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Welcome to the Episode! And then there were two. North Korea and Spain have made it to the final. With both countries having two titles apeice, who will be the first to claim three titles at the competition? We review the semifinal games and look ahead to the final. Enjoy!

Welcome to the episode! The tournament is almost over. We review the quarterfinal games and look ahead to the semis! Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! The group stage is over and we are headed into the quarterfinals. We review the final round of group games and make our predictions for the next round. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! The 2024 U17 Women's World Cup is here, featuring the Flamingoes of Nigeria, the Harambee Starlets of Kenya and the Copper Princesses of Zambia. We review the first and second round of group games and look ahead to the final round. Enjoy! Recording date: Monday October 21, 2024

Welcome to the episode! The tournament is over, with the North Korea crowned champions. We review the 3rd place and final games. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! We review the semifinal games. We have had to upload this episode late due to some technical challenges; please bear with us. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! The tournament is drawing to a close with the completion of the quarterfinal round. We review the round and make our predictions for the semis. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! The quarterfinals are upon us. We review the Round of 16 games and make our predictions for the next round. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! The group stage of the competition is over and we head into the knockout stages. We review the last round of group games and give our predictions for the Round of 16 games. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! The second round of group games is concluded. We review the round's games. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! The 2024 FIFA U20 Women's World Cup is here and we are here to give our two cents on the games as they are played. We review the first round of group games where Nigeria came away with a lucky(?) win, Cameroon pulled a comeback draw and Ghana and Morocco began their journey with losses. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is officially over and we're quite sad about that. We recap the third-place and final games. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! We review both the quarter-final and semi-final rounds. Enjoy!

Welcome to the episode! The knockout round is here and the Round of 16 served us some exciting and truly dramatic games. We recap the games in this round and make our predictions for the quarter-final round. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! We recap the second round of group games and look forward to the final group round. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! The opening round of group games took us on quite a rollercoaster ride. We share our thoughts on the games and look forward to the next round. Enjoy!

The FIFA Women's World Cup is here again! We are absolutely ready to immerse ourselves in the amazing games and stories that will come out of Australia/New Zealand over the next month. Join us as we cover the tournament and bring you scintillating previews and reviews. Enjoy!

Welcome! The tournament is finally over and served us with many moments we won't forget any time soon. Afua recaps the third-place and final games. Enjoy!

Welcome! Afua recaps all the semi-final action in this episode. Enjoy!

Welcome! The quarterfinal round gave us quite some upsets (thinking of Nigeira's Falconets). Afua recaps what went down in those games. Enjoy!

Welcome! The group stage of the ongoing FIFA U20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica has come to a close. In this episode, Afua recaps the final round of group stage games. Enjoy!

Welcome! In this episode, Afua runs through the second round of group games. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! The FIFA U20 Women's World Cup is upon us once again. Afua recaps the first round of games in Costa Rica. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode1 This week we discuss: * FIFA U20 Women's World Cup African Qualifiers * Women's Asian Cup * New partnerships for the Ghana Women's Premier League * New policy for the English WSL and Championship * Violence against women in football * Transfers Enjoy!

Welcome to Episode! In this episode, Afua and Ewurama discuss: * FIFA U20 Women's World Cup Caf Qualifiers * 2022 Women's Asian Cup * New club attendance record to be set in the Uefa Women's Champions League * Hasaacas Ladies FC's Evelyn Badu to Avaldsnes IL * FIFA The Best Awards Winners Enjoy!

Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of 2022. In this episode we discuss: * 2022 Competition Calendar * FIFA The Best Awards * First female referee at the Africa Cup of Nations * New Saudi Arabia Women's League * Professionalisation of the Northern Ireland Women's League Enjoy!

Welcome to the Episode! We discuss the second and third rounds of group stage games and give our predictions for the knockout rounds. Enjoy the Episode!

Welcome to the Episode! The first-ever African continental women's club competition has kicked off this month in Egypt. We discuss the first round of games and give our predictions for the second round. Enjoy the Episode!

Welcome to the Episode! On the pod today we discuss the qualifying draw for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, the African qualifying draw for the 2022 U-20 Women's World Cup, and 2022 U-17 Women's World Cup. We also talk about Asisat Oshoala and Barcelona winning the Uefa Women's Champions League and Egypt being the host of the maiden Caf Women's Champions League. Enjoy!

We. Are. BACK! Welcome to the episode! After what seems like a thousand years, we are back in action with commentary on the first four games of the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup. They were absolutely amazing games and we had a lot of fun recording this episode. Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/WosoManiacs and let us know what you thought of the first four games. Enjoy!

Welcome to the episode! In this episode we discuss all that went down in the quarterfinal round of the ongoing NWSL Challenge Cup. Original Recording Date: July 19, 2020 Original Release Date: July 19, 2020 Game highlight soundbites from nwsl.com

Welcome to the Episode! In this episode we talk about the first round of games in the ongoing NWSL Challenge Cup, #PrideStan curse as well as the cancellation of the 2020 Africa Women's Cup of Nations and formation of a CAF Women's Champions League. Enjoy! Original Recording Date: July 1, 2020 Original Release Date: July 2, 2020

Welcome to the Episode! The 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup is upon us and we give a little preview to the tournament. We give a brief overview of how the tournament came to replace the regular season, make fun of NC Courage's ridiculous new away jersey and come up with a strategy to keep up with 2am kick-offs. Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss the menstrual cycle and ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury risk, exercises to reduce menstrual cramps and how to prevent ACL injury. We also touch on what's happening across various leagues with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bidding, and FranceFootball's recent list of the 50 most influential people in football. Enjoy! Original Recording Date: Friday, 22nd May, 2020 Original Release Date: Saturday, 23rd May, 2020

Welcome to our brand new series, Fitness With Cashes! In this series, as our in-house fitness guru, Afua Bohulu leads our discussions on anything and everything fitness. In this first episode we asked if you had any questions relating to general fitness and exercise and we attempted to answer them all. Enjoy! Recording Date: April 15, 2020 Release Date: April 15, 2020

You asked for an explanation, here it is! Hope you're enjoying the game so far.

Welcome to the Episode! In this episode we talk: * Olympic Qualifiers Round 5 * Ghana and Kenya at the Turkish Women's Cup * Algarve Cup * Tournoi de France * Cyprus Cup * Nigeria Women's Football League New Branding * Ghana Women's FA Cup Draw * NWSL New Broadcast Deal * USA Equal Pay Lawsuit

Welcome to the Episode! Topics and Time Stamps League Updates - 02:40 * Ghana Women's Premier League * Nigeria Women's Football League * Cameroon Women's Football League * Safa Women's National League (South Africa) * Kenya Women's Premier League Tournament Updates - 31:51 * UNAF Tournament * UNIFFAC Tournament * SheBelieves Cup * Algarve Cup * Tournoi de France * Cyprus Cup * Turkish Women's Cup News Round Up * Japan new women's league * Spanish league collective pay agreement * NWSL Commissioner * Marta * Smaller goals debate Podcast Website: https://wosomaniacsgh.wixsite.com/wosomaniacsgh Twitter: https://twitter.com/wosomaniacsgh

Welcome to another bonus episode! So as we mentioned in Episode 17, we attended the maiden edition of the Africa Women's Sports Summit in May last year which was put together by an incredible Ghanaian sports journalist we respect, look up to, admire and have the pleasure of knowing, Juliet Bawuah. She gathered four other leading and experienced sports journalists on the continent as well as about 60 young women pursuing careers in sport (particularly sport journalism which was the focus of the edition) together to share stories of their journeys, learn from and motivate each other. The theme of the event was #TakeYourPlace. In this soundbite, ace South African Sports Broadcaster, Carol Tshabalala a.k.a. The Queen of Sport, shares her story of how she got into the field, challenges she encountered, how she rose above them and what keeps her moving. Enjoy! Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wosomaniacsgh Visit our website: https://wosomaniacsgh.wixsite.com/wosomaniacsgh Follow Juliet Bawuah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/julietbawuah Follow Carol Tshabalala on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimplyCarol8

Welcome to the Episode! This episode was recorded sometime in May 2019 after Afua and Ewurama attended the inaugural Africa Women's Sports Summit hosted by Ghanaian sports journalist Juliet Bawuah. The summit was intended to bring together seasoned female sports journalists and aspiring ones on the continent for a day of inspiration and motivation, sharing stories to challenge women young and old to #TakeYourPlace in the sports industry. Afua and Ewurama recount their experience of the event as well as talk about the 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup which took place in May 2019, the 2018/19 UEFA Women's Champions League Final and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup ticketing challenge that sprung up prior to the competition. Enjoy! Time Stamps * Africa Women's Sports Summit - 02:06 * 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup - 14:58 * 2018/19 UEFA Women's Champions League Final - 27:00 * 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Ticketing - 34:37 Follow the podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/wosomaniacsgh Website: https://wosomaniacsgh.wixsite.com/wosomaniacsgh

WELCOME TO THE EPISODE! SEGMENTS AND TIME STAMPS League Updates - 5:26 (Ghana Women's Premier League) Tournament Updates - 12:24 (CAF U-17 and U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers) News Roundup - 18:20 (Chiamaka Nnadozie to Paris FC, AWCON host issue, Cosafa Calendar, Sam Kerr first Chelsea goal, Eni Aluko Shout Outs - 24:19 Extra - 32:25

Welcome to our first ever Bonus Episode! In this episode Ewurama speaks with a good friend of the podcast Mirabel Gyasi, an occupational therapist, businesswoman and sports enthusiast, on the social media build up to the start of the 2019/20 season of the Ghana Women's Premier League. What was to be a short commentary on the jersey unveiling content the various clubs put out quickly turned into a serious and quite relevant lesson on branding. Enjoy! Original Recording Date: Monday, January 13, 2020 Original Release Date: Saturday, January 18, 2020 Find Mirabel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirajay11 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mirabel.gyasi.7 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mirabel_daisy_gyasi/ Follow WoSo Maniacs Website: https://wosomaniacsgh.wixsite.com/wosomaniacsgh Twitter: https://twitter.com/wosomaniacsgh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wosomaniacsgh Follow Ewurama on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ahema6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewuramakakraba Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ahema_6/

Welcome to the Episode! It's a new year and we're excited to see what 202 brings! One thing we do know for sure is that there will be lots of woso action to be engrossed in and we are pumped about that. Episode Content & Time Stamps: * 2019 CAF Awards - 07:21 * Overview of 2020 competitions - 14:02 * 2019 Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) Games - 19:38 * NWSL off-season - 30:32 * Ghana Women's Premier League - 33:26 Check out our new website: https://wosomaniacsgh.wixsite.com/wosomaniacsgh Sign up to our newsletter here: https://forms.gle/nubAEw4sTdyRLJz29 Check out the 2020 Calendar here Follow @Legon_2020 on Twitter/Instagram or Legon2020 on Facebook for updates on the GUSA Games Follow the Ghana Women's Premier League on Twitter here Follow WoSo Maniacs on Twitter and Facebook Follow Ewurama on Twitter Follow Afua on Twitter

Welcome to the Party! Time does fly when you're having fun! We started this podcast in November 2018 and it's been an amazing journey so far. In this special episode, we reflect on the past year in celebration of our anniversary. Enjoy! Original Recording Date: Friday, 29th November, 2019 Original release Date: Monday, 2nd December, 2019 Additional Notes Shoutout Twitter Handles (in order of mention) women_sports woflib beebree0 GhanaianWomen Amanda_Dlamini9 f_Ampah15 jackieguttie / womenkickballs BurnItDownPod englionesses _BabsJ BoxyBate ClintonSpel adwoa_gyamfoa BraveheartsFC idealladiesfc HarperPerform / TheTimpanzee sheplays_au HerFootballHub TGTalkBalls Website: https://wosomaniacsgh.wixsite.com/wosomaniacsgh Email: wosomaniacsgh@gmail.com Follow Woso Maniacs on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/wosomaniacsgh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wosomaniacsgh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wosomaniacsgh/ Follow Ewurama Kakraba-Ampeh on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/ahema6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewuramakakraba Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaakie21/ Follow Afua Bohulu on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/A_Cashes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sakysb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a_cashes/

Welcome to the Episode! This week's episode is dedicated to the winningest coach of the United States Women's National Team, Jill Ellis, who has stepped down as head coach of this year's FIFA Women's World Cup winning team after 5 years in charge. With a record of 106 wins, 7 losses and 19 draws in 132 matches and 8 tournament titles under her belt, she has truly had an amazing coaching career and is an inspiration both on and off the pitch. We wish Jill Ellis all the very best in her future endeavours. This week we summarize the second part of our dialogue on Africa's performance at the FIFA Women's World Cup and discuss other topics: Round 3 of the CAF Olympic qualifiers, UNAF U-20 Women's Championship, Sudan's Women's League, Jill Ellis and the ShePlays FAWSL Fantasy League. Original Recording Date: Monday, October 7 , 2019 Original Release Date: Sunday, October 13, 2019 Jill Ellis soundbite by US Soccer Follow WoSo Maniacs on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at wosomaniacsgh Follow Ewurama on Twitter (Ahema6), Instagram (kaakie21) and Facebook (Ewurama Kakraba-Ampeh) Follow Afua on Twitter (A_cashes), Instagram (a_cashes2131) and Facebook (Afua Sakyiwa Bohulu)

Welcome to the episode! This is a very special episode because we have guests on the show for the first time! We're absolutely excited and grateful to Naa Amerley Quaye, Mirabel Gyasi and George Duah for joining us on the show to discuss Africa's performance at the FIFA Women's World Cup from 1991 to 2019. In this first part, we give our general impressions on how the African teams at this years' world cup fared and delve into some history of the continent's performance at the showpiece. There's also some update of what's been happening in the woso world. Enjoy! Naa Amerley Bardina is a Sports Journalist and runs a sports news website, NBSportsLive.com, which is dedicated to the coverage of women's sports. Find her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram(NaaBardina). Mirabel Gyasi is an Occupational Therapist and sports enthusiast. Find her on Twitter(mirajay11) and Instagram(mirabel_daisy_gyasi). George Duah is a Sports Journalist and PRO of Sekondi Hasaacas FC. Find him on Twitter(georgenitroduah) and Facebook(George Nitro).

Welcome to the Episode! It's been almost a month since the Women's World Cup ended but the footballing action never ends. Two tournaments are underway in South Africa, the FIFA Council approved expansion of the Women's World Cup and by the end of October this year, Jill Ellis will no longer be the head coach of the United States Women's National Team. We talk about these and more in this episode. Enjoy! Topics: Cosafa Women's Championship (2:40) Cosafa U-20 Women's Championship (9:13) FIFA Women's World Cup Expansion (10:53) Jill Ellis & Pia Sundhage (32:12) FIFA The Best Awards (38:15) Sseninde Women's Development Cup (45:38) Transfers (47:42) Original Recording Date: Friday August 2, 2019 Original Release Date: Saturday August 3, 2019 Follow WoSo Maniacs on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at wosomaniacsgh Follow Ewurama on Twitter (Ahema6), Instagram (kaakie21) and Facebook (Ewurama Kakraba-Ampeh) Follow Afua on Twitter (A_cashes), Instagram (a_cashes2131) and Facebook (Afua Sakyiwa Bohulu)

Welcome to the Episode! What an incredible Women's World Cup month we have witnessed. This year's edition definitely lived up to its hype. There were a lot of records broken and set, players scoring their first world cup goals, viewing records in some countries and a historic fourth title won by the United States Women's National Team. In this episode we share with you what we thought of this year's edition and how we enjoyed it. Because we really did. Enjoy! Original Recording Date: Wednesday 10th July 2019. Original Release Date: Friday 12th July 2019

Welcome to the episode! Insane. That's one word that can be used to describe the Round of 16 we have witnessed. From continuing FIFA Rules controversies to a dramatic team display, the Round of 16 has been nothing short of entertaining. This round saw all nations from Africa, South America, Asia and Oceania eliminated with 7 European nations and 1 North American Nation moving on to the quarter-finals. It is now Europe versus United States of America. In this episode, we share our takes on the Round of 16 matches and which teams we think will make it to the semi-finals. Enjoy. Follow WoSo Maniacs on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @wosomaniacsgh Follow Ewurama on Twitter at @Ahema6 Follow Afua on Twitter at @A_Cashes Original Recording Date: Tuesday, 25th June, 2019.

Welcome to the Episode! The first round of group matches of the tournament is done with and there has been truly exciting football played so far. Hosts France began their campaign with a win, debutants South Africa, Chile, Jamaica and Scotland could not register their first World Cup win and defending champions USA put their mark on the competition by pummeling a lowly Thailand side. In this episode, we review the round of matches and share out thoughts on them as well as compare our FIFA Bracket Challenge predictions with the actual standings so far. Enjoy! Original Recording Date: Tuesday, 11th June, 2019. Original Release Date: Wednesday, 12th June, 2019

Welcome to the episode! The FIFA Women's World Cup - France 2019 is here with us and this year's showpiece has been billed as the best and most important one yet. 24 teams will be battling it out for the ultimate title and bragging rights as the world's best over the course of one month. In this episode we preview the tournament by making our predictions of how the groups will turn out as well as pointing out some players you should definitely look out for. Over the course of the tournament we will be bringing you reviews and previews of the round of matches. Enjoy! Original Recording Date: 31st May, 2019 Original Release Date: 6th June, 2019