Women's World Cup Day Four: Tears, famous firsts and a Rainbow Nation - the moments you may have missed
Day four of the FIFA Women’s World Cup saw patriotism at its best as South Africa and Portugal began their tournaments.
Both suffered losses, with Banyana Banyana going down 2-1 to Sweden while Portugal tasted a narrow 1-0 defeat to the 2019 runners-up the Netherlands.
The final game of the day was enthralling as France took on Jamaica, with the Reggae Girlz earning a first-ever World Cup point with a 0-0 draw despite a late red card for their captain Khadija Shaw.
Here are the quirky moments from day four of the Women’s World Cup:
Jamaica’s bag of tricks
Prior to her red card for two clumsy challenges, Khadija Shaw had been causing France’s defence all sorts of problems.
The towering Manchester City striker is one of several players with intriguing backstories in the Jamaica squad.
Shaw is affectionately known as Bunny and it’s not because of her impressive jump, or hop, to head the ball but because she liked carrots as a kid.
She is joined in the Jamaica team by Tottenham Hotspur duo Becky Spencer and Drew Spence who have both previously been in England camps, with Spence playing twice for the Lionesses in 2015.
Jamaica were impressive in defence against France and that is in part to the connection of their centre-back pairing, who happen to be sisters.
Allyson Swaby is two years older than Chantelle, but the younger sibling edges her sister for appearances with 31 to Allyson’s 28 after both debuted in 2018.
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