Women's World Cup news

Four nations have submitted bids for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 – the latest sign that women's football is undergoing a boom. According to ... More

Banking giant Barclays has pledged to support the growth of women's football by helping to make the sport available to all schoolgirls in England by ... More

The success of the recent Women's World cup – and the resulting increase in interest in women's football – has led the world governing body ... More

With the plaudits rolling in for the quality of football at the FIFA Women's World Cup, European governing body UEFA has announced increased funding for ... More

World governing body FIFA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Nations (UN) which aims to make football more accessible to women ... More

Nine French cities have been chosen to host the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Stadiums in Grenoble, Le Havre, Lyon, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Reims, Rennes ... More

Leicestershire County Cricket Club has received a £1m (US$1.4m, €1.3m) grant from the local council to improve its Grace Road ground ahead of the 2017 ... More

Lord’s Cricket Ground will host the final of the 2017 Women’s ICC World Cup as one of the five venues for the tournament. Leicestershire’s Grace ... More

The number of teams competing at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup will increase to 16 to accommodate a higher standard of play from nations ... More