Coverage of Women's World Cups from all years. For the current tournament, go to World Cup 2023
May 2024
Brazil to host 2027 Women’s World Cup after seeing off European bid
Brazil was declared the host of the 2027 Women’s World Cup at the Fifa Congress, beating the joint bid of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany
April 2024
US and Mexico withdraw joint bid to host 2027 Women’s World Cup
The United States and Mexico will instead focus on hosting the 2031 event, leaving Brazil to rival a joint bid from Belgium, Germany and Netherlands
March 2024
No Olympics until 2044 but UK Sport targets Women’s World Cup and esports
UK Sport wants to bring the Women’s World Cup to Britain for the first time in the 2030s but has ruled out hosting the Olympics for at least 20 years
February 2024
‘They stuck two fingers up to Fifa’: the Lost Lionesses and the forgotten 1971 women’s World Cup
Crowds of 90,000 packed a football stadium in Mexico for Copa 71, an unsanctioned tournament that is finally being remembered in a new documentary
January 2024
Luis Rubiales should face trial for World Cup kiss, says judge
A kick, a catch, courage, bliss – what makes a great Australian sporting moment?
Caitlin Cassidy
December 2023
Controversy lingers over the Sports Personality of the Year award
Guardian Footballer of the Year Jenni Hermoso: glory, adversity and a cause that still burns
Sportblog
Australian sport in 2023: Matildas mania flips the script in bumper year
Anger at Fifa for its Women’s World Cup tax exemption when players had to pay
Matildas sell out 12th-straight stadium for Olympics qualifier
The Week in Patriarchy
Saudi Arabia wants to host the Women’s World Cup – but should it?
Arwa Mahdawi
One in five players at Women’s World Cup received online abuse during finals
US and Mexico submit projected $3bn bid to host 2027 Women’s World Cup
Rubiales accused of ‘forcefully’ kissing Bronze after Women’s World Cup final
Sportblog
New peaks bring new pressures for Matildas after spectacular 2023
November 2023
Women’s World Cup players highlight lack of rest before and after tournament
Two-thirds of players at the women’s World Cup this year feel they were not at their physical peak during the tournament due to a lack of rest
‘Fifa goofed’ – anger over Australian tax on Women’s World Cup match fees
Players from several teams at this year’s Women’s World Cup finals are being paid significantly less than hoped as a result of a significant level of tax imposed on their earnings by the Australian Tax Office
Jenni Hermoso ‘received threats’ after Luis Rubiales World Cup controversy
The Spanish forward has revealed the toll that the kiss scandal took on her, saying: ‘I’ve had to assume the consequences of an act I did not provoke’
October 2023
Sportblog
How World Cup heroics promise a new generation of Matildas diehards
The Olympic qualifier series in Perth is helping build on the winter’s success and turning the players into household names
