Biography

Nahikari García Pérez (born 10 March 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Athletic Bilbao and the Spain women's national team.

García begun her professional career with Añorga KKE before joining Real Sociedad in 2014. She went on to make over 200 appearances and holds the club's record for the most goals scored in a single season with her return of 16 goals in 2016. During her time with Real, she was nominated for the Primera División forward of the Season award and helped the club win its first ever Copa de la Reina in 2019. She joined Real Madrid on 1 July 2021 after eight years at Real Sociedad. García returned to the Basque Country when she signed with Athletic Bilbao on 22 August 2023. (Full article...)

• ... that Izetta Wesley, a female football administrator, believes the government of Liberia is insincere in how they treat the Liberia women's national football team? (27 June 2012)
• ... that women in Kenya created the Kenya women's national football team independent of Football Kenya Federation? (2 July 2012)
• ... that Canada striker Christine Sinclair was named one of the 25 most influential people in Canadian sports before she turned 20?
• ... that Marta met the Sierra Leone women's national football team in 2011 as part of the United Nations Development Programme? (15 June 2012)
• ... that the Central African Republic faced difficulties in playing in the Women's U-19 World Cup semi-final against South Africa because the country initially refused to grant players visas? (10 May 2012)
• ... that two-time Olympic gold medalist Carli Lloyd is the only player to score the game-winning goal in two consecutive Olympic gold medal soccer matches? (March 4, 2014)

• ... that soccer player Danielle Marcano scored four goals in back-to-back games that helped to send the University of Tennessee to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals for the first time in history?
• ... that despite being the first women's football team in Northern Ireland to sign players on professional contracts, Cliftonville Ladies F.C. were not the first club to register them?
• ... that in 2022, Julia Dorsey helped North Carolina win a national lacrosse championship and reach the national soccer final?
• ... that horses were responsible for delaying the deciding match of the Barcelona women's football team's 1973 winning season?
• ... that at age 14, footballer Lara Esponda was the youngest goalkeeper to debut in the top division of women's football in Argentina?
• ... that the 2012 Olympic women's soccer semifinal between the Canadian and the American national teams was called "the greatest knockout match in major-tournament football" since 1982?

The Canada women's national soccer team (French: Équipe du Canada de soccer féminine) represents Canada in international soccer competitions. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada.

The team reached international prominence at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing in the bronze medal match to the United States. Canada qualified for its first Olympic women's soccer tournament in 2008, making it to the quarterfinals. Canada's most significant achievement has been winning the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The team is also two-time CONCACAF Women's Championship winners, and two-time Olympic bronze medallists. (Full article...)