downtime but their loads of courtrooms and has a look at this. this is the scott room, real relaxation room all the rooms are named after england legends and you can imagine

them in the players are, they will enjoy spending time initiative, table tennis, maturity of games which is pretty impressive that is something i've not seen it in notable for it also starts as well which another pleasant door and if you marks —— players enjoy. and from more traditional teams, they can even read a book and they have the whole harry potter collection and plenty to keep them entertained at the course of the tournament. in one of the players things favourite things is best. well one of the really special touches here at the england team hotel is this, a portrait of all the players from when they first started

out playing football. the players absolutely loved it, they've been trying to guess who's who. we've got lucy bronze over here, carol walsh, georgia stand way — georgia scored the only goal against haiti in england was �*s opening game, i think they'll all be hoping morgan involved in denmark on friday. meanwhile in the men's game, another big name departure to saudi arabia is edging ever closer. henderson has confirmed he's leaving the club after 12 years. henderson is expected tojoin saudi club al ettifaq and team up with former team—mate and now al ettifaaq manager, steven gerrard. meanwhile, arsenal's new record signing declan rice to cricket and england have named an unchanged side for the fifth and final ashes test which gets under way on thursday at the oval in south london. that meansjimmy anderson keeps his place as part of the bowling attack despite only taking four wickets in the entire series. as for australia well a victory would see them win their first ashes series in england since 2001, so there's plenty still to play for. joe wilson reports. another day of cricket in southern london for the practice sessions and what good could come from that is more

draw at old trafford commitment to being players could not wanted to rest and so it seems they're raring to go for the fifth test market would preparing to sprint and give it it's all, james anderson preparing to pull together again and a distance and still struggled in the series and is the best bowler according to his captain. and stokes was practising it's been bowling at the net today and maybe that's a long—term strategy in the here and now in this would have to move on from that unique deflation at all trafford. you can see both _ to move on from that unique deflation at old trafford. you know, shaking hands with the umpires in the opposition at the end, you could see from both sides, it was emotionless — australia retained the ashes, we couldn't win it back. it was very bizarre, and that's two teams of professional athletes. from your effective, what's your motivation to get you to the point we always see you in the match?

well, putting the shirt on and walking out, represent in the country. leading this team out with all the emotion i could. for australia really, the motivation is simple — if they were to retain the ashes by winning this final test match, there would be a proper sense of celebration. pat cummins was my captaincy came into some criticism here at old trafford, but here he is giving the broader context. winning the world championship here has championship over here, that's a really impressive tour. to retain it is not easy. again, it's been 20 odd years since we wanted, again, it's been 20 odd years since we won it, but that's the goal. in some regards, i still think our best cricket is ahead of us, which is exciting. this series deserves a fitting climax, but remember we have two mature teams — and for several players on both sides, this opportunity won't come again. joe wilson, bbc news.

halfway through the eight stage long tour de france femmes and belgium's lotta kopecky is still in the yellowjersey. dutch rider yara kastelijn got her reward for a long range breakaway taking stage 4 to move up to 7th place overall. kopecky finished in 14th but that's enough to keep her at the top of the overall standings with a 43 second lead. in exactly one year's time, the paris olympics will get under way and to mark that milestone, organisers say the games will offers a blueprint for those that follow, with sustainability at the forefront of their plans. paris 2024 will be run entirely on renewable energy. and there'll also be a first opening ceremony outside of a stadium. our correspondent alex capstick is in paris for us. this time, and 12 months, this area around the rivers think it's going to be absolutely jam—packed and hundreds of thousands of spectators will be about to witness what should be as spectacular opening ceremony. the first outside of the stadium will be a boat cruising down this historic side with athletes around the

country is taking part it's all about wanting to make these games very, very different. unlike any of the games before. another standout issue is ambitious players want to have the carbon footprint of previous games in rio and in london. earliertoday, previous games in rio and in london. earlier today, thomas was in town and he wanted to mark the one—year countdown and to send the official invitation of the countries coming here in 12 months' time, during his impressions of what paris is delivering. impressions of what paris is delivering-— delivering. paris at this sta . e, delivering. paris at this stage, could _ delivering. paris at this stage, could be - delivering. paris at this stage, could be the - delivering. paris at this | stage, could be the best delivering. paris at this - stage, could be the best idea ever. one yearfor stage, could be the best idea ever. one year for the games, you still have some discussions in the countries, among the authorities and you have many questions and here, it's totally different. therefore,

we look forward to excellent olympic games one year from now. �* ., , ., , , olympic games one year from now. �* ., , now. but there are problems and challenges _ now. but there are problems and challenges that _ now. but there are problems and challenges that lie _ now. but there are problems and challenges that lie ahead - now. but there are problems and challenges that lie ahead and - challenges that lie ahead and order them this year on the opening ceremony, the organisers admit that there's a big risk it will be much easier for them to have it in the stadium of the closing ceremonies and they have expressed their full confidence in the security operations and the biggest unprecedented in the biggest unprecedented in the confidence and they're confident it will work at the olympics next year. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. generally, over the next few days, it's going to be a mixture of sunshine, but also some showers. over the last 2a hours, we have seen quite muggy

air heading our way from the atlantic. it's brought with it a lot of cloud, had some rain around as well. but before the rain arrived in eastern england, it was quite warm on wednesday, suffolk was the warmest place in the country with temperatures of 2a degrees. but this was the cloud that's been streaming in from the atlantic. it's been bringing with it some steady rain as well. all on these weather fronts here, the worst of the rain is going to get moved away out into the north sea. it dries off later on in the night, but there's still a lot of cloud. and so it's going to be a much warmer start to thursday with temperatures typically 1a or 15 degrees, but a dull, misty, damp start and fog over the hills. the rain may continue on and off through the day in northern parts of mainland

scotland, possibly through the english channel and along the south coast, where it's going to be breezy. elsewhere, the winds do become lighter. it may well brighten up a little bit, as well. some sunshine coming through that could trigger some showers, a few sharp ones in the north east of england. but it should be slightly warmer across northern ireland, wales and western areas of england, with the highest temperatures again in eastern parts of england. first day of the fifth, the test match begins at the oval and it may well be a bit frustrating. some help for the bowlers, but there may well be some rain around, especially in the afternoon. as we head into the end of the week, and we're going to keep an eye on this area of low pressure that's sort of dominating the weather at the moment. but it gets closer and brings more showers in on friday to northern ireland, especially later on in the day, perhaps into western most parts of scotland. otherwise, a few mist patches, some sunshine at times, a few showers developing here and there, but probably not too many. many places, i think, we'll have a dry day on friday. and those temperatures could still reach 2a, maybe even 25 degrees across east anglia. but another weekend, another area of low pressure that's going to dominate the weather again. it'll slide its way eastwards across the northern half of the uk.

and this is where we may well find some persistent rain at times and there'll be some stronger winds wrapped around that area of low pressure initially in northern ireland, then moving over the irish sea into the northwest of england and northwest. so, maybe the wetter weather for northern parts of the uk.

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