Japan to back out of Women’s World Cup bidThe Japan Football Association is expected to pull out of bidding for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. That bid received the highest evaluation from FIFA earlier this month with Japan rated second and Colombia third. The Japan Football Associated did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press. Australia and New Zealand received the highest rating score of 4.1 out of 5. Japan was second at 3.9 and Colombia had 2.8.

Source: The Standard June 22, 2020 10:07 UTC