News: Brazil win Pan-Am gold; FIFA developments (Vanuatu, Samoa); Conti Cup Final heads to Rotherham; Independent’s 50 Most Influential Women in Sport (Houghton, Rabbatts, Simmons, Akhtar, Spacey, Aluko, Hayes, Harrington, Stoney); Seattle Reign win NWSL Shield again, Kim Little hat-trick; Qatar-Sheffield FC partnership; England v Germany friendly announced; Australia WNT withdraw from USWNT games in pay dispute; Welsh Premier Women’s League 2015-16 launch

The second page of the news round-up. Brazil beat Colombia 4-0 to take Pan-American Games gold. The FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup Final is confirmed for the AESSEAL New York Stadium in Rotherham on Sunday 1 November, the last game of the season, after Manchester City beat Arsenal in the previous final through Izzy Christiansen. The Independent’s 50 Most Influential Women in Sport list places Steph Houghton fourth, with Heather Rabbatts, Kelly Simmons, Rimla Akhtar, Marieanne Spacey, Eniola Aluko, Emma Hayes, Julie Harrington and Casey Stoney also featuring. Seattle Reign become the first team to win the NWSL Shield twice, and Kim Little scores her first NWSL hat-trick. Other items cover a Qatar 2022 partnership with Sheffield FC, an England friendly in Duisburg, and the striking Matildas.