Securing the Women’s World Cup: Emotions running high

By Siren Posted in Football Women in Sport Media

Posted on June 30, 2020January 17, 2021

Angela Christian-Wilkes during the #GetOnside campaign that launched the Australia/New Zealand Women's World Cup bid. Image: Ann Odong

By Angela Christian-Wilkes In the wee hours of Friday morning, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced that Australia and New Zealand will host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Emotions are still running high. But in the months leading up to the announcement, the bid occupied a grey and shapeless space in my mind—a football fog, …