Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: China PR international Wang Shuang leaves Paris Saint-Germain having learnt much and will, if the opportunity arises, play abroad again.
The 2018 AFC Women's Player of the Year mutually agreed with the French club to terminate her contract despite still having a year to go and is expected to sign for a Chinese side.
Speaking to Chinese media, Wang said: "I cannot go further with PSG, but I'm grateful for PSG giving me the opportunity to step onto a big stage of life, to let more people know me, and to let me have bigger future."
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Rennes: Japan’s heartbreaking last-minute loss to the Netherlands on Tuesday ended Asia’s playing involvement in the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019.
With three out of five representatives reaching the knockout stage, it was a tournament of much promise, but three losses in four days to European opposition meant that, for the first time in history, the quarter-final draw is without an Asian side.
As the dust settles on the Continent’s campaign at France 2019, the-AFC.com reviews the campaigns of each of the five participants.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Montpellier: Jia Xiuquan is unsure if he will remain in charge of China PR, after they were beaten in the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 Round of 16 by Italy on Tuesday.
The Steel Roses performed better then the 2-0 scoreline might have suggested at Stade de la Mosson, but an inability to convert scoring opportunities remained their Achilles heel as they were eliminated from the competition having scored just one goal in four matches.
Jia steered China through a difficult group featuring Germany, Spain and South Africa, but their exit in the first knockout round is the nation’s worst FIFA Women’s World Cup result when appearing at the Finals.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Montpellier: China PR’s FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 campaign ended in disappointment as they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Italy in their Round of 16 match at Stade de la Mosson on Tuesday.
China had been aiming to become the first third-placed team to win a knockout stage match in tournament history, but early goals in each half from Valentina Giacinti and Aurora Galli prevented the Steel Roses from reaching their seventh World Cup quarter-final.
In a hard-fought and largely even match, Italy showed greater quality and decisiveness in the two penalty areas to set up a quarter-final meeting with either the Netherlands or Japan on Saturday.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Lyon: The United States retained the FIFA women's World Cup on Sunday as a Megan Rapinoe penalty and a Rose Lavelle strike gave the holders a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands in the final in Lyon.
Rapinoe stroked home from 12 yards to put the USA ahead just after the hour mark and end the tournament as joint top scorer on six goals.
There was an air of inevitability about the 34-year-old, the star of this World Cup on and off the field, putting the USA ahead, and it also seemed inevitable that the breakthrough goal should come from a VAR-awarded penalty.
The whippet-like Lavelle, another stand-out performer over the last month, got the second in the 69th minute, killing off Dutch hopes of a comeback.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Nice: Sweden ended their women's 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup campaign on a high by beating England 2-1 in Saturday's third-place play-off in Nice, as Sofia Jakobsson's first-half strike proved to be the winner.
England were looking to claim the bronze medal for the second successive World Cup, but it was Peter Gerhardsson's side who finished third for the third time.
Kosovare Asllani gave Sweden an 11th-minute lead, before Jakobsson curled in an excellent second midway through the first half, and although Fran Kirby quickly pulled one back, England could not find an equaliser.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Seoul: Yoon Duk-yeo has stepped down as the Korea Republic women's national team head coach after six years.
The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced on Tuesday Yoon had offered to resign on June 19, two days after Korea Republic were eliminated in the group stage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France.
Yoon's contract expired at the end of June and Yoon told Kim Pan-gon, general manager of the women's team, that he wasn't interested in signing an extension.
Kim, who also serves as head of the KFA's national team competitiveness enhancement committee, chaired a meeting on Yoon's status and decided to accept his offer of resignation.