Sport shorts: Rapinoe delivers powerful speech at Fifa awards and Bairstow is dropped from England Test squad

Ten things from the world of sport on Tuesday 24 September

United States co-captain Megan Rapinoe won the 2019 Best Fifa women’s player award
United States co-captain Megan Rapinoe won the 2019 Best Fifa women’s player award 
(Image credit: Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images)

1. Rapinoe: change the world for the better

United States star Megan Rapinoe delivered a powerful speech after being named the women’s player of the year at last night’s Best Fifa Football Awards.

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