Updates as Matildas host football tournament opener in Perth Kick-off time is 5pm local/8pm AEDT Any thoughts? Email Joey Lynch Questions about the Women’s Asian Cup or how it works? Jo Khan may just have you covered with her explainer. The Women’s Asian Cup is a sequel with a difference. Not bigger, and surely not better than the magnificent 2023 World Cup, when the Matildas entranced Australia during their run to the semi-finals. But there is enough intrigue in the script – coaching frenemies, unlikely injury comebacks, last hurrahs, footballing minnows and mirrors of multicultural Australia, even fairytale romance – that it will hold the nation’s football community riveted. Whether the continental championship bursts out into a broader cultural phenomenon, however, will be one of the compelling questions of the next three weeks. Continue reading...