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Fifa Women's World Cup

Young women take part in football training at the Complexo da Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro. A five-time champion in men’s soccer, more than any other country, Brazil has yet to win its first Women’s World Cup trophy. Photo: AP

Young Brazilians hope to overcome slum violence to play in Women’s World Cup

Young women footballers in Complexo do Alemao, one of Rio’s most impoverished and violent favelas, often can’t leave home to train when police and drug dealers shoot at each other.

  • Young women footballers in Complexo do Alemao, one of Rio’s most impoverished and violent favelas, often can’t leave home to train when police and drug dealers shoot at each other
  • A five-time champion in men’s soccer, more than any other country, Brazil has yet to win its first Women’s World Cup trophy.

China women’s team hire ex-assistant to Tottenham’s Postecoglou as manager

Brazil legend, all-time top scorer Marta to retire from international football

Spain’s ex-football chief Rubiales faces prison over World Cup kiss

Prosecutor charged Rubiales with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion for his alleged actions in aftermath of kiss, offences carrying jail terms of one year and 18 months, respectively.

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Luis Rubiales kisses Jenni Hermoso on the lips following Spain’s 1-0 victory over England in the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney, Australia on August 20. Photo: SCMPOST

Player-to-player relationships on women’s teams ‘inappropriate’ says USA boss

Hayes is expected to take charge of America team for two friendlies against South Korea in June.

Belgium football team’s new away kit a tribute to comic book legend Tintin

The Belgium FA has unveiled the new kits for its male and female teams, with the home kit in the traditional red while the away kit is a tribute to the famous cartoon character.

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Tickets to watch China’s friendly against Australia sell out in 4 hours

Fans snap up 30,000 tickets for game in Adelaide in May, the 13th successive time women’s team has attracted a capacity crowd.

China players applaud the fans after the end of their 2023 Women’s World Cup Group D football match against England. Photo: AFP

Fok: Hong Kong should bid to host 2031 Women’s World Cup with Macau, GBA cities

City delegate told the NPC there were enough facilities in Kai Tak Sports Park and Guangzhou Nansha Urban Sports Complex to meet the needs of the competition.

Spain’s Rubiales to face trial for kissing Hermoso without consent at World Cup

State prosecutors have accused former Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales of sexual assault and for allegedly coercing Jenni Hermoso to publicly support him in the public backlash against him.

China football bosses sack AFC coach of the year Shui over Olympics failure

Shui Qingxia pays price for team missing out on Paris Olympics next year, and Chinese football bosses say they will give ‘careful consideration’ to a successor.

China coach Shui Qingxia (centre), consoles Chen Qiaozhu (right) after a Group B AFC Women’s Olympic Asian Qualifying game against South Korea. Photo: Xinhua

New coach of US women’s national team set to become ‘highest paid’ in the world

Chelsea’s Emma Hayes will not start her new position until May of 2024, giving her only four exhibition matches with the team before the Paris Olympics.

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes was named the new US women’s national team coach on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | To achieve its football goals, scandal-hit China can learn from Japan

From its 1991 low point, Japan rebuild its local league, focusing on clean governance, youth development and a long-term vision: World Cup victory by 2092.

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World Cup kiss: Hermoso says Spanish football chiefs trying to ‘threaten’ players

Football star Jenni Hermoso accuses bosses of seeking to ‘intimidate’ World Cup champions by calling them up against their will for Nations League matches.

Restraining order for ex-Spain football boss in kiss assault probe

The order prevents Luis Rubiales from contacting Jenni Hermoso or coming within 200 metres of her, as he’s investigated for sexual assault after kissing her during the women’s World Cup medal ceremony.

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Former president of the Spanish football federation Luis Rubiales leaves the Audiencia Nacional court in Madrid. Photo: AFP

Women’s World Cup kiss: Rubiales to appear in court on sexual assault complaint

If the case goes to trial, Rubiales could face one to four years imprisonment if found guilty, while the nation’s top footballers refuse to represent the nation until there are changes in the RFEF management line-up and style.

Spain’s Luis Rubiales will appear on court on Friday following his resignation as the nation’s football boss. Photo: Reuters

Luis Rubiales to resign as president of Spanish Football Federation

‘I’m going to (resign), yes, because I cannot continue my work,’ said Rubiales in a TV interview on Sunday. Rubiales sparked a backlash after forcibly kissing Jenni Hermoso following Spain’s World Cup triumph in Sydney last month.

Spain women’s coach fired after World Cup kiss controversy

The Spanish football federation said it has appointed Montse Tome to succeed Vilda as coach, making her the first woman to manage the side. Tome had been Vilda’s assistant coach since 2018.

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World Cup kiss lingers but striker tips woman to manage top men’s football club

Michael Udebuluzor, who hopes to make his senior Hong Kong debut this month, has played in Germany under head coach Sabrina Wittman.

Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales has been criticised for kissing Spain player Jenni Hermoso after her side’s World Cup victory. Photo: Reuters

Editorial | Foul play by Spanish football chief spoils the game

Kiss for player after Spanish Women’s World Glory has turned into a crisis and become a #MeToo moment for the sport.

Spain vows larger role for women in sport as Rubiales asked to resign over kiss

Spain’s football federation unveiled a plan that would see least 40 per cent of women in leadership roles of all sports organisations, as federation boss Luis Rubiales has been asked to resign for kissing World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso.

Spanish football federation asks president Luis Rubiales to resign

‘After recent events and the unacceptable behaviour that has seriously damaged the image of Spanish football, the presidents request that Luis Rubiales resign immediately as president of the RFEF,’ said the federation.

Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales at last weekend’s Women’s World Cup final in Australia. Photo: Reuters

‘Inhumane’ says mother of Spain’s football chief on hunger strike amid kiss furore

Angeles Bejar locked herself inside a church and said her strike would last ‘until a solution is found to the … hunt they are carrying out against my son’ after Luis Rubiales was suspended by Fifa for kissing player Jenni Hermoso during the awards ceremony after Spain’s win.

Angeles Bejar, left, mother of the head of Spain’s soccer federation Luis Rubiales at the entrance to la Divina Pastora church in Motril, Granada, where she has confined herself. Photo: EPA-EFE

Fifa suspends Spain football boss after legal threat over Women’s World Cup kiss

RFEF, of which Luis Rubiales is president, threatens action ‘to defend [his] honour’ over criticism of him kissing one of Spain’s Women’s World Cup winners.

Spanish women’s team refuse to play until football boss Rubiales is removed

56 members of the Spain national team say they will not play any matches for the country while Luis Rubiales remains in his job.

5 of the highest-paid Women’s World Cup 2023 football players

This year’s Women’s World Cup garnered plenty of fanfare, with a viewership that outpaced the men’s Wimbledon final – so how exactly do the leading ladies spend their winnings?

Alisha Lehmann, Alexia Putellas and Trinity Rodman are quickly paving the way for women’s football on the global stage. Photos: EPA; @alexiaputellas, @alishalehmann7/Instagram

Football president must be sacked for World Cup kiss, Spain women’s league says

La Liga F also slams Luis Rubiales’ crotch-grab celebration next to Spain’s Queen Letizia, while US football legend Megan Rapinoe says kiss on the lips of Jenni Hermoso showed ‘deep level of misogyny’.

Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales kisses another Spain player, Aitana Bonmati, after Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final in Sydney. Photo: dpa

Spain PM says football boss apology for kiss at Women’s World Cup ‘insufficient’

Luis Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso as he handed the Spanish team gold medals after they beat England 1-0 in the final on Sunday provoking outrage in Spain

‘An aggression’: Spain slams kiss for World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso

Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish football federation, kissed the player uninvited as he distributed medals following Spain’s victory over England, and Hermoso was heard telling teammates in the locker room after that she ‘didn’t like it’.

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Fifa Women's World Cup
The Fifa Women’s World Cup began in 1991 and the tournament in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 marks the ninth edition of the quadrennial world championship for women’s football. The USA are the defending champions and have won the competition four times
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