Women's World Cup 2023: What to expect on Day 9

England are back in action on Day 9 of the Women's World Cup as they take on Denmark in their Group D clash at the Sydney Football Stadium.

The group's other game sees Haiti go head to head with China as both sides look to get points on the board and avoid elimination after two games.

Argentina take on South Africa in Group G with both sides looking to play their way back into the tournament following opening round defeats to European duo Italy and Sweden.

Argentina and South Africa are already playing catch-up in Group G as they lost their opening games to Italy and Sweden respectively.

The winner of this game will have a chance to shock the fancied European sides in the third game as they look to qualify for the knock-out phase but the team that loses looks set to be eliminated, depending on the outcome of the other group game between Sweden and Italy on Saturday.

"It's our final," South Africa coach Desiree Ellis said. "It will give us an opportunity to try to get into the next stage and that is ultimately what we wanted to do before we came here."

Argentina forward Yamila Rodriguez, meanwhile, has defended herself for having a tattoo of Cristiano Ronaldo inked on her left shin, saying that favouring the Portugal star is not a sign she does not appreciate their World Cup-winning talisman Lionel Messi.

"Please stop, I'm not having a good time. At what point did I say that I'm anti-Messi?" she wrote on Instagram.

"Messi is our great captain in the national team but the fact that I say that my inspiration and my idol is CR7 (Ronaldo) does not mean that I hate Messi."

Rodriguez was a late substitute in Argentina's 1-0 defeat by Italy in their group opener.

Denmark coach Lars Sondergaard said his players relish the chance to play