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  The sun was out bright and early on the last day here at Mondial du Vent, lighting the way to the playground for the final time. It's a beautiful clear morning here, with a cold 20kts Tramontana chill blowing through the air. The women's Surf-Freestyle heats were up first.  The judges stuck to the Dingle elimination criteria, with 6-minute heats and 3-minute transitions in between. In those six minutes the women had a maximum of 15 trick attempts, giving them multiple chances to ace their three best tricks that the judges will count. The motivation is high here this morning, Flora Artzner (FRA) kicked the competition off with a high score of 15.79, what an amazing start to the day. The following heat between Multiple times Stand up Paddling champion Olivia Piana (FRA) and 22 year old Bowien van der Linden (NLD) certainly woke us up. It was toe clenching close, but Piana came in hot with a Frontside 3 giving her the extra spice she needed to score the win. You...

  Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema (second left) celebrates scoring their second goal against Tottenham with teammates during the FA Women's Super League match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Credit: PA The World Cup 2023 qualification draw was made ahead of the tournament being hosted in Australia and New Zealand. Arsenal players gathered in anticipation to see who they would play on the road to the best competition in World Football, the FIFA Women's World Cup.  England were drawn into Group D with Leah Williamson, Jordan Nobbs, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Beth Mead learning their opponents who are Austria, Northern Ireland, Luxembourg, Latvia and North Macedonia.  It is also the beginning of Sarina Wiegman's first qualification campaign with the Lionesses as she takes charge in September.  This means that Manuela Zinsberger and Viktoria Schnaderbeck who represent Austria will meet their Gunners teammates when England meet Austria in what is ...

  The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has given approval for Ghana to use the Cape Coast Stadium for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. This is after the Ghana Football Association (GFA) submitted a stadium report together with accompanying video evidence, pictures and further justification on video conferencing in line with the CAF Circular dated 1 April 2021. The videoconferencing was concerning the homologation requirements and supervision of CAF stadiums for the qualifications which begin in June 2021. "We would like to draw your attention to some of the comments and remarks in Annex A to be addressed in the coming period by your federation, in order to guarantee that the stadium is maintained in the list of CAF approved stadiums for Men’s Senior competitions," CAF said in a letter to the Ghana FA "In case organizational and stadium technical infractions are verified during your upcoming international home matches, financial sancti...

  9 Host Cities and 10 stadiums across Australia and New Zealand to welcome the world’s best players and football fans in 2023 Opening Match to take place in Auckland and Sydney to host Final Australia and New Zealand to host one semi-final each   The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ took an important and exciting step today with the announcement of the 9 Host Cities and 10 stadiums in Australia and New Zealand that will host matches during the tournament.  With just over two years to go until some of the best players in the world take to the field in Australia and New Zealand, the Host City announcement represents a major milestone for many football fans and players around the world, as well as in the preparations for the next FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023 – which will be the first-ever co-hosted FIFA Women’s World Cup and the first edition to feature 32 teams.  The Host Cities and stadiums for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 are:  • Adelaide –...

  European teams have discovered the path they must take to the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ following the UEFA qualifying group stage draw at the confederation’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. A record 51 teams have been split into nine sections (six groups of six teams, three of five), with the qualifying matches set to be played between September 2021 and September 2022. The groups are as follows: Group A: Sweden, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Georgia Group B: Spain, Scotland, Ukraine, Hungary, Faroe Islands Group C: Netherlands, Iceland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Cyprus Group D: England, Austria, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, Latvia, Luxembourg Group E: Denmark, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Malta, Montenegro Group F: Norway, Belgium, Poland, Albania, Kosovo, Armenia Group G: Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Croatia, Moldova, Lithuania Group H: Germany, Portugal, Serbia, Israel, Turkey, Bulgaria Group I: France, Wales, Sloveni...

  The streamer signed international soccer stars for its World Cup qualification coverage FuboTV, a sports-focused pay-TV provider, is joining a growing chorus of streaming companies vying to win ad dollars that are traditionally spent on linear TV. The streamer is participating in the IAB NewFronts this year, where it’s pitching a slate of original content plus new ad targeting offerings. FuboTV is partnering with LiveRamp to bolster its addressable ad offerings. This allows the streamer and its advertisers to use their first-party data to create advanced audience segments, like people making over a $100,000 who are looking to buy a car, and then activate these campaigns programmatically. Branded content studio launches FuboTV also announced the launch of its branded content studio, where it will work with advertisers to create custom integrations on its owned-and-opeated Fubo Sports Network. Diana Horowitz, Fubo...

  Black Sox coach Mark Sorenson has named three newcomers in a 31-strong training squad ahead of the delayed Softball World Cup in Auckland. While some experienced players are missing, teenage outfielder Te Kirika Cooper-Nicola, infielder Tane Mumu and catcher Max Earley join the team as the Black Sox look ahead to the showpiece event that has been postponed twice due to Covid-19. The squad named on Tuesday is the result of 18 months of work with the coaching staff. "We've been tweaking that squad as and when we saw fit and the opportunity now is there for the young guys to come in," Sorenson said. "Certainly any time we name a squad it's about ring-fencing those athletes to highlight that they're in the selected few at the moment, the opportunity is with them, certainly the spotlight is on them and we're looking for them to continue with the form that saw the selected to be a part of this group." Sorenson said expectations were high. ...