The 2023 Women’s World Cup is progressing along nicely and we’re now well into the second round of group stage fixtures.
Things are slowly starting to take shape and we’ve already reached the point when teams can start securing their places in the knockout stages – as both Spain and Japan did on Wednesday. The flip side of that is that teams can now start getting eliminated too, with Zambia, Costa Rica and Republic of Ireland all now out of the tournament with a game each left to play.
A couple of the pre-tournament favourites – including the co-hosts – are back in action on Thursday, and…