A cash-filled briefcase, a missing shield and the beating of Australia
When England's women face Australia in Las Vegas on Saturday night, they can thank the Great Britain trailblazers who overcame remarkable odds just to get a Test series on - and then won it.
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Yahoo Sports AM: Canada beats the USA, again
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Curry makes history as Warriors beat Kings
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Expansion San Diego beats Galaxy in MLS opener
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NZ beat Bangladesh to reach Champions Trophy semis
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Workday beats estimates for revenue and profit, stock jumps
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Australian and New Zealand militaries are monitoring 3 Chinese warships off Australia
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Australia warns airlines to beware of a Chinese navy live-fire exercise
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Australia warns airlines over Chinese live-fire exercises
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Airlines warned as Chinese navy holds live-fire exercises off Australia
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Inglis inspires Australia to record win over England despite Duckett hundred
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USA 2-1 Australia: SheBelieves Cup women’s football international – as it happened
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Shares in Australia’s largest listed tech group plunge as majority of board quits
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Block shares fall on profit, revenue miss
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Search for missing woman focuses on running trails
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Flight then fight - travelling Bakole misses weigh-in
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Brewers OF Perkins (shin) to miss start of season
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Pulisic misses penalty as AC Milan lose at Torino
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Missing British businessman’s body found in Kenyan forest
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Stokes set to miss Hundred to manage fitness
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Southwest plane, jet have near-miss at Chicago
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Salesforce misses on revenue, issues disappointing guidance
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Wrexham miss out on Wembley after shootout loss
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