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Global Weekly Women’s Soccer Round-Up

HAPPY EASTER to you and welcome to another walk in the women’s football park as you catch up on some of what’s been going on around the world over the past week (April 15 – April 21, 2019).

If you missed the previous round-up, you can catch up on it here.

Starting off in my home country Ghana, 30 players have been called into camp by tentative national team head coach Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo. The Black Queens are preparing for the second edition of the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B Women’s Cup, taking place from 8 May – 18 May 2019 in Ivory Coast.

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Meet Ajax; The Giant Slayers

For the first time in four years, Cristiano Ronaldo will not be playing in the UEFA Champions League semi-final round. The team that beat him and Juventus… Ajax.

Ajax plays in the Eredivisie (Dutch) League. They are the same team who manhandled Real Madrid in the Round of 16 after coming out of a group that included Bayern Munich, Benfica, and AEK Athens; each the winner of their respective leagues last year, with both Bayern Munich and Benfica looking to repeat. So how did they do it? How did they pull off the impossible, not only once, but twice? Let me explain.

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By aidanmcginn 1 week ago

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Global Weekly Women’s Soccer Round-Up

Welcome to your weekly dose of women’s football affairs. It is less than two months until the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 24 teams heading to France have been busy over the international break (1-9 April) putting in final preparations towards the tournament. At this point I’m pretty sure the various coaches know who they’ll be taking to France – Netherlands boss Sarina Wiegman announced her squad on Wednesday. The trophy arrived in Africa, making stops in South Africa, Cameroon and Nigeria and 2020 Olympic qualifying concluded in Africa (1^st round) and Asia (2^nd round). Continue Reading!

By Ewurama Kakraba-Ampeh 1 week ago

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Global Weekly Women’s Soccer Round-Up

WELCOME to another weekly recap of women’s soccer affairs. As usual, quite a lot took place over the week. Although I cannot cover EVERYTHING, here are a few stories to keep you updated on the “woso” (that’s jargon for “women’s soccer” if you didn’t know) world.

The latest FIFA rankings are out and the USA retains top position whilst England moves into third place off the back of a successful SheBelieves Cup campaign, another record attendance was set in Portugal and the South African Football Association has allocated R10 million (about $697,495) towards a professional league.

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By Ewurama Kakraba-Ampeh 3 weeks ago

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Global Weekly Women’s Soccer Round-Up

TWITTER LANDS MEDIA RIGHTS TO BRAZILIAN TOP-FLIGHT LEAGUE

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has agreed on a broadcasting deal with the social media giant which will afford it exclusive rights to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino league phase as well as the quarter-finals and semi-finals, with the two-legged final to also possibly feature on the platform. The deal forms part of efforts on the part of the CBF to give the women’s league heightened visibility. The games will be available live and as recaps globally, even for non-Twitter subscribers, via the platform’s Explore function. (Source: SportsPro Media)

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By Ewurama Kakraba-Ampeh 4 weeks ago