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The FIFA Women’s World Cup is approaching the business end of the tournament and just eight nations remain in the quest to lift the trophy in Sydney a week on Sunday.   In what has been the most unpredictable women’s edition of the tournament in its 32-year history, the number one …

England and Sarina Wiegman face an anxious wait to find out just how many games star player Lauren James will miss after receiving a straight red card in the team’s second round win against Nigeria.  The Chelsea forward, who has contributed to six of the Lionesses’ eight goals in a …

Yesterday, we reported that the woke Megan Rapinoe had led the U.S. women’s soccer team to a humiliating second round loss at the World Cup, marking the earliest the team has ever been eliminated from the event. On Monday’s episode of her eponymous SiriusXM show, Megyn Kelly revealed that she …

Eugenie Le Sommer scored twice as France advanced to the FIFA Women’s World Cup quarter finals with a 4-0 win over Morocco on Tuesday. France’s all-time leading scorer struck once in each half as her country set up a showdown with co-host Australia in Brisbane on Saturdayfor a place in …

Fabio Cannavaro may have been captaining his country in the most important game of his career during the final of the World Cup in 2006, but even he let himself get distracted by Zinedine Zidane implanting his head into Marco Materazzi’s chest during the 110th minute of the match. Plenty …

Super Falcons forward Desire Oparanozie has apologised to Nigerians for not scoring her penalty during the Round of 16 against England at the FIFA Women’s World Cup on  Monday, August 7,  in Melbourne.   Nigeria failed to advance to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 quarter-finals after they lost 4 …

By Chris De Silva and Emily Patterson It was the moment the whole of Australia had spent more than two weeks waiting for, and it did not disappoint one bit. After Sam Kerr had been ruled fit to face Denmark in a do-or-die round of 16 clash, the focus shifted …

England step over Nigeria as the Super Falcons are out of the World Cup on penalties. The Super Falcons of Nigeria suffered a 4-2 loss on penalties to the Lionesses of England in a 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup round of 16 clash played early on Monday, August 7, 2023. …

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have failed to advance to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 quarter-finals after they lost to England following a dramatic penalty shoot-out over England.    The two nations failed to find the back of the net in 90 minutes, and after 30 minutes of extra …

Australia has ruthlessly axed one of its stars, and promoted a number of potential debutants for its preliminary ODI World Cup squad. An extended 18-man list has been named, but that will be cut to 15 before the tournament in India later this year. Test gun Marnus Labuschagne won’t feature …