Bridging the gap: Thousands march in Sydney as FIFA Women’s World Cup ticks closer – Sydney Morning Herald

For so long, the FIFA Women’s World Cup has been tantalisingly hovering over Australia’s sporting horizon – close enough to be excited by the idea of it, but a little too far away to feel tangibly real, and therefore not yet worth thinking properly about.

But there was no escaping the tournament’s fast-approaching spectre on Sunday – at least if you tried to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which was shut down in service of promoting the world’s third-biggest sporting event.

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