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Filipinas to make World Cup debut after 'meteoric' rise

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In a country obsessed with beauty pageants, basketball and boxing, the Philippine national women's football team hope to ignite interest in their sport when they make the nation's FIFA World Cup debut. Long considered regional minnows, the Filipinas have rapidly improved under former Australian national women's coach Alen Stajcic, who describes their achievements as "miraculous".

Added on the 10/07/2023 10:12:25 - Copyright : AFP EN

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