Sarina Wiegman’s side cruised through to the knockout stages of the tournament, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with a 6-1 victory over China on Tuesday (August 1) to make it three wins from three.
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Panama took the lead barely a minute into the match when Marta Cox curled home a stunning free-kick from 35 yards out.
We are two days away from the start of the World Cup. How is Nigeria getting ready?
The 9th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals will hold in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20, 2023.
The Super Falcons will commence their Africa Cup of Nations camping programme in Rabat, Morocco in a fortnight.
The African continental football governing body unveiled the dates for the qualifiers on Wednesday.
The candidates will join the “Road to AUS/NZL” project, a programme which will determine the best to operate during the upcoming competition.
Ukaigwe, a member of the Board of the Nigeria Women Football League, has for several decades been at the vanguard of promoting the game of women’s football in Nigeria and even beyond these shores, playing a key role in the wide traction gained by the game from the 1990s
Early goals from Kosovare Asllani and Sofia Jakobsson were enough to see off Phil Neville’s side.
A goal from Manchester United’s Jackie Groenen eventually gave the European champions the breakthrough in the ninth minute of added time, breaking Swedish hearts and sealing a place in the World Cup final for the first time.
Christen Press, in for the absent Megan Rapinoe, put the US ahead in the 10th minute with a fine header but the Lionesses fought back, levelling nine minutes later with Ellen White’s sixth goal of the tournament
Netherlands striker, Lieke Martens, is not likely to do much training ahead of Wednesday’s FIFA Women’s World Cup semi-final match against Sweden as she protects a foot injury.
The Swedes now face a last-four clash with the Netherlands in Lyon on Wednesday
Japan, who hit the woodwork twice, dominated the second half but lacked the finishing touch
Camp sources also informed that the players acted in good time to avoid suffering the same fate of their female folks, the Super Falcons, at the Women World Cup in France
The US needed two Megan Rapinoe penalty kicks, one of them controversially confirmed after a lengthy VAR review, to beat Spain 2-1 on Monday in Reims.
Cameroon players reacted angrily as two key VAR decisions went in favour of England during their World Cup last 16 game in Valenciennes on Sunday.
Cameroon’s players made little effort to hide their rage against the Video Assistant Referee during their FIFA Women’s World Cup last 16 match against England on Sunday.
One player told the BBC the team held an overnight meeting in their Grenoble Hotel with Aisha Falode, the President of the Nigeria Women Football League
But this was after a highly-entertaining 1-1 draw, which both sides could only end up with after extra time play