Women’s World Cup Best XI of the Tournament
As the 2019 Women’s World Cup has come to an end Alasdair Hooper names his team of the tournament. Sari van Veenendaal, Netherlands (GK) The rightful winner of the [...]
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Groenen pains: Netherlands edge past Sweden in stale semi-final
The Netherlands have reached back-to-back major tournament finals and are on the verge of completing an incredible journey from World Cup debutants to women’s football [...]
The Race for The Golden Boot
For any player at a World Cup the primary objective is always to lift the trophy but the Golden Boot award will inevitably always be in the back of any hungry strikers’ [...]
Ruthless USA ‘sip’ from the fountain of England’s mistakes
Florence Lloyd-Hughes looks back at England’s Women’s World Cup exit after a 2-1 defeat to USA. In the same week that the US celebrates its Independence Day, this match [...]
Women’s World Cup: Semi-final preview
Alasdair Hooper has all the statistics as he previews the upcoming semi finals between England v USA and Netherlands v Sweden. England v USA (July 2, 8pm) This is the game [...]
Women’s World Cup: Five things you may have missed from the quarter-finals
Ella Jerman takes a look at the five things you may have missed from the quarter-finals. Lionesses make a roaring statement The Lionesses are into a third consecutive [...]
Women’s World Cup last 16 – five things you may have missed
The Women’s World Cup has continued in its entertaining, controversial and inspiring fashion – Nancy Frostick takes a look at five things you might have missed in [...]
My time as The Offside Rule’s #WhatIf intern
Eleanor Lee reflects on the “invaluable experience” she had as The Offside Rule’s #WhatIf Intern. From the outside, a daily podcast might seem an easy prospect. [...]
England v Cameroon: Five things we learned
A 3-0 win, their biggest victory in a World Cup knock-out match and England are through to the quarter-finals. But after two halves of VAR-based madness, the reaction to the [...]
The Women’s World Cup is loud, proud and more visible than ever
So far the Women’s World Cup has been the epitome of liberty, equality and fraternity, Nancy Frostick writes. Just around the corner from Nice’s Women’s World [...]
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