WEIRD WORLD OF FOOTBALL
When Australia’s authorities got their heads together and discussed how to welcome the beginning of the Women’s World Cup, it’s probable that various options were mooted.
Dancing kangaroos, of course, were surely the first preference, until it was pointed out that a) kangaroos don’t dance and b) they can be very, very violent, not ideal for a family event.
That ruled out the crocodile, the dingo and the Tasmanian devil, too, and frankly, no-one’s interested in a dancing koala.
“What about some women, playing football?” someone else probably sensibly suggested, before being informed that they were taking it a bit too literally.
Instead, what happened was that thousands of people were invited to gather at dawn at the Sydney Harbour Bridge, then march across it, led…
