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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Kieran Pender in Brisbane

Xbox, table tennis and toddlers: Matildas find the light side of Women’s World Cup

Kyra Cooney-Cross, Katrina Gorry and Charlotte Grant are smiling and running on a pitch behind Tony Gustavsson who is taking a photo
Kyra Cooney-Cross, Katrina Gorry and Charlotte Grant have fun with Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson. The Australian squad have taken up video games and table tennis to relax during the Women’s World Cup. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

The Matildas do not play Nigeria in the Women’s World Cup until Thursday night. But that hasn’t stopped one national team player trying to manifest a win – on the video game Fifa.

Defender Charlotte Grant has spent some of the past week in bed overcoming illness and jetlag, having been the last player to join the squad. But thanks to an Xbox given as a gift from teammate Ellie Carpenter, who has a sponsorship deal with Microsoft, Grant has put the time to good use.

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