Ticket sales for upcoming Women's World Cup top 1 million

EAGERLY ANTICIPATED: Katie McCabe, left, and Denise O'Sullivan celebrate after and Ireland game. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

More than 1 million tickets have been sold for the Women’s World Cup kicking off in Australia and New Zealand next month, with soccer’s international governing body saying the tournament is on track to be the most attended standalone women’s sporting event in history.

Fifa President Gianni Infantino issued a statement saying 1,032,884 tickets had been sold up to Friday morning local time in Sydney, surpassing the pre-tournament sales for the 2019 edition in France.