Wimbledon Preview: Ten Brits in singles draw, Murray brothers could meet in doubles third round

It may be one of the greatest rivalries in the history of sport, it certainly created one of the best Wimbledon finals in 2008, but now there is a new chapter in the Federer Nadal saga.

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Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are in the same half of the men's singles draw at Wimbledon this year.
It has occurred because 33-year-old Nadal has been seeded third behind Swiss Federer, despite being world number two.
The record Grand Slam title winner is ranked third in the world, and the Spaniard said it "doesn't seem fair" to be seeded behind the 37-year-old.
Before the draw was made, the seedings meant Nadal was projected to face either top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic or Federer in the semi-final.
Wimbledon seeding is different from the other Grand Slams in that it does not always follow world rankings and is affected by a special formula which takes into account a player's grass-court performances.
The 18-time major champion was pulled in the same half of the draw as Federer - who is seeking a record-extending ninth title at the All England Club.

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Two-time Wimbledon champion Nadal - one of which was in that iconic 2008 final - faces Japanese qualifier Yuichi Sugita in the first round and could meet Nick Kyrgios in the second.
Australian Kyrgios meets compatriot Jordan Thompson for the right to face the Spaniard.
Nadal's route to the final could also include Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a two-time semi-finalist, with 2017 finalist Marin Cilic projected to be his last-16 opponent.
Federer begins against 22-year-old South African Lloyd Harris, who is making his Wimbledon debut.

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Serbian Djokovic will play the first match of the tournament on Centre Court on Monday at 1pm, against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Defending women's singles champion Angelique Kerber starts against compatriot Tatjana Maria.
Last year's women's champion Angelique Kerber, seeded fifth, starts against fellow German Tatjana Maria on Tuesday.
Kerber's last-16 opponent could be 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, who begins her campaign against Italian qualifier Giulia Gatto-Monticone.

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French Open winner and new world number one Ashleigh Barty will play world number 43 Zheng Saisai of China, and could face 2017 Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza in the third round.
Five-time champion Venus Williams will face a fellow American opponent 24 years her junior in the first round, 15-year-old Cori Gauff is the youngest player to qualify for the main Wimbledon draw since the Open era began in 1968.

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British number one Kyle Edmund plays Jaume Munar of Spain in the first round.
The 30th seed lost in the Eastbourne semi-finals last week, and will play the 88th ranked player in the world at SW19.
Munar has never played in the main draw at Wimbledon, and if Edmund, 24, can beat him he could face another Spaniard in Fernando Verdasco in the second round.
Greek Stefano Tsitsipas could be Edmund's third round opponent, the seventh seed starts against Italian Thomas Fabbiano.

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Johanna Konta, Britain's leading female player, will play Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old reached the semi-finals on her favoured surface, but has suffered early exits in Birmingham and Eastbourne in the build up to the third major of the year.
19th seed Konta could face Sloane Stephens in the third round - the American seventh seed lost to the Brit in the French Open quarter-finals earlier this month.
Two-time champion Petra Kvitova could await Konta in the round of 16, though she is a doubt through injury.

Heather Watson faces 17-year-old American qualifier Caty McNally, while Harriet Dart meets American Christina McHale and Katie Swan plays Laura Siegemund of Germany.
British number two Cameron Norrie plays Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin, who has a Grand Slam victory over Novak Djokovic to his name, while 20-year-old Jay Clarke could face Federer in round two if he beats American qualifier Noah Rubin.
British number three Dan Evans will open against Argentina's Federico Delbonis, while wildcard James Ward plays Georgian 18th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Evans and Ward could meet in round two, and face another Brit in round three in teenage wildcard Paul Jubb, who won the prestigious NCAA college title in the United States recently.
First, Jubb would have to get past Portuguese world number 66 Joao Sousa, and then potentially former finalist Cilic in the second round.

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Two-time singles champion Andy Murray is playing alongside France's doubles expert Pierre-Hugues Herbert and they have been drawn to face Romania's Marius Copil and France's Ugo Humbert in the first round.
The 32-year-old former world number one pulled out of last year's tournament with an ongoing hip injury, leaving him fearing for his career at the Australian Open in January.
His competitive return could not have been better, winning the men's doubles title at Queen's alongside Spain's Feliciano Lopez.
His 33-year-old brother, who has twice won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, is partnering fellow Briton Neal Skupski.
The 10th seeds meets Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Slovakian partner Filip Polasek in their opening match.
The brothers are projected to meet in the third round, if both pairs win in rounds one and two.

Men's Singles Draw
Section One
(1) N Djokovic (SRB) vs P Kohlschreiber (GER)
D Kudla (USA) vs M Jaziri (TUN)
E Gulbis (LTV) vs L Mayer (ARG)
H Hurkacz (POL) vs (32) D Lajovic (SRB)
(19) F Auger-Aliassime (CAN) vs V Pospisil (CAN)
G Dimitrov (BUL) vs C Moutet (FRA)
L Sonego (ITA) vs M Granollers (SPN)
U Humbert (FRA) vs (16) G Monfils (FRA)

Section Two
(11) D Medvedev (RUS) vs P Lorenzi (ITA)
P Carreno Busta (SPN) vs A Popyrin (AUS)
J Chardy (FRA) vs M Klizan (SVK)
B Klahn (USA) vs (21) D Goffin (BEL)
(30) K Edmund (UK) vs J Munar (SPN)
K Majchrzak (POL) vs F Verdasco (SPN)
A Arnaboldi (ITA) vs I Karlovic (CRO)
T Fabbiano (ITA) vs (7) S Tsitsipas (GRE)

Section Three
(4) K Anderson (SA) vs P-H Herbert (FRA)
J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Y Nishioka (JPN)
A Seppi (ITA) vs N Jarry (CHL)
M Copil (ROM) vs (26) G Pella (ARG)
(22) S Wawrinka (SWI) vs R Bemelmans (BEL)
C-M Stebe (GER) vs R Opelka (USA)
J Kovalik (SVK) vs R Haase (NED)
P Gunneswaran (IND) vs (15) M Raonic (CAN)

Section Four
(10) K Khachanov (RUS) vs S-w Kwon (SK)
M Giron(USA) vs F Lopez (SPN)
S Darcis (BEL) vs M Zverev (GER)
P Gojowczyk (GER) vs (23) R Bautista Agut (SPN)
(28) B Paire (FRA) vs JI Londero (ARG)
R Carballes Baena (SPN) vs M Kecmanovic (SRB)
P Cuevas (URU) vs D Dzumhur (BOS)
J Vesely (CZE) vs (6) A Zverev (GER)

Section Five
(5) D Thiem (AUT) vs S Querrey (USA)
A Rublev (RUS) vs C Garin (CHL)
H Dellien (BOL) vs J Millman (AUS)
G Andreozzi (ARG) vs (31) L Dere (SRB)
(20) G Simon (FRA) vs S Caruso (ITA)
Y Uchiyama (JPN) vs T Sandgren (USA)
M Fucsovics (HUN) vs D Novak (AUT)
F Tiafoe (USA) vs (12) F Fognini (ITA)

Section Six
(13) M Cilic (CRO) vs A Mannarino (FRA)
J Sousa (POR) vs P Jubb (UK)
F Delbonis (ARG) vs D Evans (UK)
J Ward (UK) vs (18) N Basilashvili (GEO)
(29) D Shapovalov (CAN) vs R Berankis (LIT)
B Tomic (AUS) vs J-W Tsonga (FRA)
N Kyrgios (AUS) vs J Thompson (AUS)
Y Sugita (JPN) vs (3) R Nadal (SPN)

Section Seven
(8) K Nishikori (JPN) vs T Monteiro (BRZ)
D Istomin (UZB) vs C Norrie (UK)
S Johnson (USA) vs A Ramos Vinolas (SPN)
M Cecchinato (ITA) vs (25) A de Minaur (AUS)
(17) M Berrettini (ITA) vs R Albot (MOL)
T Fritz (USA) vs T Berdych (CZE)
P Andujar (SPN) vs M Kukushkin (KAZ)
C Ruud (NOR) vs (9) J Isner (USA)

Section Eight
(14) B Coric (CRO) vs A Bedene (SLO)
J-L Struff (GER) vs M Baghdatis (CYP)
D Kopfer (GER) vs F Krajinovic (SRB)
M Ebden (AUS) vs (24) D Schwartzman (ARG)
(27) L Pouille (FRA) vs R Gasquet (FRA)
A Bublik (KAZ) vs G Barrere (FRA)
J Clarke (UK) vs N Rubin (USA)
L Harris (SA) vs (2) R Federer (SWI)

Women's Singles Draw
Section One
(1) A Barty (AUS) vs S Zheng (CHN)
S Kuznetsova (RUS) vs A Van Uytvanck (BEL)
H Dart (UK) vs C McHale (USA)
B Haddad Maia (BRZ) vs (26) G Muguruza (SPN)
(22) D Vekic (CRO) vs A Riske (USA)
L Kerkhove (NED) vs I Jorovic (SRB)
S Vogele (SWI) vs K Kanepi (EST)
A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs (13) B Bencic (SWI)

Section Two
(11) S Williams (USA) vs G Gatto-Monticone (ITA)
K Juvan (SLO) vs Kr Pliskova (CZE)

P Badosa (SPN) vs V Flink (RUS)
E-G Ruse (ROM) vs (18) J Gorges (GER)
(30) C Suarez Navarro (SPN) vs S Stosur (AUS)
M Sharapova (RUS) vs P Parmentier (FRA) 
K Kozlova (UKR) vs L Davis (USA)
T Maria (GER) vs (5) A Kerber (GER)

Section Three
(4) K Bertens (NED) vs M Minella (LUX)
Ar Rodionova (AUS) vs T Townsend (USA)
L Siegemund (GER) vs K Swan (UK)
B Strycova (CZE) vs (32) L Tsurenko (UKR)
(21) E Mertens (BEL) vs F Ferro (FRA)
A Petkovic (GER) vs M Niculescu (ROM)
T Zidansek (SLO) vs E Bouchard (CAN)
V Lapko (BLR) vs (15) Q Wang (CHN)

Section Four
(9) S Stephens (USA) vs T Bacsinszky (SWI)
Y Wang (CHN) vs T Martincova (CZE)
E Alexandrova (RUS) vs K Siniakova (CZE)
A Bogdan (ROM) vs (19) J Konta (UK)
(25) A Anisimova (USA) vs S Cirstea (ROM)
M Linette (POL) vs A Kalinskaya (RUS)
V Diatchenko (RUS) vs K Mladenovic (FRA)
O Jabeur (TUN) vs (6) P Kvitova (CZE)

Section Five
(8) E Svitolina (UKR) vs D Gavrilova (AUS)
M Gasparyan (RUS) vs A-L Friedsam (GER)
M Bouzkova (CZE) vs M Barthel (GER)
B Pera (USA) vs (31) M Sakkari (GRE)
(24) P Martic (CRO) vs J Brady (USA)
A Potapova (RUS) vs J Teichmann (SWI)
D Collins (USA) vs Z Diyas (KAZ)
K Ahn (USA) vs (12) A Sevastova (LTV)

Section Six
(16) M Vondrousova (CZE) vs M Brengle (USA) 
K Muchova (CZE) vs A Krunic (SRB)
C McNally (USA) vs H Watson (UK)
S Rogers (USA) vs (20) A Kontaveit (EST)
(28) S-w Hsieh (TAI) vs J Ostapenko (LTV)
D Jakupovic (SLO) vs K Flipkens (BEL)
AK Schmiedlova vs (SVK) M Puig (PUE)
L Zhu (CHN) vs (3) Ka Pliskova (CZE)

Section Seven
(7) S Halep (ROM) vs A Sasnovich (BLR)
M Buzarnescu (ROM) vs J Pegula (USA)
A Cornet (FRA) vs V Azarenka (BLR)
A Tomljanovic (AUS) vs (29) D Kasatkina (RUS)
(17) M Keys (USA) vs L Kumkhum (THA)
P Hercog (SLO) vs V Kuzmova (SVK)
V Williams (USA) vs C Gauff (USA)
M Rybarikova (SVK) vs (10) A Sabalenka (BLR)

Section Eight
(14) C Wozniacki (DEN) vs S Sorribes Tormo (SPN)
V Kudermetova (RUS) vs Y Bonaventure (BEL)
R Peterson (SWE) vs Y Wickmayer (BEL)
S Zhang (CHN) vs (23) C Garcia (FRA)
(27) S Kenin (USA) vs A Sharma (AUS)
D Yastremska (UKR) vs C Giorgi (ITA)
I Swiatek (POL) vs V Golubic (SWI)
Y Putintseva (KAZ) vs (2) N Osaka (JPN)

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FIFA Women's World Cup - Quarter-Finals - England to face USA in the semis, Netherlands against Sweden

England won against Norway, USA beat hosts France, Netherlands progressed against Italy and Sweden shocked Germany in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup.

Norway 0-3 England
England's Lionesses became the first English side to make three consecutive semi-finals at major tournaments with their last eight win over Norway.
The win meant Phil Neville's side reached their second consecutive World Cup semi-final, with two team goals giving his side a 2-0 lead at the break in Le Havre.

Jill Scott found the net inside three minutes from Lucy Bronze's cutback from the bye-line - helped by a swing and a miss from Ellen White.
The goal off the post seemed to flatten Norway, who took a while to grow into the game.
1995 world champions Norway, who were playing in their sixth World Cup quarter-final, were well-beaten by a side who only seem to be getting better as the tournament progresses.
England dominated the midfield early on, and when Norway had a rare venture forward, Millie Bright and Steph Houghton were all over them, particularly Barcelona's Caroline Graham Hansen.
Nikita Parris fired wide when passing may have been a better option, before setting up White's fifth goal of the tournament, moving her into the joint lead in the race for the Golden Boot.
Her five this year added to one in 2011 means she is England's all time leading scorer at Women's World Cups with six goals.
Her form could not have come at a better time, with matches only getting tougher in the latter stages.
White had hit the post before her tap-in, with the goal coming from another great move from England's right wing.

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Houghton did well to clear substitute Lisa-Marie Utland's effort off the line, having earlier intervened to deny Graham Hansen a seemingly certain goal just after the break.
Bronze capped a stunning individual performance with a brilliant goal - not too dissimilar to her finish four years ago against the same opponents.
The ball was laid back to her from a free-kick wide on the right, she scored with her first touch right over the goalkeeper's head.
What made it even more impressive was that they had tried the move once before in the match, but the referee ordered it to be retaken, thus removing the surprise from the training ground move.
The Lionesses had a chance to make it four, but Parris' penalty was brilliantly saved by Ingrid Hjelmseth after Maria Thorisdottir's foul on captain Houghton.

France 1-2 USA
Megan Rapinoe scored another brace to extend the USA's record of never failing to make at least the semi-finals at a Women's World Cup, at the expense of hosts France.

Her first came from a low free kick that somehow avoided a touch from the group of players in the box, including through the legs of captain Amandine Henry.
The goal in the fifth minute set the tone, with USA having two further shots on target in the next 10 minutes, before going on to control the first half.

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Alex Morgan played through Tobin Heath down the right hand side who picked out Rapinoe making a late run into the box, who side-footed into the net.

France looked out of the game - and didn't have a shot on target before the break - with Crystal Dunn superbly stifling Kadidiatou Diani all game, 
Wendie Renard capitalised on an absence of marking from a free kick to head home to give the hosts hope in front of a 45,595 strong crowd in the capital.
There was late controversy when Amel Majri's cross struck Kelley O'Hara's arm, an incident that may have seen a spot kick awarded earlier in the tournament, but referee Kateryna Monzul waved away the French appeals.

Rapinoe had "disrespected her country" according to US President Donald Trump, after she said she wouldn't visit the White House if they were to win the World Cup.
This came after the co-captain's two penalties were enough to see past Spain in the previous round, and Trump said Rapinoe should "win before she talks."
In my opinion, Trump's behaviour was justified, given the arrogance of Rapinoe to assume that not only would they win the World Cup, but that they would definitely be invited to the President's home.
There is a clear conflict of ideologies between the two, and Rapinoe should use the invite to the White House as an opportunity to air her disagreements with Trump in person, rather than via a video published on social media.


Italy 0-2 Netherlands

The Netherlands will play in their first World Cup semi-final, beating Italy 2-0 in Valenciennes.
The first half was pretty even, ending goalless, but Italy had the better chances.
Valentina Bergamaschi should have done better with two free shots in the area, but both were saved by Sari van Veenendaal.
Netherlands turned up the heat in the second half with 15 shots, capitalising on a fading Italian team.
The women's game is not fully professional in Italy, and they were well-beaten in the end.
Danielle van de Donk hit the bar with a chip from the edge of the box, and Sherida Spitse fired a free kick narrowly wide.

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WSL Golden Boot winner Vivianne Miedema extended her record as Netherlands' top international goal scorer with her 61st goal, rising high to head home the first goal from a Spitse free kick.
Stefanie van der Gragt headed in another Spitse free kick less than 10 minutes later from the opposite side to seal their place in the last four.
The two assists today mean she has set up more goals at the tournament than anybody else with four.

Germany 1-2 Sweden
Germany were shocked against Sweden who came from behind to win.
Martina Voss-Tecklenberg's side were heavy favourites going into the match, having won the World Cup twice (2003,2007) as well as eight European Championship wins.
I addition to their roll of honour, Germany had reason to be confident based on the history of these two sides in major tournaments, with Sweden not having beaten Germany since 1995, losing four times in major finals.
The confidence showed from the start, with Swedish goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl saving Lina Magull's free kick and Lea Schuller's header early on.
It was Magull who opened the scoring for Germany with an acrobatic volley inside 16 minutes, brilliantly controlling Sara Dabritz's pass.
Sofia Jakobsson equalised soon after, running through on goal after a long ball and finishing coolly - Germany's first conceded goal.

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The winner came early in the second half when Stina Blackstenius poked in from close range after Almuth Schultz in the German goal had parried Fridolina Rolfo's header.
The expected German onslaught failed to materialise and their best chance of taking the game to extra time fell to teenager Lena Oberdorf with two minutes remaining, but she headed wide of an empty net after Lindahl missed the cross.

Draw
Section One

Norway 0-3 England
France 1-2 USA
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England vs USA - 2 July, 20:00, Lyon

Section Two

Italy 0-2 Netherlands
Germany 1-2 Sweden
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Netherlands vs Sweden - 3 July 20:00, Lyon

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Cricket World Cup: England vs Australia, Lord's - Australia qualify for Semi-Final with win over England

England suffered a second consecutive defeat in the World Cup, as Australia confirmed their place in the last four with a win that sent them top of the table.

England - 221 / 285-7 - Australia
England's hope of winning their first World Cup hang in the balance after the 64-run defeat at Lord's.
They need to win their last two games against India and New Zealand, both of whom are so far unbeaten.
Eoin Morgan's side may also be leapfrogged by Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the race for semi-final qualification.
Having begun the tournament as favourites, hosts England now have little margin for error after their three defeats in seven matches.

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Morgan said before the game that he would not discourage the crowd from booing Steve Smith and David Warner in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, and the Lord's crowd duly made their feelings known at every opportunity.
It didn't seem to affect Australia's top order though, after an opening wicket stand of 123, captain Aaron Finch's century lifted them to 173-1.
His 100-and-out puts him on 496 runs for the tournament, four runs behind his opening partner, as Warner became the first man to make 500.
The target of 286 was always going to be tough, in conditions suited to pace-bowling of which Mitchell Starc is one of the world's best.
The top order fell in a matter of overs, with the chase looking dead and buried at 53-4.
Much like he did against Sri Lanka, Ben Stokes provided some much needed stability as all those around him were dismissed.
He made 89 before a near-perfect yorker by Starc, and soon after that England were 221 all out.
Cricket's oldest rivalry at the ceremonial home of the sport made for a brilliant atmosphere in the capital.
For some, this was the day the World Cup began, but for England it may already be over.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and England may be left regretting the decision to let Australia bat first - especially after both of their previous defeats were inflicted when batting second.
Jofra Archer and Mark Wood played their part in dismantling Australia in the end, but Chris Woakes had no luck with the new ball.
He had Finch edge over second slip, and escape lbw on review, while Vince did well to get fingertips to the Aussie skipper at point off Archer.
The frustration was visible, leading to sloppy fielding such as Jos Buttler missing the opportunity to stump Usman Khawaja off Adil Rashid.
They gradually got it together, and as a team the wickets fell at regular intervals.

A good start with the bat was still needed, made more difficult by James Vince playing all around a Jason Behrendorff inswinger to the second ball of the innnings.
Starc trapped Joe Root before Morgan and Jonny Bairstow were both caught on the pull.
Stokes and Buttler added 71 to calm the English nerves, before Khawaja made a great catch running round the boundary to dismiss the latter.
Stokes appeared to sustain an injury while out at the crease, regularly feeling and stretching his hamstring.
He made a stand of 53 with Woakes, including two sixes off the same Glenn Maxwell over, before Starc's near unplayable delivery made Stokes kick his bat in frustration.
His 4-43 took him back to the top of the tree for wicket-taking in this tournament, but the inclusion of Behrendorff was the real masterstroke, he took 5-44 - all of which was backed up by superb field management from the captain, particularly with Maxwell offloading to Finch to dismiss Woakes at cow corner.
You could have been forgiven for thinking England's one-day dominance in the past four years was imagined, as Australia continued their brilliant run against England in World Cups, having not lost since 1992.

SCORECARD
England won the toss and decided to field
Australia won by 64 runs

Australia Innings

Batsman: How Out - Bowler / Runs / Balls / SR (4s, 6s)

Finch: c Woakes - b Archer / 100 / 116 / 86.21 (11, 2)

Warner: c Root - b Ali / 53 / 61 / 86.89 (6, 0)

Khawaja:  b Stokes / 23 / 29 / 79.31 (1, 0)

Smith: c Archer - b Woakes / 38 / 34 / 111.76 (5, 0)

Maxwell: c Buttler - b Wood / 12 / 8 / 150.00 (1, 1)

Stoinis: run out - (Rashid) / 8 / 15 / 53.33 (1, 0)

Carey: not out / 38 / 27 / 140.74 (5, 0)

Cummins: c Buttler - b Woakes / 1 / 4 / 25.00 (0, 0)

Starc: not out / 4 / 6 / 66.67 (0, 0)

Extras 0nb 4w 0b 4lb 8

Total (50.0 overs) 285-7

Bowler: Overs / Maidens / Runs / Wickets / Econ

Woakes: 10.0 / 0 / 46 / 2 / 4.60

Archer: 9.0 / 0 / 56 / 1 / 6.22

Wood: 9.0 / 0 / 59 / 1 / 6.56

Stokes: 6.0 / 0 / 29 / 1 / 4.83

Ali: 6.0 / 0 / 42 / 1 / 7.00

Rashid: 10.0 / 0 / 49 / 0 / 4.90

Fall of Wicket - Batsman

123-1 (22.4 ovs) - Warner

173-2 (32.2 ovs) - Khawaja

185-3 (35.3 ovs) - Finch

213-4 (38.2 ovs) - Maxwell

228-5 (41.5 ovs) - Stoinis

250-6 (45.4 ovs) - Smith

259-7 (47.1 ovs) - Cummins

England Innings

Batsman: How Out - Bowler / Runs / Balls / SR (4s, 6s)

Vince: b Behrendorff / 0 / 2 / 0.00 (0, 0)

Bairstow: c Cummins - b Behrendorff / 27 / 39 / 69.23 (5, 0)

Root: lbw - b Starc / 8 / 9 / 88.89 (2, 0)

Morgan: c Cummins - b Starc / 4 / 7 / 57.14 (1, 0)

Stokes: b Starc / 89 / 115 / 77.39 (8, 2)

Buttler: c Khawaja - b Stoinis / 25 / 27 / 92.59 (2, 0)

Woakes: c Finch - b Behrendorff / 26 / 34 / 76.47 (2, 0)

Moeen: c Carey - b Behrendorff / 6 / 9 / 66.67 (1, 0)

Rashid: c Stoinis - b Starc / 25 / 20 / 125.00 (3, 1)

Archer: c Warner - b Behrendorff / 1 / 4 / 25.00 (0, 0)

Wood: not out / 1 / 2 / 50.00 (0, 0)

Extras 0nb 3w 1b 5lb 9

Total (44.4 overs) 221 all out

Bowler: Overs / Maidens / Runs / Wickets / Econ

Behrendorff: 10.0 / 0 / 44 / 5 / 4.40

Starc: 8.4 / 1 / 43 / 4 / 4.96

Cummins: 8.0 / 1 / 41 / 0 / 5.12

Lyon: 9.0 / 0 / 43 / 0 / 4.78

Stoinis: 7.0 / 0 / 29 / 1 / 4.14

Maxwell: 2.0 / 0 / 15 / 0 / 7.50

Fall of Wicket - Batsman

0-1 (0.2 ovs) - Vince

15-2 (3.3 ovs) - Root

26-3 (5.5 ovs) - Morgan

53-4 (13.5 ovs) - Bairstow

124-5 (27.2 ovs) - Buttler

177-6 (36.6 ovs) - Stokes

189-7 (39.3 ovs) - Moeen

202-8 (41.3 ovs) - Woakes

211-9 (43.3 ovs) - Archer

221-10 (44.4 ovs) - Rashid

ICC Cricket World Cup Standings
Played | Won | Lost | No Result | Tied | NRR | Points
Australia         P 7 W 6 L 1 N/R 0 T 0 NRR +0.906 Pts 12
New Zealand  P 6 W 5 L 0 N/R 1 T 0 NRR +1.306 Pts 11
India                P 5 W 4 L 0 N/R 1 T 0 NRR +0.809 Pts 9
England          P 7 W 4 L 3 N/R 0 T 0 NRR +1.051 Pts 8
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Bangladesh     P 7 W 3 L 3 N/R 1 T 0 NRR -0.130 Pts 7
Sri Lanka         P 6 W 2 L 2 N/R 2 T 0 NRR -1.120 Pts 6
Pakistan           P 6 W 2 L 3 N/R 1 T 0 NRR -1.260 Pts 5
West Indies     P 6 W 1 L 4 N/R 1 T 0 NRR +0.190 Pts 3
South Africa    P 7 W 1 L 5 N/R 1 T 0 NRR -0.320 Pts 3
Afghanistan    P 7 W 0 L 7 N/R 0 T 0 NRR -1.630 Pts 0

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FIFA Women's World Cup - Round of 16 - European teams dominate last eight

A record number of teams from one continent qualified for the quarter-finals of a Women's World Cup, with Europe making up seven of the eight teams.

Germany 3-0 Nigeria
VAR still needs work, says Nigeria coach Thomas Dennerby after his side's loss to Germany.
It has been the centre of attention at the tournament, and referee Yoshimi Yamashita referred to the video screen pitch-side for both of Germany's opening goals.
Alexandra Popp scored with a header from a corner on 20 minutes, and it was allowed to stand after a review showed Svenja Huth was not interfering with play despite being in an offside position.
She was stood directly in front of the keeper, and while she didn't move at all towards the ball, her attention may have been on Huth instead of Popp who headed goalwards.

Photo from Sahara Reporters

A penalty was then awarded by the Japanese official when Evelyn Nwabuoku fouled Lina Magull while trying to clear a corner.
The ball had gone out for a throw-in before Yamashita awarded a spot kick three minutes later.
Sara Dabritz scored from 12-yards before Lea Schuller scored the third, angling her strike past the youthful Super Falcons keeper.
The second half may have been different if Desire Oparanozie had converted a low cross from Rasheedat Ajibade, but that was as close as Nigeria got to scoring.

Norway 1-1 (1-1 AET) 4-1p Australia
Norway reached the last eight at the World Cup for the first time in 12 years by beating Australia 4-1 in a penalty shootout, with Ingrid Systad Engen scoring the winning spot kick.
The match was 1-1 before extra-time, Isabell Herlovsen had put Norway ahead, with Karina Saevik splitting the defence open with a perfect through ball before Herlovsen's clinical finish.
Australia then had a penalty kick overturned by VAR, German referee Riem Hussein had pointed to the spot when the ball appeared to strike Chelsea defender Maria Thorisdottir on the arm when trying to clear.
Captain Sam Kerr had placed the ball on the spot, but after a long delay Norway's players celebrated when the decision was changed.
Further frustration came for Australia, looking for a fourth successive World Cup quarter-final, when a Kerr goal was ruled out for offside.
The equaliser came from a corner by Elise Kellond-Knight, curling through a sea of legs and nestling in the net.
Australia appealed for a second spot kick when Tameka Yallop went down in side the box, before Caroline Graham Hansen hit the post.
Alanna Kennedy received the first straight red card of the tournament, for a foul on Lisa-Maria Utland when she was bursting through on goal.
Australia keeper Lydia Williams produced outstanding saves to deny the impressive Hansen and Vilde Boe Risa, while Norway hit the woodwork a second time through Risa's attempt from 35 yards.

Photo from CBC

In the shootout, Hansen scored the first penalty, sending Williams the wrong way.
Kerr then skied Australia's first penalty, before Guro Reiten doubled Norway's lead.
Ingrid Hjelmseth made a great save to deny substitute Emily Gielnik, and captain Maren Mjelde made it 3-0 to Norway.
Stephanie Catley scored Australia's only spot kick, before Engen scored to put Norway through to the next round.

England 3-0 Cameroon
England beat Cameroon to progress to the World Cup quarter-final, in a bizarre match where Cameroon's players were outraged at the refereeing decisions and VAR.
Steph Houghton scored the opener from in indirect free-kick, when Augustine Ejangue passed into her goalkeepers arms before appearing to spit on Toni Duggan.
Yvonne Leuko had earlier been booked for an elbow on Nikita Parris, it may have been red had VAR spotted it.
It was Duggan who rolled the ball to the Lionesses captain and she fired low into the bottom corner through a wall of 11 Cameroonian players.

Photo from Fox Sports

Controversy arose over the second goal, when Ellen White put the ball in the net she had originally been given offside, before VAR showed that she wasn't.
The match referee had been told that she didn't need to consult the pitch-side screen as it was a clear decision to be overturned.
It's difficult to know what the Cameroon players were disgruntled by, but they appeared to gesture to the big screen in the stadium, that showed that Parris was in an offside position but did not affect play.
They got into a huddle before kicking off at 2-0, and within a few seconds, the referee had blown for the break.
Some of their players were in tears in the tunnel, and even accusing FIFA of being racist for allowing the White goal to stand.

Their frustrations were compounded early in the second half when Ajara Nchout thought she had got her team back in the match, only for a VAR review to show that she was marginally offside.
There was some sloppy play by Karen Bardsley and her defence to give the ball away and then some poor marking allowed the effort on goal.
Alexandra Engolo then twice went close after more poor England defending, but the majority of their performance over the 90 minutes was strong.
England's third goal came courtesy of a set-piece routine off the training pitch - Alex Greenwood making a run towards the near post around the group of defenders to pick up the ball from Duggan's low corner, and fire into the net in the second half.
Frustration got the better of the African side, fouling Fran Kirby which may have been a penalty with a different referee, and a potential career-ending tackle by Alexandra Takounda on Houghton for which she received a yellow card, but could and should have been red.
Jodie Taylor scuffed wide late on as they pushed for a fourth goal, as the Lionesses won a fifth straight World Cup game - stretching back to 2015's third-place play-off - for the first time.

France 1-1 (2-1 AET) Brazil
Hosts France reached the quarter-finals with an extra-time winning goal.
Valerie Gauvin thought she had put her side ahead when she rose high to head home from Kadidiatou Diani's cross, before VAR judged that she fouled goalkeeper Barbara in the 23rd minute.
Elation turned to frustration as the French crowd gave their reaction to their side not having a shot on target in the first half.
The fans then adopted the Thunderclap, made famous by Icelandic fans at the European Championships in France three years ago, to support their team.
It was Gauvin who combined with Diani to score the opener though, sliding the ball into the net early in the second half.
Brazil equalised when Thaisa converted after Cristiane's header was tipped on to the bar - having been originally ruled out for offside and VAR corrected the decision.
Eugenie Le Sommer could have won it in normal time for Les Bleues, while Brazil lost Cristiane to injury after 90 minutes.

Photo from The Guardian

Griedge Mbock Bathy cleared Debinha's shot off the line before captain Amandine Henry went up the other end and equalised late on from close range from a long free kick from Amel Majri.
This may have been the last chance for Cristiane, Formiga and Marta - three of the world's icons in women's football - to win the World Cup with Brazil.
Marta, Brazil's six-time world player of the year and scorer of a record 17 goals at World Cup finals, would have loved to add a winner's medal to her honours list.

Spain 1-2 USA
Defending champions USA survived a testing last-16 tie against Spain to qualify for the quarter-finals.
The world number one side came through against the Spaniards thanks to two Megan Rapinoe penalties.

Photo from The Denver Post

The three-time champions scored first from the spot after Mapi Leon had brought down Tobin Heath in the box, Rapinoe shooting low to the keeper's right.
Jennifer Hermoso scored a brilliant equaliser from range after a mix-up in the American defence, curling beautifully into the top corner.
It was the first goal that USA had conceded at the tournament, having gone 648 minutes of play since last conceding back in April, and it looked as though they might not extend their record of having always made at least the semi-finals at World Cups.

A tense second half followed, in which Jill Ellis' side converted another penalty, this time after a VAR review confirmed that Rose Lavelle had been fouled by Virginia Torrecilla.
Spanish fans booed the decision, as Lavelle went down quite theatrically, in a way that wasnt representative of the contact from Torrecilla.
Alex Morgan stepped up to take the second spot kick before Hungarian referee Katalin Kulcsar left the pitch to watch the incident again, after which Rapinoe placed the ball on the spot, and held her nerve to send her side through.

Sweden 1-0 Canada
Stina Blackstenius scored the only goal of the match in the second half, chipping the ball over Stephanie Labbe in the Canadian goal to send her team to the next round.
It came from the first shot on target in the match in the 55th minute, Elin Rubensson won the ball back in her own half and played it wide left to Kosovare Asllani.
Asllani played it brilliantly to Blackstenius who beat Shelina Zadorsky before chipping the keeper.

Photo from BBC Sport

Janine Beckie had a penalty brilliantly saved by Hedvig Lindahl, one of very few chances that Canada created.
Desiree Scott's shot hit the arm of Asllani, but a spot kick was only given after Kate Jacewicz the referee had consulted the pitch-side screen to change her decision.
A penalty was awarded to Sweden to ponetially put the match out of Canada's sight, before the VAR team showed a Swedish player was offside in the direct build-up to Ashley Lawrence's foul on Fridolina Rolfo.
Sweden were the fresher of the two sides, after manager Peter Gerhardsson named a weaker team in the final group match against the United States.
Jacewicz spoke with the VAR team directly following the final whistle about a possible Swedish handball by Linda Sembrant, but no penalty was awarded and the Swedes carried on celebrating.

The defeat puts doubt on whether Canadian captain Christine Sinclair will be able to break Abby Wambach's record of international goals.
The 36-year-old has scored 182 goals for her country, two behind the American record-holder, having scored once at this World Cup.
She played a long range free kick wide of the goal, and maybe in hindsight she should have taken the penalty - their only on target shot of the match.

Italy 2-0 China PR
Italy's win over Canada represents their best run at in international tournament, playing in the quarter-finals after a 20 year absence from World Cups.
Valentina Giacinti gave Le Azzurre an early lead, converting the loose ball after a Elisa Bartoli shot had been saved by Peng Shimeng.
Giacinti thought she had put Italy ahead earlier on, when she had the ball in the net in the ninth-minute before the flag was raised for offside.

Photo from BBC

But for a brilliant save by Shimeng, Valentina Bergamaschi may have doubled the lad on the half-hour mark with a effort across the goal.
Nicknamed the 'Wall of China', this save from Shimeng sparked her side into life, producing their first shot from inside the Itly area in the 41st minute, and going close twice again before the break.
Liu Shanshan also fired in a volley from outside the area which was well saved by Laura Giuliani.
Substitute Aurora Galli scored the winner, with a long range right-footed drive finding the bottom corner early in the second half.

Netherlands 2-1 Japan
The Netherlands needed a 90th-minute penalty to defeat 2011 champions Japan, becoming the seventh European side through to the quarter-finals.
The Dutch controlled the opening stages of the match , and scored their fastest ever World Cup goal to take the lead.
Lieke Martens made a near post run and converted on 17 minutes with a backheel flick through a defenders legs.
Japan almost equalised instantly, Yuika Sugasawa striking off the post directly from the restart.
Asako Takakura's side did level the match before the break, when Yui Hasegawa shot high into Sari van Veenendaal's goal on the end of a great passing move to open up the defence.
Japan's side featured 17 players making their World Cup debuts in this tournament, and they had a number of chances to take the lead.
Hasegawa missed the far post by inches for her second goal of the night, Hina Sugita smacked the underside of the bar while substitute Yuka Momiki forced a great save from van Veenendaal at point blank range.

Photo from Los Angeles Times

The European champions looked lucky to be hanging on for extra-time in the final stages, after Japan had missed many chances at goal.
WSL golden boot winner Vivianne Miedema - who had a quiet game - struck powerfully and hit Saki Kumagai's arm at close range.
Honduran referee Melissa Borjas originally gave the decison, and it was confirmed when she checked the pitch-side screen.
Martens scored from the spot, as Sarina Wiegman's side avenged their defeat by the 2015 finalists at the same stage four years ago in their nations's first Women's World Cup.
Japan's exit means there are no Asian sides in the last eight of the Women's World Cup for the first time in the competition's history.
They will now turn their attentions to attempting to win gold when they host the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

Draw

Section One
Norway 1-1 (1-1 AET) 4-1p Australia

England 3-0 Cameroon

France 1-1 (2-1 AET) Brazil 

Spain 1-2 USA
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Norway vs England - 27 June, 20:00, Le Havre
France vs USA - 28 June, 20:00, Paris

Section Two
Italy 2-0 China PR

Netherlands 2-1 Japan

Germany 3-0 Nigeria

Sweden 1-0 Canada
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Italy vs Netherlands - 29 June, 14:00, Valenciennes
Germany vs Sweden - 29 June, 17:00, Rennes

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