Latest Women's World Cup News
Colombia goalkeeper banned by FIFA
ESPNsoccernet staff | June, 28 2011Colombia international Yineth Varon has been provisionally suspended from playing ahead of Colombia's opening World Cup fixture.
Article | ConversationWWC: Mexico hold England, Japan beat NZ
ESPNsoccernet staff | June, 27 2011Mexico held England to a 1-1 draw in their Women's World Cup Group B opener after an error by Karen Bardsley gifted Monica Ocampo an equaliser. Elsewhere, Japan moved to the top of the group with a deserved 2-1 victory over New Zealand in front of 15,000 fans in Bochum.
Article | ConversationWWC: Hosts ease to win, Delie downs Nigeria
ESPNsoccernet staff | June, 26 2011Hosts Germany kicked off their Women's World Cup campaign with a comfortable 2-1 win over Canada, thanks to goals from Kerstin Garefrekes and Celia Okoyino da Mbabi.
Article | ConversationPowell: I'd have been sacked in men's football
June, 25 2011Hope Powell has admitted she would have been sacked as England manager by now if the same cut-throat attitudes prevalent in the men's game existed in women's football.
Article | ConversationWambach: U.S. want to win WWC 'beautifully'
ESPNsoccernet staff | June, 23 2011U.S. striker Abby Wambach says that her side want to win 'beautifully' as she tries to bring the Women's World Cup back to the country for the first time in 12 years.
Article | ConversationControversial Guinean pair withdraw from WWC
ESPNsoccernet staff | June, 21 2011Equatorial Guinea, making their debut at the Women's World Cup, have dropped two of their star players - Salimata and Bilguisa Simpore - ahead of the tournament.
Article | ConversationMarta: The time has come for Brazil to win
ESPNsoccernet staff | June, 21 2011Brazil superstar Marta says that the time has come for her side to fulfil their potential and walk away with the Women's World Cup crown.
Article | ConversationMatildas beat Mexico in World Cup warmup
June, 20 2011Australia's women came from behind to beat Mexico 3-2 in a FIFA World Cup warm-up match in Germany.
Article | ConversationFaye White passed fit for Women's World Cup
June, 10 2011Captain Faye White has been included in England's Women's World Cup squad after overcoming a knee injury, but there is no place among Hope Powell's final 21 for experienced duo Sue Smith and Lindsay Johnson.
Article | ConversationAustralia call on youth for Women's World Cup
June, 9 2011Australia have called on a young squad - at an an average age of just 22 - to take part in the Women's World Cup in Germany.
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