News Round-Up

A three-page news round-up led by the draw for the London 2012 football tournaments at Wembley’s Bobby Moore Suite, where Kelly Smith, still on crutches with a stress fracture, was among the five-strong panel drawing the balls. Team GB are seeded into Group E and will open against New Zealand in Cardiff before facing Cameroon and then Brazil at Wembley, and the full match schedule is printed. Ciara Grant becomes the first woman to win 100 caps for the Republic of Ireland, hailed by manager Sue Ronan. Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Chelsea at the Emirates draws a record FA WSL crowd of 5,052. Other items cover Cardiff City’s Welsh Cup penalty shoot-out win, Chelsea’s under-17 Centre of Excellence Cup final victory over Arsenal, and the six Canadian host cities for the 2015 World Cup.