New Spain coach Montse Tome decides to leave Jenni Hermoso out of her Nations League squad, as a possible boycott still looms.

Heartbreak for the Football Ferns as The Philippines, coached by Australian Alen Stajcic, earn their first-ever win at the Women's World Cup in Wellington, ahead of a second game for Norway, who knocked the Matildas out of the last World Cup. 

Rocking out to music in the change room and having meals together are a team tradition, but that's as far as shared pre-game rituals go for the Matildas.

Alyssa Healy keeps wickets but cannot bat in Australia's first Twenty20 World Cup warm-up match against India — a low-scoring affair on a worn Newlands pitch.

After Penrith dispatched South Sydney in the finals yet again, the Panthers are one win away from establishing a true dynasty.