{"id":11696,"date":"2023-07-20T03:10:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T03:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/womens-world-cup-2023-deadly-auckland-shooting-overshadows-start-of-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T03:10:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T03:10:26","slug":"womens-world-cup-2023-deadly-auckland-shooting-overshadows-start-of-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/womens-world-cup-2023-deadly-auckland-shooting-overshadows-start-of-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s World Cup 2023: Deadly Auckland shooting &#8216;overshadows&#8217; start of World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$video-1\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0.1\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--video\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$video-1.1\">Watch: Armed police run through central Auckland as shooting unfolds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\">Just hours before Auckland was due to host the opening match of the Women&#8217;s World Cup, the city woke up to news of a deadly shooting which has cast a shadow over what supposed to be a day of celebration.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0.0\">The incident in the centre of New Zealand&#8217;s largest city, close to where hundreds of football supporters were due to gather at a fan park, left two people dead and six others injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">Fifa said it had been informed it was an isolated incident and Thursday&#8217;s match between New Zealand and Norway at Eden Park would go ahead as planned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">People have travelled to the city from across the globe for the start of the World Cup, which has been labelled the biggest women&#8217;s sports event ever to be staged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">Jacob Johnson, a reporter for 1 News in Auckland, told BBC Sport: &#8220;The fact it has happened on the day that was meant to be a huge celebration for New Zealand is just gobsmacking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">&#8220;The Women&#8217;s World Cup was supposed to be a huge win for women&#8217;s sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">&#8220;In New Zealand it is something we are really trying to push. It&#8217;s such a shame that something like this will probably dominate the headlines for days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">&#8220;The Women&#8217;s World Cup has been years in the making. I hope organisers are not going to completely let this overshadow the event. The Women&#8217;s World Cup is a really big deal for New Zealand.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">The shooting took place on a construction site in the central business district at 07:22 (20:22 BST). The gunman was declared dead after the attack, which is not being seen as an act of terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown said all Fifa personnel and football teams were safe and had been accounted for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">Fifa released a statement saying it had been &#8220;in constant contact with the participating teams affected by this incident&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">It added: &#8220;Fifa extends its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims who lost their lives following the incident which occurred this morning in Auckland, New Zealand, and our thoughts and prayers remain with those who have been injured in this tragic incident.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$image-15\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$image-15.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$image-15.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$image-15.1\">A Fifa Women&#8217;s World Cup bus was inside the police cordon in Auckland city centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16.0\">A record 32 teams are taking part in the tournament in Australia and New Zealand over the next four weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17.0\">Auckland is hosting nine of the 64 games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.0\">&#8220;It is the biggest sporting event New Zealand has ever hosted,&#8221; added Auckland-based reporter Johnson. &#8220;We had our breakfast crews down at the fan zone this morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19.0\">&#8220;There were excited fans and children. It&#8217;s just across the road from where this horrible incident event took place.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20.0\">Among those visiting the city for the tournament is Sonia Orvaz, who has travelled to Auckland from California to support four-time world champions the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21.0\">&#8220;This will obviously overshadow the start of the tournament which is very unfortunate,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22.0\">&#8220;It just makes me a little bit sad for Auckland. They&#8217;ve waited years for this.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-23\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-23.0\">A Canada fan, Cherry Andrews, had been on her way to the fan park when she was diverted because of the incident. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-24\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-24.0\">&#8220;We didn&#8217;t know what was going on,&#8221; said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-25\"><span data-reactid=\".a1pqkxn2ni.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-25.0\">&#8220;Hopefully it is not going to deter people enjoying the Women&#8217;s World Cup and why we are all here in the first place.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/66252951?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch: Armed police run through central Auckland as shooting unfolds Just hours before Auckland was due to host the opening match of the Women&#8217;s World Cup, the city woke up to news of a deadly shooting which has cast a shadow over what supposed to be a day of celebration. The incident in the centre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11698,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11696\/revisions\/11698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}