Women's World Cup

Scotland's Caroline Weir missed a first-half penalty and Amber Barrett then scored in the second half as Ireland beat Scotland 1-0 in their European ...

“I’m very disappointed – for the girls and for the whole nation,” said Martínez Losa, whose side enjoyed more than 70% of the possession but failed to maximise it. “We wanted to qualify for the World Cup so badly I apologise to the fans. With no player having touched it en route it was automatically disallowed but the home defence must have been mightily relieved Ireland’s lurking Lily Agg did not manage to capitalise on apparently crossed wires between their goalkeeper Lee Gibson and Sophie Howard. Part of her legacy could be seen on Tuesday night in the 10,708 crowd, a record attendance for a competitive Scotland women’s game. Preparation is everything and we were ready for every scenario. Formerly in charge of Arsenal, Martínez Losa watched horrified as Erin Cuthbert and Claire Emslie were among key home players negated by Pauw’s well‑structured back five.

Amber Barrett is from Milford, in Donegal, but her grandfather hails from Creeslough.

Not pretty, as their captain confirmed on the eve of the contest. This night will accelerate the process; a journey that did not end here, but will begin. Weir emulated Cuthbert’s midfield eminence; a fine run and shot requiring Brosnan’s fullest attention. Scotland had no answer to Campbell’s projectiles. It was a recipe for containing defence, not committed attack. It is a sumptuous, searing finish of absolute conviction.

Amber Barrett came off the bench to send the Republic of Ireland to the Women's World Cup finals for the first time in their history with a 1-0 win over ...

With her first touch, she picked up the ball deep in the Scotland half and pressed forward to fire a superb shot past Gibson and ultimately make World Cup history for her team. Amber Barrett came off the bench to send the Republic of Ireland to the Women’s World Cup finals for the first time in their history with a 1-0 win over Scotland at Hampden Park. Both sides started the night unsure of their respective fates but results elsewhere cleared up the situation and left Ireland clear that a win would be enough to seal their place in Australia and New Zealand next year.

The Indian women's U-17 team will look to start the World Cup with an upset as it takes on the United States of America in its opening fixture.

for me personally, it will be as big as taking Sweden to the World Cup bronze medal 2011,” Dennerby said. Definitely, the USA will come into the game as favourites, but the game starts tomorrow nil-nil. Of course, the girls have developed a lot,” he said before the match.

FIFA moved to welcome the Indians back to the football fraternity and AIFF retained the hosting rights to the tournament. “I think this is going to be a ...

Kolkata, the centre stage venue of the 2017 U-17 World Cup in football-mad Bengal, and Guwahati were not retained. Following the exit of Praful Patel, a FIFA Council member, from the All India Football Federation (AIFF), FIFA suspended the Indian governing body for third-party interference and stripped India of the hosting rights before India’s supreme court repelled the committee of administrators and handed power back to the AIFF. They had not stood much of a chance in a group with Ghana, Colombia and the United States.