Established in 1991, initially as the FIFA World Championship for women's football for the M&M's Cup, only after the tournament in China did FIFA, the sport's governing body, allow for it to be called a World Cup -- the Women's World Cup is still, relatively speaking, in its infancy.

Established in 1991, initially as the FIFA World Championship for women's football for the M&M's Cup, only after the tournament in China did FIFA, the sport's governing body, allow for it to be called a World Cup -- the Women's World Cup is still, relatively speaking, in its infancy.

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It included an assortment of US cargo planes, including the C-47 and C-130, as well as four F-15 Eagle fighters.

To celebrate the start of the 2019 Women's World Cup, we asked female footballers around the world to record a day in their lives. In the video at the top of this page, they tell us their story.