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France 2019 refereeing statistics released

A few days after French referee Stephanie Frappart blew the final whistle at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, FIFA reflected with satisfaction on the performance of the referees and how the implementation of Video assistant referee (VAR) had contributed to the resounding success of refereeing at the

Passion pays off for #myFIFAWWCshirt winner

Yana Kyparisis won France 2019 Final tickets via #myFIFAWWCshirt contest The Australian works in the game and is a passionate player and supporter She reflected on “an experience like no other” Yana Kyparisis loves her football. When she set her alarm for the small hours on the morning on 23 June, it

Groenen’s sweet strike delivers history for Dutch

For almost 100 minutes, the Netherlands and Sweden were locked in a battle of attrition to reach the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Final against USA – with neither team able to break the deadlock. Then the ball arrived at the feet of Jackie Groenen 25 metres from goal. She took

When Galli trusted her right foot

Italy, perhaps the biggest revelation of the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™, were on course to match their biggest ever win at the competition – a 5-0 defeat of Chinese Taipei in 1991 – when Aurora Galli got an outstretched foot to the ball some 25 yards from goal.

Dreams realised in France for US hackathon winner

Hai Tan Le provided winning ‘prototype track’ in FIFA’s hackathon Virtual competition sought ways to integrate voice assistants with football American’s reward was watching USA win fourth #FIFAWWC title in Lyon For Hai Tan Le, the chance to combine football and technology was simply too enticing. As a software engineer, the latter

Celebs in awe as USA make it four

Celebrities aplenty took to social media to hail the USWNT Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Hanks, Niall Horan and Barack Obama were among them Sports stars Kobe, Lebron, Serena and Steph also paid tribute USA touched down at the eighth FIFA Women’s World Cup™ with it all to do. The pressure of being defending champions,

Van de Donk: The whole of the Netherlands is proud

Netherlands midfielder says she is proud despite Women’s World Cup defeat She went off social media during tournament to stay focused The Arsenal star puts the team's success into perspective Netherlands midfielder Danielle Van de Donk said she was “proud of her team” and the Netherlands despite her country’s defeat by the

The ’19ers in numbers

3 Women’s World Cup Finals is what German Birgit Prinz was the only player to have appeared in until five Americans – namely Tobin Heath, Ali Krieger, Lloyd, Morgan and Rapinoe – joined her. Prinz and Rapinoe are the only ones to start three deciders.

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