On day one of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal is “extraordinary” about beating England’s Jofra Archer with a quick short ball.
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Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly proved to be England’s angels, not for the first time.
With one minute to go in the semi-final on Tuesday, the Lionesses were on the verge of leaving Euro 2025.
Then, as Agyemang, 19, scored in the 96th minute to make it a dramatic comeback, before Kelly, who rebounded from a saved penalty to win, took control.
The same players who spearheaded England’s impressive comeback in their quarter-final defeat to Sweden were responsible for their masterminded comeback.
The role Kelly and Agyemang play has a certain sense of deja vu.
Regular substitutes Ella Toone and Alessia Russo played six games from the bench for Euro 2022.
Russo scored four goals, the most of any substitute at a women’s European Championship, while Toone added two, including in the final.
Wiegman makes a point of highlighting her “finishers,” which are the players she joins at the end of a game. They are just as crucial a part of the equation for the England manager as their debutants.
Rachel Daly, the former England striker, claimed Wiegman has “got it right so far” with her team selection.
It is functioning, it says. On the Daly Brightness podcast, she remarked, “Don’t fix what isn’t broken.”
There is so much to be said for those who can come on and change things, despite the fact that “people will call out “start them” It’s really challenging.
Agyemang’s Euro 2025 statistics are impressive.
Russo shoots 2.9 shots per 90 minutes, which she averages, which she does, partly because England chases games against tired opponents when the youngster starts.
Additionally, she has the most assists in the opposition box of any England player at 15.17 per 90 minutes.
Former Lionesses goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain, who said Wiegman “loves to stick with what she knows,” has Daly’s thoughts in mind.
Sarina Wiegman won’t likely change her team, according to Wiegman. On BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast, she said, “If those 11 players are fit, those 11 players will start the final.”
Alessia Russo and Ella Toone, who were the substitutes in the final Euros, “play the game.” She has the same features this year.
However, there is a conflicting viewpoint, one that is fueled in part by the regular starting lineup’s level of football.
Karen Carney, a former England international, made a point about the Lionesses’ back-to-back games that were played in extra time.
A squad that might be worn out would gain fresh legs by making just one change in the Sweden and Italy knockout games, with Esme Morgan making the switch and Kelly making the switch.
Four of the five substitutes who scored the most goals at Euro 2025 are Kelly, Agyemang, Aggie Beever-Jones, and Beth Mead.
According to Carney, “I do think that the most important thing is the freshness,” given how many minutes the starting XI have consistently played.
I believe she needs to look at the squad and rip that script out because “Germany are powerhouses, and Spain are the technical team.” I believe we need to start with fresh legs.
Nina, Kelly should start with a 100%. She can perform well in crosses and is technically competent. Agyemang should continue to play as an impact sub, but Russo and Beever-Jones should take the place of him. Your mentality won the day, girls!
The final should feature Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly because they will likely need them the most during the final… the first 60 minutes are not as crucial as the final 60, when they are most needed.
Al Jazeera Arabic Digital Newsroom has broken down the events of that night second-by-second.
Maeve Kyle passed away at the age of 96 after becoming Ireland’s first female track and field Olympian at the 1956 Summer Games in Melbourne.
Before beginning a successful international athletics career, the Kilkenny native played hockey for Ireland.
After meeting Ballymena man Sean Kyle in 1953, she made the decision to pursue athletics despite still playing hockey.
After their marriage, the athlete gave birth to daughter Shauna in 1954, but the athlete soon returned to the Olympic training.
After winning a 400-meter bronze medal at the 1966 European Indoor Championships in Dortmund, Kyle competed at additional Olympic Games in Rome and Tokyo.
The woman who was born in Kilkenny continued to race into her 40s despite long-ago transitioning to coaching at the Ballymena &, Antrim club, which they had established in 1955.
High jumpers Janet Boyle and Sharon McPeake, Mark Forsythe, Mark Kirk, Sean O’Neill, Eddie King, and countless others from the couple’s perspective have all benefitted from their guidance.
Mary Peters, who won the 1972 Olympics, spent her early career coaching international athletes while James McIlroy, Paul Brizzel, John McAdorey, and Anna Boyle both emerged as coaches international athletes well into their 70s.
The Kyles were instrumental in organizing Top Towns meetings, which saw towns from Northern Ireland and even a number of southern border counties compete in team athletics meetings, during the worst period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s.
Maeve was able to manage both the Great Britain and Ireland teams while also leading the Irish relay team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
In the middle of the 1990s, she was named president of the then Northern Ireland Athletics Federation and was named one of the OBE recipients in the 2008 New Year’s Eve list.
She was also honored in 2008 with the Belfast Telegraph/Sport Northern Ireland Hall of Fame award, and in 2008 she was also inducted into the RTE/Irish Sports Council Hall of Fame. In addition, Ballymena & Antrim was named the UK’s athletics club of the year.
As part of a UN ceasefire agreement to end fighting between Druze and Bedouin militias, hundreds of Bedouin families have been evacuated from Suwayda, Syria. More than 120 000 people have been displaced as a result of the fighting.
Findlay Curtis, 18, was so excited to start for Rangers against Panathinaikos that he sat up in bed the night before the game to reflect on the biggest moment of his young career.
Rangers won their Champions League second round qualifier with a 2-0 victory after my superb opening goal put Rangers on their way to a victory in the first leg. “My mum came through to me and was like you need to get your sleep,” the winger said.
As Panathinaikos threatened to ruin Russell Martin’s first competitive game in charge, Curtis struggled to make an impact in the first half.
Jack Butland, a goalkeeper, frequently came to Rangers’ rescue, despite the Greek side missing a lot of chances.
After receiving encouragement from his teammates and manager at half-time, Curtis settled in and began to play his game.
The game was changed by his two crucial contributions, the opening goal and Georgios Vagiannidis’ foul that resulted in the Panathinaikos right-back receiving a second yellow card.
“I’m absolutely thrilled,” Curtis said. It’s halfway in the tie, and we’re looking forward to the next game, thanks to winning 2-0 and moving it over to Athens.
I believed the first 10 minutes were good, but after a 10-minute period it was “dead sloppy.”
We spoke about it for a while, then returned the second half, and I believed we had changed.
When Curtis recalled his opening goal, “the first touch was the best aspect of it.
That gave me the confidence to take defenders on and, undoubtedly, to take the one with the red card, to take a touch inside, with the result that obviously [Vagiannidis] was sent off.
“I believe that passing the ball right and simply acting in the right manners and habits boosts confidence.”
Sir Alex Ferguson, a former manager of Aberdeen and Scotland, and former Rangers striker and manager of Manchester United, gave Curtis a fantastic night.
Curtis simply congratulated me on reaching my goal.