natalie pirks, bbc news.l be spain and their squad have arrived in sydney after their dramatic 2—1 semifinal victory over sweden in new zealand on tuesday. preparations now beginning for theirfirst ever world cup final. colombia, who england knocked out in the quarter—finals, have received a homecoming to remember. unfancied going into the tournament, colombia, ranked 21 places lower than england, surprised everyone in australia, seeing off euro 2022 finalists germany in the group stages and progressing in style as they reached the last eight at a world cup for the very first time. champions league winners manchester city have added another trophy to their cabinet after beating sevilla on penalties in the uefa super cup after it finished i—i at the end of 90 minutes. europa league winners sevilla took the lead through youssef en—nesyri's header before cole palmer scored the equaliserjust after the hour mark. the spanish side then missed their fifth penalty after city had converted all theirs and it meant they

our sports correspondent natalie pirks is there.to be the best in the world at something and i can't believe i've done it. i hope this isn't a dream. i want to see my fiance, i want to see my parents and just celebrate with them. and i wasn't able to do that in tokyo when i got the bronze there. and, yeah, this one was pretty sweet. there goesjosh kerr! ingebrigtsen cannot hold him! orcan he? for years, he'd been telling anyone who would listen that this was his destiny. the olympic champion jakob ingebrigtsen stood in his way. going into the final bend, the norwegian was more thanjust in his sights — he was chasing him down. as injured team—mate jake wightman, last year's world champion, looked on, kerr ensured the title stayed in britain. josh is going to get there! it's gold! world champion josh kerr! the loudest fans in the stands were part of team kerr. his fiancee larimar screamed with delight as he stormed over the finish line. he lives in america, away from family, but says the gold medal makes up for it. there's now a physi

natalie pirks, bbc news.over australia further cements the reputation of these players, whose drive, their excellence and humble approach has turned them into role models for millions, along with, of course, the standing of their manager sarina wiegman, who has simply transformed the fortunes of this site, turning them into serial winners since she took over two years ago. added investment by the fa, the professionalism of the club game, have also played key roles. the euros victory last year, as you have been hearing, left a lasting legacy, providing a huge boost to the game in terms of participation and profile, inspiring many girls to take up football and indeed sport. but if england can now go one better and claim the ultimate prize, they could prove even more transformative. this is a team that successfully campaigned, remember, for the government to commit to providing equal provision for both boys and girls in school pe, so they could perhaps be even more of a force for change. it won't be easy against

natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley.t analysis, then head to the bbc sport website, you can also get the app on your phone or tablet. i'm gareth barlow, thank you for we close out the story with sop sunshine and warmth we saw highs of 26 in suffolk, now, mixed fortune, with our week ahead, in fact, we are going to start off monday under this air auf o high pressure but low pressure over the next few days will dominate further north and that will bring rain, some heavy at time, early morning patchy low cloud, mist and fog will quickly fade away, across england and wales with the light south—westerly breeze, the sunshine will start to kick in and take over, but further north and west, some of that rain attorney heavy through northern ireland and north—west scotland a wes close out the afternoon, here only 17 degrees but the highest values further south of 25 celsius, that is 77 fahrenheit. now, as we go through monday evening and over into tuesday, we will see that rain turning patchy as it pushes its way steadily southwar

natalie pirks, bbc news. laurenjames! that is absolutely sensational!see any sun at all soon? there are some signs that as we go into next week and probably the second half of next week, there might be something a bit drier and warmer on the way. not a heatwave, but something a little bit different to what we have had recently. but thatis to what we have had recently. but that is still a little way off. still more wet and decidedly cool weather between now and then. and today did not feel particularly like summer thanks to this area of low pressure, the swell of cloud on the satellite pictures named storm patricia by the french weather service for impact in france, but it has brought strong winds and heavy rain. as that storm rolls eastward, tomorrow should be drier and brighter. but with this northerly wind making it feel decidedly cool. so as we head into tomorrow, yes, a better chance of some spells of sunshine. but we will see some showers, some of which will be heavy and possibly thundery. across the northern half of scotland, generally staying qui

our correspondent natalie pirks is there. shejoins us now. about zharnel hughes looking to make history and become the first british man to win two individual sprint medals at one world championships after all the challenges he has had a sub this is some year he is having. it challenges he has had a sub this is some year he is having.— some year he is having. it really is, talk about _ some year he is having. it really is, talk about peeking _ some year he is having. it really is, talk about peeking at - some year he is having. it really is, talk about peeking at the - some year he is having. it really i is, talk about peeking at the right time. injune he broke the british record over the 100 metres, that's it for 30 years. he actually wrote down in his diary that day he was going to run a macro it came to be. a month later he broke the british record in the 200, 19.73 a month later he broke the british record in the 200,19.73 so, yeah, he is having a contest season. the brilliant bronze in the 100. he is coming to the shooting really good for

natalie pirks, bbc news. laurenjames! that is absolutely sensational!bout the wet cooljuly of that scene has gone into the start of august and impact not only wet and cool but windy on the southern edge of this area of low pressure this cloud named starr patricia by the french weather service for impact is are having in france but this low pressure will run away eastwards into tomorrow and behind it we get into a northerly breeze which certainly will not help the feel of the weather, still feeling unseasonably cool. still some cloud and rain to clear eastwards and behind that some clearer skies although quite a lot of cloud filtering southwards across scotland, northern ireland, some spots of rain and overnight temperatures of 11—13 . tomorrow is looking drier than today in many places, there will be some spells of sunshine but across england and wales, some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery and in northern ireland and scotland, often a large amount of cloud and bits of pieces of showery rain. but the northerly breeze, a noticeable north

natalie pirks joined some of them watching the game. of miles away, but at the home of english football, belief was high. enjoying the noisy build up were some of the original lionesses from 1972, the first women to play after a 50—year ban. 50 years ago, we just never imagined anything like this would ever happen. what we started, they'll bring it home and there's future lionesses in this room as we speak. perhaps like little tess from wakefield, whose dancing at the euros last summer made front page news. but it was spain who drew first blood. we'd been here before. at half—time, fans had faith. there's 45 minutes left. i think we can do it. all day long, we got this. but when spain were awarded a penalty, some couldn't watch. others sensed a comeback. mary earps, the best goalkeeper in the tournament, the woman whose shirts you can't buy, with a priceless save that had the whole country on its feet. in the newcastle sunshine, in the pubs of grimsby, and with families in staffordshire, all were now fully paid up members of the earps f

natalie pirks, bbc news, budapest.ke, which makes the england kit, says it will sell a limited number ofjerseys, after it faced criticism for not making them commercially available. nesta mcgregor has more. you just get the impression mary earps loves her work. mary earps comes up with a big moment! a key part of england's run to the world cup final and a fan favourite. although while supporters could buy shirts for the lionesses' outfield players, the goalkeeperjersey was not available for sale. some fans got creative and made their own. and then there's 16—year—old emmie, who started a petition and earlier this week told us why. i think it's upsetting, because mary's obviously gone into the tournament, not being able to see the fans in the audience wearing her shirt. and obviously, as a young child, wearing your favourite player on the back of your shirt is what makes the women's game what it is today. mary earps labeled her shirt not being on so as hurtful. ——mary earps labeled her shirt not being on sale as hurtful

natalie pirks, bbc news, budapest.ng the zoos' residents on to scales — including these penguins — to ensure the keepers have up to date information about them. london zoo says squirrel monkeys are the hardest animals to weigh. but monitoring them is crucial to ensure the animals are healthy and getting theirfair share of the food on offer. that data will then be shared with zoos around the world. we can use that information to grow, to learn about animals and to make sure that we're breeding our animals well, and we can also share that then with conservationists and they can use that information to help track animals, to work out whether an animal in the wild is pregnant or not, or coming in to reach us, or breeding, so it is all really important information. and i'll leave you with one final story ahead of the weather — and the unusual discovery made by workers in bristol sent to survey an underground pipe. the wessex water team meet a wandering duck, which they captured on their robotic camera as they surveyed the r

natalie pirks, bbc news.ambassador for engaging asian women in sport and he daughter aleeza, who plays for notts county women's fc. great to see you both. i have to ask what you thought of the match first. it was so exciting, i was on the edge of my seat the whole game. i had faith in england from the start but after a great performance through the tournament, i thought they would win. it was stressful but i had faith in them.— i had faith in them. where you euuall i had faith in them. where you equally stressed _ i had faith in them. where you equally stressed by _ i had faith in them. where you equally stressed by the - i had faith in them. where you equally stressed by the game | i had faith in them. where you - equally stressed by the game ahsia asghar? i equally stressed by the game ahsia as har? ~ ~ , ., asghar? i think i knew they would win. we asghar? i think i knew they would win- we had _ asghar? i think i knew they would win. we had confidence _ asghar? i think i knew they would win. we had confide

natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley.it wasn't long ago that katarina johnson—thompson was on the brink of giving up athletics. but after a succession of injuries that eventually ruined her tokyo olympics, the heptathlete has won her second world title, claiming britain's first gold of the championships in budapest. ben croucher reports. in 2019 she experienced the highest of highs. she in 2019 she experienced the highest of hiahs. ,, , ., in 2019 she experienced the highest ofhiuhs. ,, , ., . ., ,., of highs. she is the world champion, katrina johnson _ of highs. she is the world champion, katrina johnson thompson _ of highs. she is the world champion, katrina johnson thompson of - katrina johnson thompson of liverpool!— katrina johnson thompson of liverool! . ., ., liverpool! then at the tokyo of the ics in liverpool! then at the tokyo of the pics in 2021--- _ liverpool! then at the tokyo of the pics in 2021... oh, _ liverpool! then at the tokyo of the pics in 2021... oh, no, _ liverpool! then at the tokyo of the pics i

here�*s natalie pirks.ct timing. maria and her friends were at football camp but nothing could keep them from the match and there was frustration about england�*s sending off. that�*s a red card! she literally stood on her. over in peckham in south east london, home to one of the largest overseas nigerian communities in the uk, ownersjoe and jess were confident at the cafe. with nigeria the better side, things were getting tense and penalties loomed. both teams had misses but it fell to chloe kelly to end england�*s nerves. i think they could have played better but winning is winning. we won so i'm happy. back in peckham, allegiances were quickly switched. # football�*s coming home #. the stress has really got to me but i�*m happy, i got up this morning and we celebrated. for england fans, the post—euro bounce is tangible. the fa has reported a 1a0% participation increase among girls under 16 and in england attendances in the women�*s super league have tripled. it shows that football goes beyond all genders

let's go live to our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, who's in budapest for us now.monwealth silver—medallist. the 21—year—old, she is in the shape of her life, she has run the fastest time this year in that event. she believes she will have to run at her personal bestjust believes she will have to run at her personal best just to believes she will have to run at her personal bestjust to get into the final. then the big sprint finals coming up. the women's 200, we have dina asher—smith and daryll neita,. that is going to be tough for them to get a medal. that final is absolutely stacked with talent. straight after that without taking a breath, zharnel hughes running in the men's 200, fresh from his bronze in the 100. he is also in cracking form but it's going to be hard to see past now allows, the new 100 metres champion who is undefeated in the 200 since the tokyo 0lympics. many thanks. time for a look at the weather — here's ben rich. it's been a dramatic end to the week for some of us, not least in scotland. the skies above aberdeenshire, we have signs of a funnel

our sports correspondent natalie pirks has been speaking to three generations of lionesses about theirter, she was in the european final. driving rain and thick mud did not encourage flowing football. my era, 198a final. pfff. pitch full of mud. one man and his dog watching, two press. you look at the progression we�*ve made. it�*s gone from zero to thousands. and now coulthard. oh, yes. by 1995, england reached the world cup but women were still very much an afterthought. well, hey, look at the size of the shirt, because we had to wear the men�*s shirts. it was in this tournament that she scored england�*s first ever women�*s world cup goal. she went on to become the first lioness to reach 100 caps. the footballers of today, they�*re now professional. you know, they don�*t have to go to work and play. if you�*d have told me that when i was 13, i�*d have said, no, no. but it�*s finally happened. and that�*s still the legacy of not just me, but every lioness that has gone before and after me. so that�*s something i�*m very, very proud of. by 1997, there was a new kid on the block. faye

let's go live to our sports correspondent natalie pirks, who's in budapest for us now.enge of jamaica's but in the end he could not hold up the challenge ofjamaica's antonio watson. but he is still the first british man to win world silver in the 400 metres since roger black in 1991. paris 0lympicsjust the 400 metres since roger black in 1991. paris 0lympics just around the corner, he says there are still plenty of time trying to emulate his idols. i've got the best mentor in the game, christine 0huruogu, showing me the ropes, so i want to be like her. and another one is roger black, who i have always wanted to be because he has got all the medals, as well. so i want to do one better than roger and definitely be like christine, so let's get this gold. tonight we have got the women's 800 metre semifinals. the world, 0lympic metre semifinals. the world, olympic and commonwealth silver medallist keely hodgkinson is in the shape of her life. after that, we have got the women and immense 200 metre final. we have got darryl nita and dina asher—smith, the 2019 world champion,

our sports correspondent natalie pirks has been speaking to three generations of past and present lionesses1981. that's the most important one. i thought, "wow, i'm going to play football for england." and that dream and that team came true. in 1981, jill coulthard made her england debut. three years later, she was in the european final. driving rain and thick mud did not encourage flowing football. my era, 1984 final. poof. pitch full of mud. one man and his dog watching, two press. you look at the progression we've made. it's gone from zero to thousands. and now coulthard. oh, yes. by 1995, england reached the world cup but women were still very much an afterthought. well, hey, look at the size of the shirt, because we had to wear the men's shirts. it was in this tournament that she scored england's first ever women's world cup goal. she went on to become the first lioness to reach 100 caps. the footballers of today, they're now professional. you know, they don't have to go to work and play. have said, no, no. but it's finally happened. and that's still the legacy of not just me, but ever

natalie pirks looks at how far the women's game has come. should have, would have, could have but now, at the third time of asking, the final beckons. i feel like they are role models for so many young girls across the country. so many young girls across the count . �* , ., so many young girls across the count . �*, . ., , so many young girls across the count. �*, . ., i, country. it's a really big achievement _ country. it's a really big achievement for - country. it's a really big achievement for the i country. it's a really big i achievement for the whole country. it's a really big _ achievement for the whole football community. ella achievement for the whole football community-— community. ella toone has proved herself to be _ community. ella toone has proved herself to be the _ community. ella toone has proved herself to be the player— community. ella toone has proved herself to be the player for - community. ella toone has proved herself to be the player for the i community. ella toone has proved herself to be the player for the big oc

natalie pirks, thank you. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. today we have seen quite a few showers around, rather threatening skies in brighton here, those showers have been coming too heavy and thundery across the south of england show and running into kent, you can see the strikes of lightning on our lightning detector. it's also been a humid, muggy kind of day, temperatures around 26, 27 in the warmest areas. tomorrow quite a big drop in temperatures across eastern areas of england but arguably more comfortable feel to the weather. before we get there come overnight tonight, still the risk of storms coming across parts of kent in particular. plenty of showers too for scotland and northern ireland. the bulk of the country actually is not particularly humid but it will take quite a while before that fresher air starts to waft its way into east anglia in south—east england, so quite a muggy night for the most part. but by the time we get to tomorrow, fresher air will start to rise behind this cold front and tomorrow is a day essentials of suns

our correspondent natalie pirks is there. knows to see you.get on. it is you think they will get on. it is incredibly _ you think they will get on. it 3 incredibly competitive. there is podium potentialforjemma reekie, podium potential forjemma reekie, who podium potentialforjemma reekie, who was running well, and there is podium potential. but keely hogdkinson has only one medal on her mind, the fastest and going for gold this year. she is 21 but yet you have that golden moment. she has one olympic silver. she also finished in silver position in the commonwealth to get your�*s may be morar. so, this will be a fast and very fascinating vinyl for sure. will be a fast and very fascinating vinylforsure. —— will be a fast and very fascinating vinyl for sure. —— two can you's. taste vinyl for sure. -- two can you's. we have to look — vinyl for sure. —— two can you's. we have to look forward to? this is the last day of the championships. it is last day of the championships. it is that final night, _ last day of the championships. it 3 that final nig

our correspondent natalie pirks is there.n in particular, let's start with the four by 400 metres. ., . ., let's start with the four by 400 metres. ., .., .,. ., , let's start with the four by 400 metres. ., ., , ., metres. you can actually hear it behind me. _ metres. you can actually hear it behind me, this _ metres. you can actually hear it behind me, this is _ metres. you can actually hear it behind me, this is heat - metres. you can actually hear it behind me, this is heat two - metres. you can actually hear it behind me, this is heat two of l metres. you can actually hear it l behind me, this is heat two of the men's four by four. we just had heat one which was with great britain and they have qualified for the final, they have qualified for the final, they came third behind the usa, of course, in first, the reigning olympic and world champions. in second was india with a national record and the tokyo bronze medallists botswana were just pipped on the line by britain. it was a great race. their sprinter on the anchor le

mead's been telling natalie pirks how proud she if of the side, but there's also progress still to bend everything that they have gone through. a suspension mid—tournament. how they have dealt with that, i was so, so proud of what they have done and so happy for them. they are like family so you just love those girls and wanted them to do well on the pitch. obviously the emotion is not being a part of it with them and without my injury i could have been there with them and you think, could we have helped, it's all absent buts now. it has been a tough watch. i have loved every minute of it at the same time some mixed emotions all around. when you think 1966, i think was last world cup trophy lifted, in the women's game was banned at that point. so we look at that in that sense, we have had a lot of barriers to trip over and we are still kind of doing that. the game has progressed in an amazing rate in way now, but the players before us, we respect and know what they did to pave the way. and we are still trying to do that now. it is not perfect. it probably never will be perfect, but we

natalie pirks reports. leaving hungary with a hat—trick of golds. italy delighted with a silver but the battle for bronze was intense. britain were agonisingly close. disappointment for great britain. it was a season best but they were just pipped a bronze by jamaica. next up, the women's a x 100. as always, this was a battle between the us and jamaica — both teams chock—full with sprinting stars. but even without dina asher—smith britain executed their plan to perfection as daryll neita brought the baton home for bronze. commentator: it's bronze for great britain! _ really proud of the girls today. we got a medal and, yeah, a really inspiring thing to be part of today. that bronze takes britain's medal tally up to seven, matching what they won last year and there are still more chances for glory tonight when the curtain comes down on the championships. natalie pirks, bbc news. the formula one world champion, max verstappen, has put himself in the perfect position to keep the home fans happy at the dutch gr

natalie pirks, bbc news, hungary. an eventful end in budapest.but they left it late to extend their perfect start to the season to three matches. they were leading 1—0 at sheffield united, but the newly promoted team thought they'd grabbed a shock point whenjayden bogle scored five minutes from time. but they were level for only three minutes — city weren't down for long, rodri with a rocket to send them back to the top of the league. elsewhere, aston villa won 3—1 at burnley. in the scottish premiership, st mirren missed the chance to go top after conceding a 100th minute equaliser against aberdeen as the two sides drew 2—2. dundee beat hearts 1—0 in the day's other game. in the scottish women's premier league, rangers missed the chance to go top after drawing 1—1 with glasgow city. brenna lovera with glasgow's equaliserjust four minutes after rangers had taken the lead. elsewhere, leaders celtic beat dundee united 9—0. for a second successive year, the manchester originals will be waking up this morning as runners—up in the hundred, as they los

our sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching.at silver is still superb and an upgrade on the bronze he won last year. i got a bronze last year, i got silver this year, so time gold. with the paris olympics next summer, practice makes perfect. dina asher—smith says women's sprinting is phenomenal right now after making it into the 200m final. she'd only managed 8th place in the 100 on monday. but got what she wanted from her semi — an automatic qualifying spot thanks to a second placed finish. daryll neita's also doing her bit to elevate the women's sprints, also making it through to a final for which she predicted fireworks, telling viewers to get some fish and chips and a beerfor it tonight. the men's 200m final is also later. zharnel hughes making it through his semi. he's already made it clear that his 100m bronze has inspired him and made him want more. although it'll be tough to beat the defending champion noah lyles. he was involved in a collision between two of the buggies used to carry athletes to the track. he recovered

natalie pirks reports. every sinew strained for a race he could be proud of.iny. the olympic champion, jakob ingebrigtsen, stood in his way. going into the final bend, the norwegian was more thanjust in his sights. he was chasing him down. and there goesjosh kerr, ingebrigtsen cannot hold him, or can he? asjosh�*s injured team mate, jake wightman, the reigning world champion, watched on as a bbc pundit, kerr ensured the title stayed in britain. josh is going to get there! it's gold! world champion josh kerr! what a stunning gold medal there from josh kerr. he said that ingebrigtsen was beatable, and my word, has hejust gone and proved it. that is britain's second gold of these championships and back to back world champions in this event. watching on and celebrating was team kerr. the emotions were clear as he talked about what his family had sacrificed for this moment. this is a lot for our family. and they've put a lot of time, effort and money into me. and ijust couldn't be prouder to, you know, represent the kerr family name today. and, you know, ijust gave