Second-half goals by Lindsey Horan and Tobin Heath gave the United States a 2-0 victory over Canada on Sunday in the final of the North American Olympic qualifying tournament.... more »
Three-time defending Olympic champion United States and 2012 bronze medalists Canada qualified for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic women's football tournament Friday with victories in a North American regional tournament.... more »
England's "Lionesses" bared their claws once again as they brutally ended the campaign of hosts Canada 2-1 to advance to their first semi-final at the Women's World Cup where they meet champions Japan.... more »
England coach Mark Sampson is hoping the referee and not the 55,000-plus fans at BC Place Stadium will call the shots in Saturday's quarter-final clash against hosts Canada in the Women's World Cup.... more »
A Josee Belanger second-half goal was enough to keep hosts' Canada's Women's World Cup dream alive in a slim 1-0 win over Switzerland which gave them a quarter-final spot.... more »
A late Kirsten Van De Ven equaliser grabbed a 1-1 draw for the Netherlands against Canada but the hosts still advanced to the last 16 of the Women's World Cup on Monday as group leaders.... more »
Coach John Herdman insisted Friday that his focus was solely on his Chinese opponents and not the scandal surrounding FIFA on the eve of the hosts' opening game at the Women's World Cup.... more »
With a month to go before the FIFA Women's World Cup, AFP takes a look at seven of the top teams in the 24-nation tournament who will be hoping to challenge in Canada from June 6-July 5.... more »
Eugenie Le Sommer's 34th-minute strike handed France a 1-0 win over Canada Thursday in a warm-up match just two months out from the FIFA Women's World Cup.... more »
Two-time men's European figure skating champion Javier Fernandez will be Spain's flag bearer at the Sochi Winter Olympic games next month, the Spanish Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday.... more »