The fallout from Luis Rubiales kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips after the Women’s World Cup final continues, with Hermoso accusing the Spanish football federation of ‘intimidation’ after it called up a host of players who had announced a boycott. We take a look at how the saga has unfolded.
The ninth edition of the Women’s World Cup finished on Sunday as Spain were crowned champions. They earned a maiden World Cup win after beating England 1-0 in Sydney thanks to Olga Carmona’s first-half goal. Here we take a look at what we learned from this tournament and what it told us about the development of women’s football.
A new winner of the Women’s World Cup is guaranteed as England face Spain in an all-European final in Sydney on Sunday. Neither team has featured in the final before but England have made it to the showpiece match in a second successive tournament after being crowned European champions last summer.
We’re continuing our Women’s World Cup 2023 predictions with a near-9/1 double from the semi-finals on Tuesday and Wednesday. Don’t forget to check out bwin’s Enhanced Accas page for daily price boosts on multiple bets featuring games from all around the globe.
The Women’s World Cup 2023 group stage signalled a sea change in the sport, with a tournament full of shocks highlighting how perennial powerhouses. Germany joined China in failing to make it out of the group for the first time ever, with Brazil and Olympic champions Canada other notable casualties.
England have been far from spectacular at the Women’s World Cup so far but are still on course to top Group D with three straight wins. After shading 1-0 victories over Haiti and Denmark, the Lionesses are fancied to grind out another triumph over China in Adelaide.
England will look to build on a hard-fought win over Haiti when facing Denmark in their second Women’s World Cup fixture in Sydney on Friday. The Danes also made a successful start to their Group D campaign by edging out China and are just nine places lower down the FIFA rankings.
England are expected to enjoy an easy win in their opening Group D game at the Women’s World Cup when facing unfancied Haiti in Brisbane. The Lionesses reached the semi-finals at the last two renewals of this tournament and will be looking to build on their memorable Euro 2022 triumph.
The ninth FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off with New Zealand taking on Norway on July 20 followed by the Republic of Ireland’s tournament debut against co-hosts Australia at Sydney’s sold-out Stadium Australia later on the opening day. Here we look at some of the talking points in our Women’s World Cup preview.
The Women’s World Cup starts in Australia and New Zealand later this month and European champions England are second favourites to win the tournament for the first time. Ahead of the first game on July 20, we’re taking a trip down memory lane to look at all eight Women’s World Cup finals since the first in 1991.
England boss Sarina Wiegman has finalised her squad for this summer’s World Cup finals as she targets another taste of glory. The European champions have lost key players since their triumph at Wembley last year, but have potential new stars waiting in the wings.
Fran Kirby has become the latest England player set to miss this summer’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The midfielder confirmed that she will be sidelined for “a significant period” due to a knee injury and will undergo surgery.
USA had to ride their luck at times when edging out England but that game seemed on a different level to the second Women’s World Cup semi-final won by the Netherlands. The holders look visually fitter than the European champions, possess more tactical nous and have some lethal finishers up front.
England’s match-winner in both the round-of-16 and quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup has been Manchester City jill of all trades Lucy Bronze. However, a semi-final meeting with 2011 champions Japan should mean that bronze is what they end up rivalling Germany for on final weekend, rather than fighting USA … Read more