Women's World Cup Final and more: The Yorkshire Post Sporting Weekend

Sports Editor, Nick Westby, on what to expect in this weekend's Sporting Weekend (August 19/2023)

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00:00 Greetings from the Adil Rashid Cricket Centre here in Brafar.

00:04 Sports editor Nick West, we have been here to interview Adil Rashid

00:08 for a piece for Saturday's Yorkshire Post.

00:10 Also in the Yorkshire Post Sports Weekend supplement,

00:13 we've got two huge football games as Leeds United and Sheffield United

00:17 look to pick up points in the Championship and Premier League respectively.

00:21 Plus we'll count down to all the big Saturday games,

00:24 including a huge one for Sheffield Wednesday,

00:26 another big club looking to get off the mark.

00:28 Friday night also sees an enormous game at the foot of the Super League table

00:32 as Wakefield Trinity entertain Castleford Tigers

00:35 in what could be a real relegation shooting.

00:38 We'll also have a preview to the Women's World Cup final.

00:42 It's Tuesday at the minute, Spain are already there.

00:45 Whether the Lionesses are joining them is up for debate.

00:48 That's going to be finalised on Wednesday.

00:50 Hopefully we'll have a nice big spread of Lionesses features and news on Saturday for you.

00:55 And also we've got an interview with Max Bergin, the 800m runner from Halifax,

01:00 head of the World Championships in Budapest.

01:03 That's all from here. Have a fantastic sporting weekend.