How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 06:30 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream. Two and a half years after their Women’s World Cup dream on home soil ended ...

Maika Hamano scored the game's only goal as Japan beat Australia 1-0 Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Japan have won the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup after a 1-0 victory over hosts Australia in Saturday’s final ...

No one saw that coming, Japan take the lead, it’s 1-0. Hamano delivers a moment of brilliance out of nothing. Japan build down the left, Hasegawa finds her in space, and she turns sharply before ...

Livingston shipped striker Tete Yengi out to Japan in January and, while his parent club slipped to relegation from the ...

Australia knows how to put on a show. The 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup has shattered attendance records. The previous cumulative milestone of 59,910 was set in China in 2010. It was broken on the first ...

A week after they qualified for a tenth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™, Japan saw off Australia 1-0 in the final of the Women’s Asian Cup to claim a third continental crown. For the final time ...

The Matildas have fallen to a heartbreaking Women's AFC Asian Cup final defeat, losing 1-0 to Japan at Stadium Australia on Saturday night. A stunning Maika Hamano strike in the 17th minute was all ...