PARIS - Hervé Renard has been named France women's coach until 2024 and will lead the team at this year's World Cup, the French federation (FFF) said on Thursday.

The 54-year-old Frenchman resigned as coach of the Saudi Arabia men's team this week after leading them to last year's World Cup in Qatar where they pulled off a shock group-stage win over eventual champions Argentina.

NEW YORK - With a blockbuster 2023 that shows no sign of slowing down, United States forward Mallory Swanson has shed her early "wunderkind" image and unveiled what she calls a "Mal 3.0" version of herself ahead of this year's Women's World Cup.

The 24-year-old flicked her seventh goal of the year into the net at the SheBelieves Cup last month in an astonishing run that underlined her claim to a spot in the squad when the U.S. seek an unprecedented third straight World Cup title.

La Selección Mexicana Femenil dio a conocer su lista de convocadas para los duelos que sostendrá ante Chicago Red Stars y Houston Dash en abril, ambos parte de su MexTour W por los Estados Unidos. 

La nómina de Pedro López tiene 23 nombre, entre los cuales se encuentra una que otra sorpresa. Destaca, por ejemplo, el debut de Jazmín Casarez (FC Juárez), así como el regreso de María Sánchez y Diana Ordóñez, quienes estuvieron ausentes en la última convocatoria.

Curiosamente, ambas son jugadoras del Dash, uno de los rivales de la gira.

Argentina continued their never-ending happiness tour after winning Copa América, Finalissima and World Cup, thrashing Curaçao 7-0 in a friendly game where Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick and surpassed the 100-goal mark playing for La Albiceleste. 

Indonesia has been stripped of the right to host this year's Under-20 soccer World Cup, FIFA said on Wednesday.

The decision to stop Indonesia staging the May 20-June 11 tournament was taken after the country's football federation (PSSI) said it had canceled the draw because the governor of the largely Hindu island of Bali refused to host Israel's team.

"FIFA has decided, due to the current circumstances, to remove Indonesia as the host of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023," a FIFA statement said.

Estados Unidos vuelve a cruzarse en el horizonte de México. Un amistoso y las semifinales del Final Four de la Concacaf aparecen en el calendario de un Tri que tiene sed de revancha ante el USMNT y podrían marcar el futuro de Diego Cocca como su entrenador.

Sí, Diego Cocca apenas lleva dos partidos al mando de la Selección Mexicana, pero el ambiente no está para bollos y un tropiezo ante las Barras y las Estrellas podría sentenciar su ciclo de manera anticipada.