China 2 Bangladesh 0 Fifteen minutes to kick-off at CommBank Stadium in Parramatta, with the whole stadium open, the photographers in place and the substitutes already in their dugouts, the death knell tolled and the flags of the two nations were unfurled to warm applause from a meagre yet bigger crowd than we had seenContinue reading “Bengal Tigresses win the hearts of Western Sydney”
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Since March 2019, the Unashamed Football Novels by Texi Smith have captured the imagination of readers worldwide. In 2021 Anna Black got us excited for the FIFA Womens World Cup. Jarrod Black returned in December 2022 with another fast-paced adventure in Chasing Pack and in 2024, the focus turned to Abebi, a Matildas star of the future. While we await the next adventure of the Black family, check out Texi's first non-fiction work, an account of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022, titled 'Metro, this way!' Out now on Amazon.