she is making her name on the world stage, but nikita parris began her career at the grass roots, heres primary, where today girls‘ football is alive and kicking. and they all idolise the same lioness. nikita, because she's an excellent role model for all girls all around the world. she used to be here playing here and look where she is now. it makes me think really if she comes from where we have, then maybe we can be like her one day. the support from st patrick‘s and from all over england means a lot to the player. it‘s unbelievable to see so many young girls, young boys, men, women across the nation supporting the lionesses and long may it continue, because there‘s so much more to come from this group of player, but the next generation too. the lionesses are already poster girls in their home city, but as their fame as following has increased so, too has the amount of high profile support. i'm really looking forward to tonight, millions of people are watching. good luck, girls, you have shown great quality throughout the tournament — come on england! you've been doing fantastic so

nikita parris is likely to start despite missing the penalty against norway and phil neville has calleder the best player in the world, she plays herfootball in lyon, and she says she is so app for taking on america. let's listen to lucy bronze. i want to play the us for all those reasons. they are the holders and to wina reasons. they are the holders and to win a world cup you have to be the best teams and they are definitely up best teams and they are definitely up there. we want to win the world cup having beaten one of the great teams in the tournament. it would have been a nice final but it is a brilliant semifinal. they are both big games and to play the us, it is definitely thinking we had in our minds. to play against the usa, so we are prepared for moments like this when we come up against them in the big competitions. you are up against some of the best players in the world and ultimately it is about who gets the better of each other. i'm sure me and lucy will be ready for that challenge, so will be ready for that challenge, so will the whole team across the page. 11 players a

one of them will be in liverpool, home of nikita parris.king her name on the world stage but nikita parris began her career at the grassroots on the pitch at saint patrick's primary way, today, girl's football is alive and kicking. and they all idolise the same lioness. nicky tech, because she is an excellent role model for all girls around the world. she used to be here playing and look where she is now. it makes me think that if she has come from way we have, maybe we can be like her one day. the support from saint patrick's and from all over england means a lot to the player. it is unbelievable to see so many young girls, young boys, men, women across the nation supporting the lionesses, and long may it continue because there is so much to come from this group of players and the next generation as well. the lionesses are already poster girls in their home cities but as they are following has increased, so too has the amount of high—profile support. lam the amount of high—profile support. i am really looking forward to tonight. millions o

back in march, nikita parris did give england a 2—1 lead against the usa at the shebelieves cup in nashville going to support england because of course usa knocked out the host nation. i promised you some wimbledon news and an incredible day yesterday. kyle edmund made it through. plenty more of british players to be in action. they'll all be looking to join heather watson and kyle edmund who both made it through to round two safely, but the opening day belonged to the incredible 15—year—old american cori gauff. she is the youngest player to qualify for the main draw in the modern era, but beat the five—time wimbledon champion venus williams. joe lynskey reports. this is how it feels to play your rival at 15 years old and when. she was never meant to beat a player 2a yea rs was never meant to beat a player 2a years her senior. when cori gauf was born, venus williams had a ready one four majors but here the youngster to the match to the champion. right now she is outside the world top 300 this remarkable when means that will surely change. and the hero she says has gotta this far is her oppon