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World Cup last-16: USA vs Sweden – Match preview, live stream, kick-off time, prediction, team news, lineups Sunday’s second game sees former champions USA face a near-perfect form from Sweden in a tough match-up that will see one eliminated from the 2023 Women’s World Cup. The USA went into the tournament as the favourites to win, but after a shaky start hopes of them progressing beyond the last-16 have begun to fade.  Sweden on the other hand, have had a great start to the 2023 tournament. Along with England and Japan they picked up all available points from the group…

Netherlands 2-0 South Africa: Dutch book quarter-final spot The Netherlands secures a spot in the quarter-finals of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup after a tense battle against South Africa. Jill Roord, Manchester City’s newest record signing, scored a crucial goal in the ninth minute to give the Dutch the lead. Despite their advantage, South Africa came close to equalising on multiple occasions, with Banyana Banyana captain Thembi Kgatlana causing trouble and forcing four impressive saves from Daphne van Domselaar, Aston Villa’s goalkeeper, at Sydney Football Stadium. In the second half, the Netherlands extended their lead when Lineth Beerensteyn capitalised…

Switzerland 1-5 Spain: Outstanding Spain progress to quarter-finals Spain secured their spot in the 2023 Women’s World Cup quarter-finals – their first QF – with a stunning display of firepower, eliminating Switzerland from the tournament. Just five days after suffering a 4-0 defeat to Japan in their final group game in Wellington, La Roja made an impressive comeback. They put on a dominant first-half performance, scoring four goals in front of a record crowd of 43,217 for a football match in New Zealand. The scoring started when Aitana Bonmati swept the ball into the net, putting Spain in the lead.…

Japan 3-1 Norway: Title dream alive for Japan as they book quarter-final spot   Japan moved one step closer to securing their second Women’s World Cup title with a thrilling victory against Norway, securing their place in the quarter-finals. The 2011 champions got off to an ideal start when Norway’s defender, Ingrid Engen, accidentally turned Hinata Miyazawa’s cross into her own net, giving Japan the lead. However, Norway quickly responded and equalised a few minutes later with a powerful header from Guro Reiten. Not to be deterred, Japan pressed on, and Risa Shimizu’s shot took a heavy deflection, restoring their…

2023 Women’s World Cup fixtures for Sunday 6 August  Day 18 of the 2023 Women’s World Cup is the second day of the knockout stages. The USA face Norway and the Netherlands will be tested by South Africa. It’s been a fabulous World Cup so far, with high drama, plenty of penalties and shock early exits. Round of 16 Sunday 6 August All times are in BST Match 51: Netherlands vs South Africa (03:00, Sydney) – BBC Match 52: Sweden vs United States (10:00, Melbourne) – ITV

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World Cup last-16: Japan vs Norway – Match preview, live stream, kick-off time, prediction, team news, lineups Saturday 5 August will see some really big games in the 2023 Women’s World Cup – as favourites to win the tournament Japan face Norway. Kicking off the knockout stages is Switzerland vs Spain (06:00, Auckland) with Japan vs Norway (09:00, Wellington). Match preview Japan is one of few who cruised through the group stages without dropping a point, while Norway required a win over the Philippines in their final group game to secure a place in the last-16. Whilst Japan are the…

2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup fixtures for Saturday 5 August Day 17 of the 2023 Women’s World Cup is the first day of the knockout stages. They’ll be some big names in action on the first day of the last-16 as two World Cup favourites – Spain and Japan are in action. It’s been a fabulous World Cup so far, with high drama, plenty of penalties and shock early exits. Round of 16 Saturday 5 August All times are in BST Match 49: Switzerland vs Spain (06:00, Auckland) – BBC Match 50: Japan vs Norway (09:00, Wellington) – ITV

World Cup last-16: Switzerland vs Spain – Match preview, live stream, kick-off time, prediction, team news, lineups Saturday 5 August will see the first of the last-16 games begin. The 2023 Women’s World Cup has been filled with upsets and surprises – and some really great football. It’s an all-European affair when Switzerland face Spain. The Swiss finished top of Group A with seven points, while Spain came in as runners-up in Group C.  Match preview Switzerland preview Switzerland are in the last-16 for the second time – their first world cup appearance came in 2015 and ended in the…

2023 World Cup: Netherlands vs South Africa predictions This 2023 World Cup has been truly thrilling. And if you’ve been loving the tournament as much as we have – the next few days are set to be a footballing dream. This weekend will see some VERY BIG games as Switzerland take on Spain, the USA are up against Sweden and favourites to win Japan are also in action. Here are a few expert predictions for the hotly anticipated Netherlands vs South Africa. Every neutral watching this game will be a South Africa after seeing the way that the Banyana Banyana…

2023 World Cup: Japan vs Norway predictions This 2023 World Cup has been truly thrilling. And if you’ve been loving the tournament as much as we have – the next few days are set to be a footballing dream. This weekend will see some VERY BIG games as Switzerland take on Spain, the USA are up against Sweden and favourites Japan face Norway. Here are a few expert predictions for the hotly anticipated Japan vs Norway. Japan are the team to beat at this point in the competition as the only side that put together three consistently good performances across…

2023 World Cup: Switzerland vs Spain predictions This 2023 World Cup has been truly thrilling. And if you’ve been loving the tournament as much as we have – the next few days are set to be a footballing dream. This weekend will see some VERY BIG games as Switzerland take on Spain, and the USA are up against Sweden. Here are a few expert predictions for the hotly anticipated Switzerland vs Spain. With their wings clipped through circumstances of the national federation’s own doing, Spain breezed through their opening two group games against Costa Rica and Zambia. But things then…

WTX Sports Round of 16 predictions The 2023 Women’s World Cup has been the most thrilling edition of the tournament ever. There have been plenty of goals, penalties and questionable VAR decisions. The group stage offered up major upsets – including two-time world champion Germany being knocked out. Brazil, Italy and China also failed to make it to the last-16. Current world champions the USA barely scraped through to the knockout stages.  Jamaica, Morocco, South Africa and Nigeria were amongst the teams who beat the odds to make it to the last-16. For England fans, the Lionesses’ last match against…

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2023 Women’s World Cup: What is the Round of 16? Who’s facing who, when and how to watch The 2023 Women’s World Cup has so far been truly the best edition of the tournament, with shocks and upsets along the way, one thing is clear: the women’s game is fast developing. Big names such as two-time winners Germany and Brazil have been knocked out. Current reigning champions USA barely scraped through to the last-16 after being held to a goalless draw with Portugal, and a flurry of smaller teams have announced themselves on football’s biggest stage. The group stages are…

2023 Women’s World Cup: Morocco 1-0 Colombia: Morocco secure their spot in last-16 Morocco’s World Cup debut has been exhilarating, securing a spot in the last-16 by defeating Colombia 1-0 – although the South Americans are also through to the last-16 and have topped Group H. Germany, two-time world cup winners, and South Korea are both out of the world cup, coming in third and fourth respectively in Group H. Morocco’s win plus Germany’s 1-1 draw with South Korea paved the way for Morocco to enter the knockout rounds as group runners-up. Anissa Lahmari’s rebound goal, following captain Ghizlane Chebbak’s…

Germany 1-1 South Korea: Shock as Germany knocked out of World Cup in group stages In yet another major 2023 World Cup upset, two-time world champions Germany have been knocked out in the group stages in the biggest shock of the tournament so far.  It’s the first time in Germany’s history they have failed to reach the knockout stages. Germany drew 1-1 with South Korea, meaning they finished in the group stage in third place. When Germany’s group was drawn it was widely considered to be the easiest group for Germany to sail out of. But in a world cup…

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