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BBC News
06-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Norway beat Finland to close on quarter-finals
Update: Date: 19:18 BST Title: Goodbye for now Content: Well that was quite fun wasn't it? Despite a lacklustre display Gemma Grainger's Norway side have put themselves on the cusp of the knockout stages after an entertaining battle with Nordic neighbours Finland. That's all we have to bring you on this particular live page. Bye for now. Update: Date: 19:15 BST Title: Post Content: FT: Norway 2-1 Finland In case you missed any of the action this evening here's a neat video summary. Make sure to pay close attention to the Finland goal, it was a great strike from Oona Sevenius. This video can not be played Graham Hansen scores late winner as Norway beat Finland Update: Date: 19:14 BST Title: Post Content: The Group A action continues at 20:00 BST as hosts Switzerland face Iceland in Bern. My colleague Neil Johnston is on hand to take you through that one, so go on, head over to that live page now. Update: Date: 19:11 BST Title: 'Finland deserved at least a draw' Content: FT: Norway 2-1 Finland Lindsay JohnsonEx-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3 Finland were positive, played with intent, played some really good football and deserved at least a draw out of the game in my opinion. Update: Date: 19:11 BST Title: 'You have got to be clinical' Content: FT: Norway 2-1 Finland Anita AsanteFormer England defender on BBC Two Finland did create chances, but at this level you have got to be clinical. I think Marko Saloranta should be really proud of his players today. Update: Date: 19:10 BST Title: Post Content: FT: Norway 2-1 Finland Spare a thought for Finland. They dominated every single metric in the game, apart from the only one that truly matters. They still have a chance at making the knockout stages but they will likely need to overcome hosts Switzerland in their last game to do so. Update: Date: 19:09 BST Title: 'Lucky' Content: FT: Norway 2-1 Finland Nikita ParrisBrighton forward on BBC Two Definitely lucky. Deep inside Norway will know that's a lot of relief to get the three points over the line. Sometimes it's not about the performance, it's about the result. Update: Date: 19:08 BST Title: Post Content: FT; Norway 2-1 Finland Update: Date: 19:07 BST Title: 'Hansen is comfortable under pressure' Content: FT: Norway 2-1 Finland Rachel CorsieFormer Scotland captain on BBC Two We all said it was a cross, but with players like this they do try these things. Caroline Graham Hansen is so comfortable under pressure. It feels like there was an element of fortune to that goal. Update: Date: 19:06 BST Title: Post Content: FT: Norway 2-1 Finland This video can not be played 'Jewel in the crown' Hansen puts Norway back in the lead Well when you've got a player with the talent and quality of Caroline Graham Hansen you will always have a chance to win. As well as scoring the game's winning goal she had more touches in the opposition's box (11) and completed more dribbles (5) than any other player in this match, while no Norway player won possession more times (8) or won more duels (6) than her. Update: Date: 19:03 BST Title: Norway in control of Group A Content: FT: Norway 2-1 Finland So here's how group A now stands after that battling win for Norway. They lead the way on six points from two games, while Finland have three points from two games. If Switzerland avoid defeat against Iceland later on the Norwegians will be confirmed as group winners. Update: Date: 19:00 BST Title: 'Performance wasn't there today but the result was' Content: FT: Norway 2-1 Finland Lindsay JohnsonEx-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3 Fantastic for Norway. The performance wasn't there today but the result was. They've won ugly, they've shown their resilience, their strong mentality. Caroline Graham Hansen, I think she was the only one today for Norway who stood up and said 'I'll take the game by the scruff of the neck' and she did. She was the catalyst and she got that winning goal. Update: Date: 18:56 BST Title: 'Norway will feel fortunate' Content: FT: Norway 2-1 Finland Gilly FlahertyFormer England defender on BBC Two Finland looked the stronger side, but when you have a player like Caroline Graham Hansen in the team - she's a match-winner. Norway will feel very fortunate. Update: Date: 18:54 BST Title: FULL-TIME Content: Norway 2-1 Finland Norway have done it! It wasn't pretty at times but they won't care. Caroline Graham Hansen's world class quality (and a whole chunk of luck) makes it two wins from two games. Finland are left wondering what might have been. Update: Date: 90+5 mins Title: Post Content: Norway 2-1 Finland One last long ball up the pitch but no one in white can bring it under control and it goes behind for a Norway goal kick. Update: Date: 18:53 BST Title: Post Content: Norway 2-1 Finland Gilly FlahertyFormer England defender on BBC Two I was thinking Anna Koivunen was going to go with her hands then! Update: Date: 90+3 mins Title: Post Content: Norway 2-1 Finland The corner comes in and Kouivunen is still in the final third here. She lays the ball down the line for Evaliina Summanen to cross but it's poor and the chance is lost. Finland's hopes of getting a draw here look to have gone with it. Update: Date: 18:52 BST Title: Post Content: Norway 2-1 Finland Anna Kouivunen runs up from the back but she's been told to head back to her goal. Update: Date: 90+ 2 mins Title: Post Content: Norway 2-1 Finland Finland continue to push forward for a late leveller here and they've got a corner. It's now or never. Update: Date: 18:51 BST Title: 'Finland have been the better side' Content: Norway 2-1 Finland Lindsay JohnsonEx-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3 I think Caroline Graham Hansen has probably been Norway's best player. The most dangerous player for them, she's looked dangerous on that right side, got some really good balls into the box. But really I think over the course of the game Finland have been the better side but haven't been able to get that second goal like Norway have at the moment.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Extreme drought returns to parts of Utah as dry conditions intensify statewide
Extreme drought has returned to Utah for the first time in nearly two years, but a weekend storm could help parts of the state that have so far missed out on winter storms. Moderate drought conditions or worse now blanket about two-thirds of the state, which is up from about 40% last week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor's weekly update on Thursday. It adds that about 8% of the state is in severe drought, while a little over 4% — covering large chunks of Washington and Iron counties — are in extreme drought. It's the first time that the Drought Monitor has listed any part of Utah in extreme drought since March 2023. Another 33% is listed as "abnormally dry," leaving just 1.3% of the state not listed in any drought category. Utah's new extreme drought is part of a larger drought growing across parts of Arizona, California and Nevada. Exceptional drought — the agency's worst drought category — returned this week to an area near Lake Mead. "Conditions are alarmingly dry, with dry soil and high fire danger," Lindsay Johnson, a climatologist for the National Drought Mitigation Center, wrote in an adjoining report. The update comes a day after the Washington County Water Conservancy District reported that St. George remains on pace for its driest winter since city records were first recorded in 1895, while the county is on pace for its lowest water year on record. Southwestern Utah's snowpack basin has only collected 1.4 inches of snow water equivalent since the water year began on Oct. 1, 19% of the median average for this point in the season, according to Natural Resources Conservation Service data. Washington County commissioners called on residents to reduce water consumption and pray for rain last month as the dry conditions continued into the new year. The basin's last significant boost came during Thanksgiving weekend. Candice Hasenyager, director of the Utah Division of Water Resources, told that the state is closely monitoring conditions, especially in central and southern Utah. Other snowpack basins within those regions ranged from 35%-79% of their respective median averages on Thursday. Snowpack basins along the Wasatch and northern Utah regions remain above 80%, thanks to storms that have passed through those regions more frequently this season. It's kept the statewide average at 78% of the first week of February normal. The number is also expected to increase a bit as an incoming storm is forecast to provide a mix of rain and snow across the state between Friday and Saturday. KSL meteorologist Matt Johnson said it's projected to deliver 2-6 inches of snow in the southern mountains. "It's not going to be a ton, but it is something," he said. What helps is that Utah's reservoirs remain 78% full statewide, well above the February median average. However, many reservoirs in central and southern Utah could struggle to refill if dry conditions linger. Hasenyager said the state will continue to push conservation messages as the drought intensifies. 'That's always part of our efforts — to make sure we're managing our water supplies as wisely as possible,' she said. 'We need to do that whether we're in drought or not, but it definitely becomes more important when we're in low water supply conditions.'
