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Brazilian civil servants can report to work up to four hours late - two hours after the end of matches - when the national side play in the 2023 Women's World Cup. The competition gets under way on Thursday in Australia and New Zealand. Brazil play their opening game on Monday against Panama in Adelaide. "On days when the games are held at 7:30am, the working hours will start at […]
Co-hosts New Zealand opened the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup in stunning style against Norway as they won on the global stage for the first time. On a memorable night in Auckland, the Football Ferns produced a huge upset after Hannah Wilkinson swept home Jacqui Hand's cross in front of an ecstatic crowd of 42,137 at Eden Park - a record for a football match in New Zealand. Even Ria […]
World champion and record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has been charged with dope violation by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). Amusan announced on her social media handle in the early hours of Wednesday in Nigeria that AIU has charged her for missing three mandatory testing within 12 months, an offence she vehemently protested against. YOU CAN ALSO READ: Transfer Updates: Pulisic Close To £20m AC Milan Switch While pleading for privacy from the media, she promised […]
Alycia Baumgardner has called out three other undisputed champions in Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano and Chantelle Cameron after retaining her super-featherweight titles on Saturday night. The American, 29, beat Greece's Christina Linardatou, 35, on points by unanimous decision in Detroit. She avenged her only defeat, against Linardatou via split decision in 2018. "Katie Taylor I want you; Chantelle Cameron, Amanda Serrano," Baumgardner said when asked what was next. Baumgardner took […]
Carlos Alcaraz said his epic victory in the Wimbledon singles final is the "happiest moment" of his life. The 20-year-old Spaniard beat seven-time champion Novak Djokovic 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 on Centre Court. It earned him a first Wimbledon crown and denied Djokovic an eighth title and 24th Grand Slam - both of which would have been record-equalling feats. "Beating Novak, winning Wimbledon, is something that I dreamed […]
Ons Jabeur produced a superb comeback to beat Aryna Sabalenka and set up a Wimbledon women's singles final against unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova. Jabeur's hopes were slipping away at a set asemisnd 4-2 behind but she rode a wave of momentum and raucous support to win 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-3 and reach a second successive final at the Championships. It means there will be a new Wimbledon and Grand Slam […]
FIFA said it is giving away 20,000 free tickets for Women’s World Cup games in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin amid concerns about the slow pace of sales in New Zealand. According to ESPN FC, co-hosts Australia have snapped up the lion’s share of the 1 million tickets sold so far, with their Matildas team seen as contenders to win the tournament. FIFA chief women’s football officer Sarai Bareman said […]
Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded player to reach a Wimbledon women's singles final after ending Elina Svitolina's inspired run. Vondrousova, 24, had never gone past the second round at the All England Club until this year. But she is now one win from glory after beating Ukraine's Svitolina - also unseeded after giving birth nine months ago - in a 6-3 6-3 win. Vondrousova will play Aryna Sabalenka or […]
Wildcard Elina Svitolina stunned top seed Iga Swiatek to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals and will face Marketa Vondrousova, who also caused an upset. Ukrainian Svitolina, who returned to the tour in April after having her daughter in October, won 7-5 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 as Swiatek's forehand crumbled. "It's an unbelievable feeling," former world number three Svitolina, 28, said. She will now take on unseeded Czech Vondrousova, who beat American fourth […]
