Canada still in the running as US and Spain secure quarter final slots
July 29 – Round two of the Women’s Olympic group stages caused a major reshuffle, as the tournament was turned on its head with a number of surprise results.
World Tournaments
Canada’s Priestman sent home over Olympic scandal as probe into drone use deepens
July 26 – Having removed herself from her country’s opening game against New Zealand, Canada’s Olympic women’s football coach Bev Priestman has been thrown out of the competition and suspended by the country’s football federation as the fallout continues over the alleged drone spying scandal.
Olympic women’s football kicks off with wins for Canada, Spain, France, Germany and US
July 26 – Despite the off-field drama of Canadian drone spying, Israel’s participation in the men’s competition and Moroccan fan violence, the Paris 2024 Olympic tournament for both men and women is underway.
Olympic chaos as Morocco-Argentina opener marred by violence
July 25 – The men’s Olympic football tournament got off to a violent and chaotic start Wednesday as Morocco stunned two-time gold medalist Argentina with a 2-1 win.
Israel open Olympic campaign to boos and jeers, Revivo lose ban appeal
July 25 – Israel defender Roy Revivo lost his appeal of a two-game FIFA ban at the Paris Olympics in a ruling made hours before the team’s opener against Mali which saw a high level of security and peaceful, though vocal, protest.
Canada send two home over drone scandal, FIFA opens disciplinary case
July 25 – The Canadian women’s Olympic football team have sacked an assistant coach and another staff member after New Zealand complained to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that a drone was used to spy on their training session.
1924-2024 Olympic football – Aux Armes!
In an extract from his new book Aux Armes! Sport and the French – an English perspective, Insideworldfootball columnist David Owen highlights the birth place of the march towards the all-conquering World Cup.
Palestinians call on legal precedent for IOC to exclude Israeli athletes from Paris 2024
July 23 – On the eve of the kick-off of the Olympic football tournament, Palestine have called for the “immediate exclusion of Israel from the Paris Olympics 2024”.
New look US women enter Paris 2024 eager to return to the top of the world
July 23 – Four-time Olympic women’s champions, the United States have put their disastrous World Cup campaign behind them and are ready to go again, says captain Lindsey Horan.
Between a rock and a hard place: Copa America ends in chaos as fans storm Miami stadium
July 15 – Argentina retained the Copa America with a 1-0 win over Colombia on Sunday but the showpiece finale was overshadowed by yet more organisational issues that from the start beset the tournament in the United States – joint hosts of the next World Cup.
Copa America assistant linesman collapses in 90 degree heat in Kansas
June 26 – With the Copa America under way in the US amid seering heat, an assistant referee collapsed with heat stroke near the end of the first half of Peru’s Group A match against Canada.
Thierry Henry leaves Mbappé out of French Olympic squad
June 5 – Manager Thierry Henry has left Kylian Mbappé out of France’s provisional squad for the Paris Olympic Games.
2027 World Cup bidding: Dutch grassroots women’s club says inclusivity is key to growing the game
Insideworldfootball talks exclusively to Annabel van Meeteren, President of SVO VV Pinkenberg to gather her thoughts on the BNG2027 bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 and the positive impact a successful bid could have for the women’s amateur game across The Netherlands.
Belgian men’s and women’s players back the BNG2027 bid
April 23 – With the FIFA Congress poised to choose the host for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 next month in Bangkok, Insideworldfootball talks exclusively to two leading Belgian international players Amadou Onana and Justine Vanhaevermaet to gather their thoughts on the joint Belgian, Netherlands and German bid BNG2027 and what it would mean to have their tournament played in their home country.
Securing a robust global legacy will be BNG2027’s ultimate triumph if the joint bid wins the hosting of Women’s World Cup 2027
Hosting major international football tournaments is about much more than the tournament itself. Increasingly what is left behind and how it impacts the game and society going forward is core to the planning. BNG’s 2027 World Cup bid has put legacy at the centre of it plans.