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Filipinas to make World Cup debut after 'meteoric' rise
Video Credit: AFP English
Published on July 10, 2023 - Duration: 01:44s
Filipinas to make World Cup debut after 'meteoric' rise
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".