
The Guardian - 3 hours 21 min ago
Australia win 2-1 over Korea DPR in nervous tussle in Perth Goals from Kennedy and Kerr secure 2027 World Cup qualification The Matildas have avoided an early exit from their home Women's Asian Cup and qualified for their ninth straight Women's World Cup after a nervous 2-1 win over North Korea at Perth Rectangular Stadium on Friday night. An early goal to midfielder Alanna Kennedy was doubled by a Sam Kerr screamer early in the second half, though a relentless North Korea side who clawed...

The Guardian - 6 hours 17 min ago
Updates as Matildas and Korea DPR meet at HBF Park Kick-off time in Perth is 6pm local/9pm AEDT Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Much of the coverage of the Women's Asian Cup across the past few days has focused not on any of the competing teams but, instead, on Iran, as their time in Australia came to an end following their elimination. Shiva Mokri and Moones Mansoubi, two members of Hamava Collective, a volunteer group of Iranian Australian women in Sydney advocating for gender equality...

UPI - 14 hours 11 min ago
A N. Korean defector in S. Korea pleaded with Chinese authorities to stop the forced repatriation of his mother, warning that the case could signal...