Sam Kerr came off the bench as Australia surged into the Women's World Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Denmark in front of nearly 76,000 fans in Sydney on Monday.... more »
England's Chloe Kelly said plenty of penalty practice had paid off after scoring the winning spot-kick to send the Lionesses into the World Cup quarter-finals after a nervy 0-0 draw against Nigeria.... more »
Milena Bertolini is to step down as Italy's women's football coach after being criticised by her players as the Italians failed to reach the World Cup knockout stages.... more »
Megan Rapinoe called it "a sick joke" after missing her penalty in the shootout in her farewell Women's World Cup as holders the United States were turfed out in the last 16 by Sweden on Sunday.... more »
Japan have flown in under the radar to become the team to beat, along with England, at the Women's World Cup and boasting the tournament's leading scorer in Hinata Miyazawa.... more »
The United States' long reign as Women's World Cup holders was brought to an end in the most dramatic fashion as they were dumped out on penalties by Sweden, who joined the Netherlands in reaching the quarter-finals on Sunday.... more »
Hinata Miyazawa scored her fifth goal of the Women's World Cup on Saturday to seal a 3-1 win over Norway and put Japan into the quarter-finals against Sweden or holders the United States.... more »
Jorge Vilda said he had "the 23 best players in the world" after Aitana Bonmati starred in a 5-1 demolition of Switzerland on Saturday to send Spain into the Women's World Cup quarter-finals for the first time.... more »
As the dust settled on Germany's shock group stage exit from the Women's World Cup, officials and media sweated over the problems ingrained in the country's once proud football set-up.... more »
Coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg called it "a disaster" after Germany suffered their earliest Women's World Cup exit with a 1-1 stalemate against South Korea on Thursday.... more »
Germany crashed out of the Women's World Cup in the group stage for the first time in their history on Thursday after a frustrating 1-1 draw with South Korea allowed debutants Morocco to advance to the last 16 instead.... more »
Anissa Lahmari's winner powered World Cup debutants Morocco past Colombia 1-0 on Thursday and into the last 16 at the expense of two-time champions Germany.... more »
Goalkeeper Rebecca Spencer says Jamaica's historic run into the knockout stages of the World Cup will put pressure on football bosses at home to take the women's team seriously.... more »
Captain Thembi Kgatlana, who scored the injury-time goal on Wednesday that took South Africa into the Women's World Cup last 16, revealed afterwards that three family members have died in recent weeks.... more »
Jamaica ensured there would be no fairytale ending to Marta's World Cup career as they strangled Brazil 0-0 to reach the last 16 on Wednesday and condemn the South Americans to their earliest exit since 1995.... more »
Sweden coach Peter Gerhardsson said his in-form side are "convinced" they can knock the United States out of the Women's World Cup after setting up a last-16 tie with the holders this weekend.... more »
Linda Caicedo underwent X-rays after health scares at the Women's World Cup but is "100 percent" fit for Colombia's clash with Morocco on Thursday, coach Nelson Abadia said.... more »
Sweden set up a Women's World Cup last-16 showdown with the United States after a Rebecka Blomqvist header and an Elin Rubensson penalty gave them a 2-0 win over Argentina on Wednesday.... more »
Lars Sondergaard said the pressure is on co-hosts Australia in front of a packed house after his Denmark side reached the knockout stages of the Women's World Cup for the first time in 28 years.... more »
