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While the U.S. women's national team squad that will compete at the 2023 Women's World Cup includes some household names, it also has a lot of unfamiliar ones. Of the 23 players headed to Australia and New Zealand for the tournament, 14 have never played in a World Cup before. That's more newbies than the USWNT had at the previous two World Cups (which the U.S. won).
Just 22, Jayde Riviere already has a glittering soccer resume. And she is expected to add to that reputation at the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
While those in Christchurch may disagree, Auckland remains the heartbeat of New Zealand rugby.
NEW YORK/MANCHESTER : Eight teams will play their first Women's World Cup when the expanded tournament kicks off next week and a couple of recent shock results indicate that they might not just be in Australia and New Zealand to make up the numbers.
The first day of the first Test match against West Indies belonged to Ravichandran Ashwin. He completed his 33rd five-wicket haul in style to put his team on the front foot. He has now become the bowler with the most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket among all active players. After missing the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 final against Australia earlier in June, Ashwin made an impactful return in India's first match of the new 2023-25 WTC cycle. He took 5/60 in 24.3 overs at an economy rate of 2.44. He dismissed skipper Kraigg Braithwaite, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Alick Athanaze, Jason Holder and Jomel Warrican.
Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall is backing Lauren Hemp to be a star player for England at the Women's World Cup. England are preparing for their opening game against Haiti on July 22 as they bid to win their first World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this summer. Ad The Lionesses are considered one of the heavy favourites to win the competition with their squad mostly consisting of Women's Super League players.
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.
MANCHESTER, England : Denmark midfielder Sofie Junge Pedersen has spearheaded a campaign involving 44 World Cup-bound players to mitigate the environmental impact of flights to Australia and New Zealand for the upcoming tournament.