Spain’s back-to-back Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas is fit and ready to play in the team’s opening Women’s World Cup match against Costa Rica on Friday, coach Jorge Vilda said.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup presents windows of opportunities for many players including the many young women and girls who will be eagerly watching on from the stands or at their homes.

Australia and New Zealand will open the ninth Women’s World Cup co-hosted by the two nations today, despite a shooting near the Norwegian team hotel in New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland that left three dead and six injured.

Civil servants in Brazil will not have to worry about being late for work because of the Women’s World Cup after a government minister announced a change to office hours to let them catch the action in Australia and New Zealand.

The ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks-off today as 32 nations battle for supremacy in host countries, Australia and New Zealand.

If ninth-tier side Rottach-Egern thought Bayern Munich would use Tuesday’s pre-season match as a chance to gently shake off the rust after a lengthy break they were sadly mistaken, with the ruthless German champions running up a 27-0 victory.

Former Barcelona defender Jordi Alba will join Lionel Messi at Inter Miami, the Major League Soccer (MLS) club’s president Jorge Mas confirmed.

Bigger, bolder and breaking new ground, the Women’s World Cup kicks off in Australia and New Zealand.

Forest Green Rovers coach Hannah Dingley’s spell as the first woman to manage a men’s professional football team in England will come to an end this week after the fourth-tier club appointed David Horseman as their new head coach.

US-based Digicel Young Kulas midfielder Preeya Singh has joined the Vancouver Fiji Women’s team for their Fiji tour.

Lille have signed Iceland midfielder Hakon Haraldsson from FC Copenhagen on a contract until 2028, the Ligue 1 club said.

The English Football League (EFL) has approved the sale of Leeds United to 49ers Enterprises, who will assume full ownership of the second-tier English club, Leeds say.