Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Aqaba: SAS and Shabab Al Ordon continued their impressive starts by collecting second successive wins on Matchday Two of the inaugural WAFF Women’s Clubs Championship Jordan 2019 on Saturday.
Lebanon’s SAS needed late heroics to overcome Abu Dhabi Country Club 2-1, while Jordanian international Mai Sweilem netted a late double as Shabab Al Ordon earned a 2-0 win over Bahrain’s Riffa Sports Club.
SAS and Shabab Al Ordon will meet on Monday’s Matchday Three in what looms as a vital fixture in the search for West Asia’s first women’s club champions.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Aqaba: Lebanese champions SAS delivered a seven-goal title warning, while Ghanaian international Alice Kusi helped Jordan’s Shabab Al Ordon to an opening win as the inaugural WAFF Women’s Club Championship began in Jordan on Thursday.
Shabab Al Ordon earned the competition’s first ever points with their 2-1 win against Emirati outfit Abu Dhabi Country Club, before SAS proved far too strong for Palestine’s Arab Orthodox Club, registering a 7-0 victory.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Charlotte: Korea Republic’s tour of the United States began with a defeat against the world champions, who extended their winning streak to 18 matches with a 2-0 victory in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday.
Allie Long and Mallory Pugh scored either side of half-time for the Americans, who required two Megan Rapinoe set-pieces to unlock a Korean outfit appearing in their first international match since their elimination from June’s FIFA Women’s World Cup.
With Kim Hye-ri captaining the side, and key names such as Ji So-yun, Jang Sel-gi and Cho So-hyun all present, the Koreans arrived in Charlotte eager to improve on the 6-0 loss they suffered in their last meeting with the United States in 2017.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Bridgeview: Australian striker Sam Kerr made her latest entry to the record books, breaking her own record to set a new individual season scoring mark in the US-based National Women’s Soccer League on Saturday.
The Matildas goal machine and 2017 AFC Women’s Player of the Year found the back of the net twice in Chicago Red Stars’ 3-1 win over Washington Spirit, taking her season tally to 18; one more than the previous record she set in 2017.
Kerr’s 18 goals have come in just 20 appearances, and despite her missing a month of league football due to Australia’s participation in FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, where she scored five goals in four matches.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Tokyo: Olympic hosts Japan are set to embark on one of the first major steps towards their Tokyo 2020 campaign, with head coach Asako Takakura announcing her squad for their October 6 meeting with Canada in Shizuoka.
Key stars like Saki Kumagai, Mana Iwabuchi and Yui Hasegawa were named alongside a number of younger players as the Nadeshiko gather for the first time since their Round of 16 elimination at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: With the countdown clock reaching the one-year milestone, elite athletes around the world are gearing up for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but the footballers of Asia will face pivotal tests long before the Games begin.
Four Asian teams, including host Japan, will compete in the men’s football tournament, while Asako Takakura’s Asian champions will be one of three to take part in the women’s competition, making the battle to represent the Continent one with little margin for error.
Both competitions have already seen dramatic qualifying action in Asia. The Road to Tokyo’s women’s football tournament began in Asia on November 4, 2018, while the first men’s qualifiers got underway on March 22, 2019, with final tournaments to be staged in early 2020 to determine the Continent's representatives.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Paris: The Women's World Cup will be expanded from 24 to 32 teams at the 2023 edition in an effort to "foster the growth of women's football", FIFA said on Wednesday.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino had already said that he was determined to push ahead with plans to expand the FIFA Women's World Cup in time for the next tournament after hailing France 2019 as "the best ever".
"The astounding success of this year's World Cup made it very clear that this is the time to keep the momentum going and take concrete steps to foster the growth of women's football," said Infantino, who has succeeded in expanding the men's tournament from 32 teams to 48 in time for the 2026 finals in the USA, Mexico and Canada.
"I am glad to see this proposal - the first of several - becoming a reality."