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Women's World Cup 2019 begins

The eighth Women's World Cup begins in France on Friday with nearly a million tickets sold for the tournament.

We are focussing on Women’s Football World Cup as the tournament in France kicks off later tonight with the hosts facing South Korea. With about a million tickets sold, we’ll have a conversation about the growing audiences in women’s games but also about the gender gap in football. We bring together players, fans and journalists from across the world to discuss.

People in the north-east of South Africa have been told to be careful and on the look out as the authorities search for 14 lions which are believed to have escaped from the Kruger National Park. We hear from a man who lives at the edge of the park.

We’ll also speak to parents in the US whose 11-year old autistic boy was awarded a trophy naming him the “most annoying male” of the school year. The school in Indianapolis has since apologized and the teacher is facing disciplinary action.

(Photo: France's head coach Corinne Diacre (2nd-L) looks on as France's players take part in a training session. Credit: Lionel Bonaventure/ AFP/ Getty Images)

53 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 Jun 201916:06GMT

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  • Fri 7 Jun 201916:06GMT

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