Portal:Women's association football

The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July. There were 10,518 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) who participated in the 2012 Olympics.

Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the then-London mayor Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid, and Paris. London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and 1948. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability. The main focus was a new 200-hectare (490-acre) Olympic Park, constructed on a former industrial site in Stratford, East London. The Games also used venues that already existed before the bid. (Full article...)

• ... that Ellyse Perry played both cricket and soccer for Australia at the age of sixteen? (20 February 2008)
• ... that the Zanzibar women's national football team has few women's teams to play against and has beaten men's teams? (29 April 2012)
• ... that Canada striker Christine Sinclair was named one of the 25 most influential people in Canadian sports before she turned 20?
• ... that the Netherlands reached the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019 in only their second appearance at the tournament, having made their debut 4 years earlier.
• ... that women in Kenya created the Kenya women's national football team independent of Football Kenya Federation? (2 July 2012)
• ... that the Yemen women's national football team has four training sessions a week? (18 June 2012)

• ... that the Nike Phantom Luna football boot considers women's anatomy and the playing style of women's football in its design?
• ... that Ellaisa Marquis has been called the "marquis player" of women's football in Saint Lucia?
• ... that at age 14, footballer Lara Esponda was the youngest goalkeeper to debut in the top division of women's football in Argentina?
• ... that horses were responsible for delaying the deciding match of the Barcelona women's football team's 1973 winning season?
• ... that in 2022, Julia Dorsey helped North Carolina win a national lacrosse championship and reach the national soccer final?
• ... that Rashida Beal was named 2016 Big Ten Defender of the Year after the Minnesota Golden Gophers won that year's conference tournament?

The Zambia women's national association football team represents Zambia in association football, participating in qualifying tournaments for the FIFA Women's World Cup and other African-based competitions. It made its debut in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, becoming the first landlocked nation in Africa to qualify for a senior World Cup in either men's or women's soccer. (Full article...)