The 2023 Women’s World Cup is in full swing, and these daily files give you the latest reporting from around the tournament as well as betting lines, what-to-watch-for information and best reads. Check in with ESPN throughout the tournament as we bring you the latest from Australia and New Zealand.
The lead: And then there were 8
After 32 teams began their 2023 Women’s World Cup campaigns, we’re down to eight, with many of the favourites already sent home, including the United States, Canada, Brazil and Germany.
Japan, Colombia, Sweden, France, Spain, Netherlands, European champions England and co-hosts Australia are the ones who made it through.
ESPN’s writers on the ground in Australia and New Zealand take us through each of the quarterfinal fixtures.
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USWNT players have now spoken about their round-of-16 elimination to Sweden. Captain Lindsay Horan thanked supporters in an Instagram post but added “football can be won and lost by moments and millimeters” — a reference to the VAR decision that ruled the deciding penalty attempt had crossed the goal line by the thinnest of margins. USWNT forward Lynn Williams wrote that “from the sidelines our performance against Sweden was…
