Emerging Sports Writer Lauren McIntosh speaks with football trailblazer Helen Tyrikos about opportunities the sport has leading up to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Growing up Helen Tyrikos lived in a household where the round ball was religion. Now the Head of Women’s Football of the National Premier League (NPL) club, Heidelberg United, her …
Emerging Sports Writer Program participant Sienna Nobile on the challenges faced by women and girls playing football in regional Australia and why investment is so important. As a six-year-old girl growing up in South Gippsland, watching my Papa coach his U/16s girls football team was a treat. The smell of the damp grass gave me …
In the latest By The White Line Diaries, Rachel takes us to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the moment that defined her experience. The final whistle blew, and the American players celebrated, as Dutch players dropped to the ground. After shooting the initial reactions, I made my way around the pitch for the …