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let's get the latest sport with ollie foster. attendance has reached almost 2 million, up 600,000 on the previous record. the champions, spain, will parade the trophy in madrid on sunday. england are heading home after their 1—0 defeat. sarina wiegman, who was also a runner—up with the netherlands four years ago, has been linked with the vacant usa job. she has committed her immediate future to the lioness is, but her contract is up in 2025. she says that four years is a long time when asked about taking england to the next world cup. spain's 0lga carmona was told her father had died after that match. family and friends made the decision not to tell her so she could focus on the match. overnight
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she posted this on social media. everton have condemned all forms of racism after their midfielder was abused on social media. it came following everton�*s 4—0 defeat to aston villa, which left them bottom of the leak. everton say they are conducting an investigation and supporting the police with theirs. they say such abuse is vile and will not be tolerated. warren gatland has named his 33 man wales squad for the rugby world cup in france. there are dual captains taking on that responsibility. they are two of the 19 forwards that make up the squad. i9 forwards that make up the squad. gatland explained how, having to captains is going to work. depending
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on what game _ captains is going to work. depending on what game it _ captains is going to work. depending on what game it is, _ captains is going to work. depending on what game it is, one _ captains is going to work. depending on what game it is, one will - captains is going to work. depending on what game it is, one will lead - on what game it is, one will lead and be kept and the other one will be supporting them. i think it is a good opportunity, something i've never done before, but i did speak about it, particularly with two younger players on the squad. both of them have got a big future ahead of them have got a big future ahead of them. , ., ., of them. there were some tough selection decisions, _ of them. there were some tough selection decisions, just - of them. there were some tough selection decisions, just two - of them. there were some tough l selection decisions, just two scrum halves in the party, thomas williams and gareth davies, gatland opting for five players along the back three. wales reach the semifinals four years ago in three. wales reach the semifinals fouryears ago injapan, three. wales reach the semifinals four years ago injapan, losing to the eventual winners, south africa. the open champion, brian harman, is going to be one of at least three debutants in the usa team at next month's ryder cup. there are six
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qualifiers in the team of 12. olympic champion their the 44th ryder cup starts at the end of september. it is being hosted by europe, just outside rome. the norwegian showed very few nerves, a fantastic round. the approach shot was just shy of the pin on the 18th. he held out for a birdie, closing on 17 under par. two shots clear of the field. that was his fifth pga tour. that moves in from seventh to second in the very lucrative cup standings. that is all the support for now.
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we are going to keep talking about the world cup. the tournament has been seen as a watershed moment for women's sport and raised questions about investing in the next generation of footballers. one — perhaps overlooked — area has been facilities, such changing rooms. many are old, don't have much privacy and were built back when there were far fewer women players. katie silver reports. at dudley fc, a club two hours north of sydney, women on the field are now a permanent fixture. just a few years ago, they were on the sidelines watching their partners play, when they decided they wanted a bit of the action. the trouble was, there was only one change room for everyone to use and it had a communal shower. i don't know what it is about men and women, but women don't tend to enjoy showering with
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other people watching. most of the women and girls changed in their cars or went home. there were other challenges, too. when i had my little girl, i was breastfeeding and i would have to come off at half time so that i could feed her. most facilities and most places means that you sit in the back of your car and you run up the hill, or you run 200 metres so that you can sit there and feed your child at half time. it was experiences like these that led the club to obtain a government grant to build facilities made with women in mind. now the club has bench seats for breastfeeding, partitioned rooms for privacy, helping to attract younger players like 16 —year—old tess. i feel like a more inclusive environment will help younger girls because seeing that they have a space for them, like specifically for them and that supports them. we can get a lot more people to come
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in, especially younger girls, which is what we need. in australia there's more and more demand from women and girls to play the sport and state governments have been ploughing millions of dollars into improving infrastructure, something businesses are taking advantage of. the new south wales government has also set aside 25 million aud or 16 million usd in grants this year for clubs wanting to build female—friendly facilities. ozco has seen an increase in orders to build changing rooms that can be easily transported or quickly assembled on site. ozco's boss says it makes financial sense for clubs to invest in building more amenities for women's sports. if you've created an infrastructure where you're now appealing to the whole community, then it stands to reason that your membership will go up. the number of games you can put on the field will go up and therefore your fees and revenue will go up. for many, the success of this
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world cup is not counted just in the millions of fans, but also in the millions of dollars spent on women's sports to upgrade facilities and create a lasting legacy, notjust at the professional level, but at the grassroots as well. katie silver, bbc news, newcastle, new south wales. russia's first lunar mission in nearly 50 years has ended in failure, after its spacecraft crashed into the moon. the unmanned luna 25 module was supposed to land at the south pole of the moon, but experienced problems as it moved into pre—landing orbit. will vernon reports. russia's first mission to the moon for almost 50 years. luna 25 blasted off on 11th august. hopes were high that russia would be the first country to land on the south pole of the moon.
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the russian space agency broke the bad news. luna 25 had been lost. in a statement, roscosmos said the craft ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon. this is a humiliating blow for moscow. russia had hoped that this mission would re—establish it as one of the world leaders in space travel. but russia's space industry has been in decline for years, partly because of western sanctions. but also because for the kremlin, the priority is the military and not space programmes. the war in ukraine has led to isolation. after russia's full—scale invasion last year, international agreements on space were torn up. you cannot buy certain electronics unless you have worldwide cooperation, and if the developers of the spacecraft work in isolation,
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even if they have 20 years like they had with luna 25, it's still not enough. and india is in the race now too. chandrayaan—3 is due to touch down on the moon on wednesday. if india succeeds, that will be another blow to russia's reputation in space. let's ta ke let's take your live to california. we are getting live pictures and. california has been devastated by a storm, storm hillary. it is a storm that hasn't been seen like this in california since 1939. it has been downgraded to a post—tropical cyclone. this town has really been hit by flooding. there has been water and debris rushing over the road. they are worried about some
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bridges as well. we will keep across this storm and the intense weather southern california is experiencing. hello. it hasn't been a bad day for most of us so far. bright and even sunny weather to a degree across england and wales. a slightly different story in the north—west of the country. for northern ireland and western parts of scotland, a weather front is approaching and we're expecting some rain later on. and you can see the small weather system on the satellite picture moving into the north—west. to the south of that, apart from the odd shower and thick clouds, we're with high pressure close by and it's going to be generally bright or sunny for the rest of today. and that high pressure is keeping things warm — hot, in fact, across many parts of europe. we will be getting some extreme temperatures through the course of this week.
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in france, it could be up to 42 celsius in places like lyon — way up there for this time of the year. here, 25, 26 in the south—east. belfast and glasgow, decent, perhaps in the low—20s. this is the weather front moving into northern ireland and western and central parts of scotland. by the end of the night, rather than persistent rain, it comes and goes. showery conditions, but the bulk of the country further east and south should be generally clear. and in the north or south, temperatures tonight and tomorrow morning will be about the same. so here's the forecast for tomorrow, tuesday. broadly speaking, the northern half of the uk is somewhat showery, with most of them out towards the west. the further south you are, the sunnier it will be. and again, similar temperatures — 25 in london, 25 in liverpool and 20 degrees in the north—west of the country. the middle part of the week, high pressure still across europe, keeping things very hot. we're on the edge of this high pressure. just enough of these weather fronts to sneak in and bring some showers
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to perhaps north—western parts of the uk. but the further east and south you are, i think through the middle part of the week, it stays generally on the sunny side and still very warm. and these values are a little above the average for the time of the year, but i think we're close to the average for liverpool, belfast and glasgow. this is the outlook. it does look as though the warmer weather will come to an end in the south, with that increasing cloud — we have a five—degree temperature drop. but in the north, still hovering around 18 or so in belfast. that's it, goodbye.
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live from london, this is bbc news. manchester united forward mason greenwood — who had charges of rape and assault against him dropped — is leaving the club. nurse lucy letby will spend the rest of her life in prison — for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. this was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder, involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children. the parents of lucy letby�*s victims, many of them were in court to give emotional impact statements, but lucy letby herself did not attend to hear her sentence. hello, i'm rajini viadyanathan. welcome to verified live —
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three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. in the last few minutes, it has been confirmed mason greenwood is to leave manchester united. in a statement release by the club, manchester united said: "all those involved, including mason, recognise the difficulties with him recommencing his career at manchester united. it has therefore been mutually agreed that it would be most appropriate for him to do so away from old trafford, and we will now work with mason to achieve that outcome." mason greenwood has been subject to an internal investigation which the club says has now concluded. forward greenwood, 21, had criminal charges against him, including attempted rape and assault, dropped. earlier this year. in a statement made alongside the clubs, mr greenwood said he was brought up to know that violence
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