PARIS:The women's World Cup kicks off on Friday amid unprecedented attention as hosts France take on South Korea in Paris. "Different teams are now rising and it's going to be a very open World Cup and we're excited to go out there and attack it." When France hosted the men's World Cup and Euros, the finals were held at the 80,000-capacity Stade de France. "We got the women's World Cup in 2015 ... At the beginning, possible host cities were not exactly shoving each other out of the way to come forward. In many countries, women's football remains an afterthought, yet even in the nations where women's football is strongest, players feel attitudes are not changing fast enough.

Source: Bangkok Post June 04, 2019 01:18 UTC