17 Jul 2023

FIFA Women's World Cup in NZ, but the hype is yet to come

From First Up, 5:40 am on 17 July 2023

The Fifa Womens Football world cup is upon us - the Football Ferns take on Norway this Thursday night in the opening match at Eden Park. Its being touted as the biggest sporting event to hit our shores, although the hype hasn't been matched by ticket sales. Late last week 20 thousand free tickets were given away to fill the stands. Leonard Powell went to find out why the giveaway had to happen.