International Women’s Football

Canadians Take The Bronze

In front of another packed house, this time at the Corinthians Arena in São Paulo, Brazil set about winning the…

10 years ago

Sweden Defeat Brazil in Penalties

At a raucous Estadio Maracanã, the biggest crowd of The Games of the XXXI Olympiad to date saw the host…

10 years ago

History Repeats – Germany Defeat Canada in Semifinals

Despite beating the European champions a week ago to top their group, Canada were beaten by the same team in…

10 years ago

Brazil Eliminates Australia in penalty kicks

By Debby von Winckelmann In a tense quarterfinal match with Australia that took 120 minutes, plus 8 rounds of penalty…

10 years ago

France Falls To Canada 1-0

Canada progressed to their second successive Olympic semi-final defeating France as they had done four years earlier in Coventry in…

10 years ago

Germany Keep Medal Hopes Alive in Rio

Germany, still recovering from the shock of losing to Canada on Tuesday, struggled to break down a well-drilled Chinese defence…

10 years ago

Sweden Conquer: US Women Eliminated In Penalty Kicks

As Hope Solo tried to delay the decisive penalty in the shoot-out by changing her gloves, Lisa Dahlkvist looked at…

10 years ago

Solo falters as USWNT draws Colombia 2-2

From the first time that she touched the ball in these Olympic Games, US goalkeeper Hope Solo has been the…

10 years ago

Sweden and China advance to Quarterfinals

Earlier results meant China and Sweden went into their final group game in Brasilia knowing a draw would see both…

10 years ago

France moves past group play

Despite thrilling in their opening match victory over Colombia, defeat to the United States left highly-fancied France needing something from…

10 years ago