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By Brigid Riley TOKYO Japanese authorities are unlikely to intervene in foreign exchange markets to prop up the

With the Lionesses’ Euro 2022-winning captain Leah Williamson forced to miss out on the World Cup through injury, coach Sarina Wiegman has entrusted the responsibility for leading the team to experienced Chelsea centre back Millie Bright. Bright has been passed fit for England’s match against Haiti after recovering from knee surgery and the defender will lead the Lionesses in their Group D opener. Now 29, Bright grew up in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, overcoming infant pneumonia and asthma to enjoy a career as a top level athlete, although her first love was equestrianism, not football. Get all the latest Women’s World Cup odds here Showing early promise when she did take to the field aged nine, she was soon scouted playing for Killamarsh Dynamos by Sheffield United and joined their academy before moving to Doncaster Rovers Belles aged 16 in 2009. Making her debut that same year and scoring on her first start, Bright spent a year on loan at Leeds Ladies before establishing herself at Doncaster, where she played with future Lionesses Mary Earps and Bethany England. In December 2014, she signed for Chelsea and has remained with the West London club ever since, picking up four Barclays Women’s Super League titles, three FA Women’s Cups and reaching the UEFA Champions League Final, scoring 14 times across 218 appearances. For England, she was an essential part of the side that reached the semi-finals of the last FIFA World Cup in France in 2019 and of last summer’s triumphant Euros team. She has represented her country, to date, 66 times and scored five international goals, striking up solid defensive partnerships with Williamson and Houghton during that time and posing a significant aerial threat from set plays. Read More Millie Bright on England captaincy: ‘I don’t give the orders - everyone has a platform’ How to watch England vs Nigeria: TV channel and start time for Women’s World Cup fixture Women’s World Cup TV schedule: How to watch every match today Women’s football world rankings: Who could take No 1 at the World Cup?

China’s sovereign bonds are an “obvious” trade as the central bank will ease monetary policy for at least

By Rishav Chatterjee and Scott Murdoch Global private equity firm Bain Capital will pay A$838 million ($551.3 million)

Global Switch Holdings Ltd.’s Chinese owners are considering carving up the data center group in the hopes of

Bain Capital is moving closer to a potential agreement to take Chindata Group Holdings Ltd. private, people familiar

HSBC Holdings Plc’s head of public affairs criticized the US for strong-arming the UK into cutting back business

Traders in India are pushing back rate-cut bets to later next year as a sudden spike in food

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE Oil prices extended gains on Monday to touch their highest levels since mid-April after

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY Asian share markets started in a cautious mood on Monday after a mixed U.S.

Most Asian shares fell Monday after a mixed US jobs report and a reversal of gains on Wall

(Bloomberg Markets) -- Money managers are navigating an historic shift: India’s population, at 1.43 billion, edged past China’s this year.