Temwa Chawinga scored a brace as leaders Wuhan destroyed Henan 7-0. Shanghai dropped it’s first points of the season as they were held to a goalless draw by Guangdong . Giovanna Oliveira struck the winner for Changchun as they move up to third on 12pts . Jiangsu defeated Shaanxi courtesy of a Han Xuan goal to move into fourth place . Yongchuan and Zhejiang shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw .
Wuhan and Beijing both remain 100% after five rounds of play . Wuhan eased to a 3-0 win at Beijing , Desire Oparanozie bullet header the second goal , Zhang Rui sealed the win with a sublime effort in the 69th minute .
Shangai defeated Zhejiang 2-0 , Yan Jinjin opened the scoring in the 21st Minute . Shangai wasted opportunities to extend the lead before league leading scorer Barbra Banda sent a low shot into the corner of the net on 72 minutes to seal the 2-0 win .
The U.S. Soccer Federation and the Mexican Football Federation have informed FIFA of their intention to submit a bid to co-host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
May 19, 2023, is the deadline to submit the Bidding Agreement. U.S. Soccer and the FMF will make more information on the bid available around that date.”
The joint bid , will face competition of confirmed bids from Brasil and a joint Belgium, Germany and Netherlands bid.
South Africa has also expressed interest in hosting the tournament in 2027.
The host for the tournament is expected to be announced in April 2024.
Barbra Banda scored two goals as Shangai emphatically defeated Jiangsu 4-1 in the final game of the fourth round of the Chinese Women’s Super League . Banda scored in the 2nd and 41st Minute . Yan J and Sewin added further goals before a Kun Jin effort reduced the deficit to 1-4.
Temwa Chawinga sealed Wuhan’s 2-0 win over Shandong scoring in the 78th Minute . He Xiangnan opened the scoring in the 10th Minute . Wuhan remain top on goal difference Level with Shangai both stay 100% with 12pts from 4 games .
Yongchuan and Zhejiang recorded 1-0 victories while Shaanxi and Sichuan , and Guangdong v Henan played out goalless draws .
Determine Girls of Liberia were crowned champions in Liberia for a third time as they defeated Bassa Girls 17-0.
However the title was controversial as two days before the final game leaders Ambassadors were told of points deduction based on a discipline action against DC Shooters . Points in the games against DC Shooters were removed which meant Determine hit the top going to the Final game by one point .
Background to the controversy
The Liberia Football Association (LFA) had banned DC Shooters President John Winn for a season from entering all facilities and participating in all football related under the LFA.
In a letter to the club on 13 April, LFA secretary-general Atty. Kollie A. Dorko said the decision emanated from the grievance and disciplinary committee (GDC).
The GDC, which met on 21 March at 14:00GMT with all parties, established that Winn provided falsified Liberian documents to six Nigerian female footballers to enable them play in the 2022/2023 Orange women’s division.
The players had previously admitted to being issued false documents, including Laissez Passez, which enable them to travel from Benin to Liberia.
The committee said Winn seized the players’ documents upon their arrival in Liberia and prepared Liberian birth certificates and citizen’s ID cards bearing Liberian names.
It banned goalie Ambali Sekinah, defenders Grace Ojo, Cyril Charity Naomi and Gladys Ajoku; defensive midfielder Mary Kiah and midfielder Bintu Adams from further participation in the league.
All points accumulated by Shooters from matches involving the player(s), according to the ruling, will be deducted and transferred to all clubs they played against in keeping with chapter 3, article 4.2e and 5a of the rules governing the Orange league.
In Rwanda AS Kigali Women Football Club won the 2022-2023 women’s league title after beating IPM 5-0 to clinch the title
AS Kigali leads Inyemera WFC by four points with one to go.
AS Kigali has now won 12 league titles.
AS Kigali
Africa Women’s Champions in 2023
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Red Arrows moved to the top of the table in Zambia Mary Mulenga opened the scoring with a penalty on 15 minutes and Aliness Kasoma rounded off a excellent move in the 73rd minute , earning the 2-0 victory over Zanaco . Second place Green Buffaloes did not play at the weekend . In Cameroun leaders Lekie were held to a 1-1 draw by AS Fortuna . Eclair moved to within 3pts at the top in second with a 2-1 win over Caïman .
Europe
Manchester United earned it’s first FA Cup final berth at Wembley in which over 65’000 tickets have already been sold were they will face Chelsea . United defeated Brighton 3-2 in a dramatic Semi final at Leigh Sports Village with Rachel Williams scoring a 89th Minute winner. Chelsea overcame Aston Villa in the second Semi Final Sam Kerr with heading in the winning goal.
In France D1 Arkema Fleury produced a excellent performance earning a 3-1 away victory at Reims. Batcheba Louis rounded off a fine move to open the scoring from close range in the 14th minute . Minutes later she would double the lead before Melchie Dumornay assisted Kethna Louis to reduce the deficit to 1-2. Ewelina Kamczyk rounded off the victory with a clinical finish , a result which moved Fleury into third place above local rivals Paris FC on 35pts . Fleury has a head to head and Goal difference advantage over Paris FC with three games remaining . Paris FC were defeated 2-0 at leaders Lyon while second place PSG grinded out a 1-0 win at Guingamp courtesy of Grace Geyoro .
Wolfsburg stunned Bayern with a dominant 5-0 Cup Semi final victory in Germany who will meet Freiburg in the final as they broke the hearts of Red Bull Leipzig as Hasret Kayikci fired home a close range stoppage time winner.
Hammarby cruised to a 6-1 victory over Växjö to remain the only unbeaten team after the third round of Damallsvenskan . Linköpings played a scoreless draw at Piteå while Norrköping were held to a 2-2 draw . Champions Rosengård suffered defeat at Djugårdens and open the season with just one point from 9.
SL Benfica moved to a win from retaining the title in Portugal a powerful display as they overrun SC Braga in their 6-0 victory . Anna Gasper 19 Cloe 30 36, a delicate chip from Kika in 43 , Patricia Morais og 46 and aJessica Silva 64th minute goal rounding off another sweeping move completed the scoring.
Twente defeated Jong PSV 2-0 to reach the KNVB Beker Vrouwen Final , where they will face PSV who overcame Den Haag with ease 4-1 to put gloss on a difficult league campaign .
In Brasil a glancing header from Tarciane from a corner give Corinthians a 3-2 derby victory over rivals Palmeiras in a five Goal thriller . Victoria Albuquerque opened the scoring early in the game before Palmeiras responded with Lorena equalising in the 29th minute and Camilinha poncing on a defensive error to give the visitors the lead . Tamires low shot levelled the game immediately after the break before Tarciane pounced in the 85th minute . Millene missed a opportunity to extend the lead in additional time sending her penalty wide of the left post . Elsewhere Ferroviaria eased to a 4-1 win at Athletico PR ,Aline Gomes continuing her excellent Goal scoring form with the fourth Goal. Santos moved into the top eight three second half goals ending Kindermann’s resistance in the 4-0 win. Flamengo remain third Thaisa with a excellent winner in the 71st minute to defeat Gremio .
Chivas moved to the top of the table in Mexico on 32pts ,with a convincing 3-0 win over Leon. Rayadas stuttered a fourth game without a victory as Toluca stunned them with a 2-0 victory .Rayadas remain second on 28pts .A last gasp own goal kept America in third as they drew 1-1 at Pumas who had lead from the third minute . Charlyn and Jennifer Hermoso double act swept Pachuca to a 5-1 win over Necaxa , another hattrick for Corral as Pachuca remain fourth in the log level points with Tigres who brushed aside Mazatlan 5-0, Mia Fishel contributing a brace . America Pachuca and Tigres each have 28pts after 13 rounds .
Portland remain top in NWSL on 7pts despite being held at home by Houston . Crystal Dunn struck in the 9th minute to open the scoring but Maria Sánchez cooly levelled into the low corner of the net in the 24th minute earning Dash a excellent point . Washington move into second level points with the Thorns a 2-1 victory at North Carolina , Ashley Hatch 50th Minute penalty earning the 3pts . Penelope Hocking scored a brace as Chicago defeated pointless Kansas City 4-2 , Debinha got on the score sheet for the Current in her return to action. Gotham scored two added time goals in a dramatic ending in Orlando , for a 2-0 win rooting the Pride to the bottom of the table. Midge Purce sweetly struck home a penalty in the 10th minute of additional time and Lynn Williams rounded off the victory a goal in 90+17 a typical Williams effort .
Fifa will announce the host of the 2027 Fifa Women’s World Cup on May 17 2024
Countries interested in hosting the competition have until May 19 of this year to submit their projects to FIFA. Applications need to be confirmed by December 8 of this year.
Confirmed bids of a joint Belgium -Netherlands – Germany . Others interested include South Africa whose government expressed support but await a final decision .
In January the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa sent a letter to SAFA President Dr Danny Jordaan saying the department is proud to support the Association’s expression of interest to bid to host the global showpiece.
“At this stage of the process, this letter does not in any way mean, or cannot be considered an underwriting, guarantee, or financial commitment by the Department of sport, arts and culture or any other Government department in the Republic of South Africa,” the letter said.
Zambia will play Germany Women’s National Team on 7th July 2023 in an international friendly at Sportpark Ronhof in Fürth. It will follow there schedule match in Ireland which is set for June 22. Meanwhile Germany will also face Vietnam in a fifa Women’s World Cup Preperation Match on June 24
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