hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm tulsen tollett. england into the last eight at the women's world cup but the lionnesses ride their luck against nigeria. and the matildas march on — they're too strong for denmark. the co—hosts putting their early tournament wobbles to bed. and joe marchant makes england's rugby world cup squad but there are some notable absentees. hello there and welcome along to the program. it's been a women's world cup full of twists and turns so far, with big names like the usa, germany and brazil knocked out. and england's lionnesses were so nearly on the end of the latest upset against nigeria. the african side were more than a match

and could so easily have won the match inside 90 minutes. england's struggles not helped by in—form laurenjames being sent off, for an off—the—ball incident — shades of david beckham in 1998, if you're old enough to remember that. the match went all the way to penalties but this time, as not the case back then, england progressed, keeping their dreams of a first womens world cup alive. jane dougall is in brisbane for us. england were given an almighty scare and questions will be asked as to why they could not go against a country ranked 36 places below them. in contrast, nigeria looked strong right from the start and were the better side throughout this match. in the first half though, england had shout for a penalty when it looked as though rachel daly had been pushed down on the box but var deemed no penalty. much to the disgust of the fans. and then, in the second half, drama. striker laurenjames was shown a straight red card and video replays showed that she had stamped on nigeria's michelle alozie

so she was sent off. england were in real trouble. but defender lucy bronze told the bbc afterwards that laurenjames would learn from her mistake. obviously, she's little bit upset. obviously, she's a little bit upset. i think it isjust frustrations. you know, she is a young player and not one person thinks anything bad of lj. she has been a superstar in the first three games and, it is sad that we're going to miss her for a game now. but everybody knows how much of a talent she is. she is young as you will learn from this experience. england then had to play extra time with just ten players. no goals were scored and so it went to penalties. england's georgia stanwyck gave fans a scare when she missed the first one but then nigeria also missed their first two penalties.

england held fast to go through 4—2 with chloe kelly scoring the decisive spot kick and she said afterwards that they were a real team who had held fast when the chips were down. i think that is what football is all about, fighting until the end and be ready in the moment and being able to take penalties of course for us that was great and we fight together as a group and of course there are great sides so we will be up against that at times so we cannot hide away from that. every team in this competition, there is a reason why they are here, they are top sides. england will certainly miss laurenjames as she will not be able to play in the quarter—finals and could actually even face longer suspension if fifa deem it worthy. her loss will definitely be felt given she is england's leading scorer of the tournament. but the team will now travel back to terrigal, they base just outside of sydney where they will have six days of rest and then they will play their quarter—final match which will be against either jamaica or colombia.

well as jane was saying, england will learn who their next opponents are on tuesday. jamaica are in the women's world cup knockout stages for the first time, with colombia seeking a first ever victory at this stage. so plenty riding on both sides for this one. colombia earned their spot by topping their group, including a famous win over germany. it's their second time in the last 16 of the women's world cup. having also made the first knockout round in 2015. jamaica have perhaps been the surprise so far to come second in their group ahead of brazil. they're yet to concede a goal in the tournament too. we're going to come out and try to give it a good shot and try to win the game. somebody will be knocked out. it is like a boxing match, somebody will go down so we're going to try be the one who is going to be standing when the game is over so we will give it our best. we are playing a great team, a very good team with very good players so it will be

a great match. after their early tournament wobbles the co—hosts australia seem back on track. they beat denmark 2—0 earlier in sydney to seal their place in the quarterfinals. in front of a crowd of more than 75,000, equalling the record set in their opener against ireland. australia reach the last eight forjust the second time as patrick geary reports. a landmark in lights for a landmark night. drums and chant: aussie! australia loves a sporting occasion and the rise of women's football has been remarkable, swifter than swift. no guarantee of an encore at this stage of the world cup, especially given denmark's earlier enterprise. no faster starter than pernille harder. but their danger came to nothing. and the aussies began to settle. mary fowler found time, saw space and released caitlin foord, of arsenal. commentator: chance here for the host nation. foord takes it. 1-0. team australia, stadium australia and wider australia rejoiced. by this point they were clearly the better team and eventually they found security.

fowler, the waltzing matilda, the creator. hayley raso the eventual scorer. australia knew they were in the quarter—finals and they had not yet brought on their star. sam kerr back from injury and off the bench. they have coped without her but they will surely grow with her, once she gets her eye in. kerr and co march on to brisbane on saturday, with momentum building. the crowd is massive. they have been our 13th man all tournament and they are going to continue to be that. when we are tired, i guess it helps you push through that little bit when it gets tough. we want to keep doing it, we want to experience it more and more and keep our dream alive. the slogan of this australia team is that they won't stop until it is done — or now, just maybe, until it is won. patrick geary, bbc news. henry slade won't feature at the upcoming rugby union world cup — he's not been selected for the england squad, despite playing at the past two tournaments. alex dombrandt is also absent from the 33 man squad.

england's first game is against argentina in marseille injust over a month's time. 0ur rugby correspondent chrisjones has been with the squad. it has been a hectic day here at twickenham as steve borthwick confirms his 33—man squad for the rugby world cup. borthwick and england going early in the process, naming their squad nice and early in august to try and to give players total selection clarity. loads to talk about as well. some young guns included. theo dan has come from nowhere to make the squad. henry arundell on the wing as well. a load of experience. 16 players returning from the squad that went to japan in 2019 but some high—profile emissions. alex donbrandt, the number eight, a regular in the back row for the last two years, is not involved and even more surprising no henry slade, going back the last few years he has been a regular but he finds himself left out of the party. henry is a great player

and i have no doubt that should the opportunity, where we call him and say we need you to come in, i am sure he will be ready to go. as all players will be. i have been very clear that in the 33, i was going to take three players in key positions, specialist positions in the front row, at nine and at ten and by the nature of that in means that has to be some element of compromise elsewhere within the squad. one man who has made the 33 is danny care. a few years ago his england career looked over. he won a recall to australia but was left out into the autumn. he won a recall at the age of 36 going to his second world cup. it has been a rollercoaster. world cup campa. 2011 named in the squad and got injured and did not make the play.

2015 did not play an awful lot. 2019 did not even make the count. i did not think i would be here probably not but i think for me, i never gave up that hope. krystsina tsimanouskaya, the belarusian sprinter who defected at the tokyo 0lympics two years ago, has been cleared by world athletics to compete for poland after it waived the normal three—year waiting period for nationality changes. tsimanouskaya refused to board a flight back home from tokyo when she was removed from the olympics against her will after publicly complaining about national team coaches' decision to enter her in the 4x400 metres relay, which was not her usual distance. she defected to poland, saying she feared for her safety if she returned to belarus. poland granted her citizenship last year. major league baseball's world series champion houston astros visited the white house on monday with president biden finding a kindred spirit in 74—year—old manager dusty baker. the president had watched baker play during his 18—year mlb

career and respects that he became the oldest manager to win the world series in 2022. the astros won last year's world series over the philadelphia phillies, whose fans include first lady jill biden. you cannot win them all, can you! 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. there's a promise of something a little bit warmer for all of us, towards the end of the week. but it's going to be a short—lived warm snap,

as cooler, wetter conditions return for many northern and western areas over the weekend. for the next few days, it's southern areas which will see the mist, the murk, the cloud, the rain. a bit brighter further north. this deep area of low pressure will bring all sorts of problems to scandinavia, with localised flooding, heavy rain and strong winds. but the weather front pushing in across the south of the uk for tuesday will be a much weakeraffair, bringing increasing cloud to the southern half of the country, with some patchy rain and drizzle, low cloud, some sea fog around south—western coasts and into wales. but for northern england, northern ireland, scotland, bright with some sunny spells, one or two showers in north—east scotland, where it will be windier, especially in the northern isles — gusts up to 50 miles an hour here, with only 12 degrees in lerwick. but for the mainland of the uk, 16 to maybe 20 degrees from north to south. as we move through tuesday night, it looks like the showers, long spells of rain across the south of england clear away and it turns dry with lengthy clear spells. but it will continue to be windy in the north—east

of scotland, into the northern isles. temperatures in single digits across the north. another chilly night to come here, but milder in the south and west, where it will be a bit more humid, misty and murky. wednesday, then, not a bad—looking day. quite a bit of sunshine around. still windy in the north—east of scotland and the northern isles, but thicker cloud will push into western areas at times and there will be some mist and murk around too. but i think most places will stay dry. increasing sunshine across the east and south—east of england. so, here, 2a, maybe 25 degrees and it'll feel increasingly humid as well. towards the end of the week, we start to tap into that warmer air over the near continent, so it will turn drier and sunnier. but it will turn a little bit humid as well. but you can see the red and orange colours spreading their way northwards across the uk. we could be up to the mid—20s in scotland on thursday and the high 20s for parts of england and wales. but it will be a short—lived warm spell. low pressure out in the atlantic will send a weather front across the uk during friday, which will bring showers or longer spells of rain, particularly to the north and the west of the uk. some of them may be heavy. and as it moves through, temperatures will drop back down below the seasonal

norm once again. so an unsettled theme as we head into friday and the weekend across the north and the west of the uk. not looking that bad, though, across southern and eastern parts of england.

live from washington, this is bbc news. niger's coup leaders sit down for talks with a senior us official, as a huge sum of aid is suspended. ukraine says five people have been killed in new missile strikes in the country's east. and from extreme heat to severe storms. a wet and windy evening in parts on the us east coast. i'm helena humphrey. it is good to have you with us. a senior us state department official met with coup leaders in niger monday, as they continue to defy international pressure to re—instate deposed president mohamed bazoum. acting deputy secretary of state, victoria nuland, travelled to the country's capital niamey for two hours of talks, which she's described as "extremely frank". the coup leaders have closed the country's airspace, saying they're ready to defend themselves — citing the threat of foreign military intervention. they claim to have information

a "foreign power" is preparing to attack. it comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline