The biggest finals yet
At the first Women’s World Cup, held in China in 1991, matches lasted just 80 minutes and the old canard that football was too tough for tender ladies took a long time to dispel. While attendances in China were very good, large parts of the football world did not notice that the tournament was on or simply ignored it.
Twenty-eight years on the event is big news. More than five million people tuned in to watch Corinne Diacre reveal the
