By Jessie Yeung, Ben Morse, George Ramsay, Patrick Sung, Leinz Vales and Mike Hayes, CNN
From CNN's George Ramsay and Matt Foster
Earlier today, South Africa and Italy played arguably the game of the tournament so far, featuring end-to-end action, a bizarre own goal and a stoppage-time winner.
South Africa's 3-2 victory saw the team finish second in Group G and reach the knockout stages for the first time ever thanks to Thembi Kgatlana's late goal.
Italy, meanwhile, would have progressed in the tournament with a win or a draw, but instead goes home in heartbreaking fashion.
Catch up on all the drama from that game here.
From CNN's Matias Grez
Depending on how Brazil fares against Jamaica — needing a win to qualify for the knockout stages — this could be a final World Cup outing for the legendary Marta.
The 37-year-old, making her sixth and final World Cup appearance, is widely considered to be the greatest female footballer of all time.
Marta has won the FIFA Player of the Year award an unprecedented six times — no other women’s player has won it more than three times — including five years in a row from 2006 to 2010 and is Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer, male or female, with 115 goals.
She's also the top scorer in the history of the Women's World Cup with 17 goals.
But equally important has been Marta's influence over a generation of young Brazilians, inspiring thousands to take up the game.
“She’s an icon,” Sissi, who played for Brazil in the 1990s, told CNN Sport. “She has been a mentor for a lot of kids.
“My generation, we did not have female players to look up to, so now to have players like her, especially with what she achieved and who she became, it’s very important. You already saw how much the game changed in Brazil. Now, people can say: ‘I want to be like Marta.’
“We have to enjoy her as much as we can … because I don’t think there will be another Marta, that’s for sure."
Read more about Marta's illustrious career and the legacy she will leave behind here.
From CNN's Ben Morse
What a way to score your first World Cup goal for Panama!
Having conceded an early free kick, Panama captain Marta Cox produces a moment of sheer brilliance, bending the ball into the top corner to give her side the lead early on.
Cox wheels away in celebration, breaking into tears as her teammates mob her.
From CNN's Patrick Sung
We've kicked off in both Melbourne and Sydney where three teams have a chance to make the knockout stage.
France just needs a point to qualify against Panama, while Jamaica and Brazil are playing for high stakes: the Reggae Girlz need a draw or win to qualify for the knockout stage, while Brazil needs to win to ensure qualification.
We're sure to have two great matches on our hands. Let's go!
From CNN's George Ramsay
Brazil is coming out with its soccer superstar, Marta, in the starting 11 in its do-or-die match against Jamaica. The Seleção needs a win to qualify for the knockouts, meanwhile, a draw means the Reggae Girlz qualify for the round of 16 for the first time in their history.
Brazil starting 11:
Goalkeeper: Letícia
Defense: Antônia, Kathellen, Rafaelle, Tamires
Midfield: Luana, Adriana, Ary Borges, Kerolin
Forward: Debinha, Marta (captain)
Jamaica starting 11:
Goalkeeper: Rebecca Spencer
Defense: Chantelle Swaby, Deneisha Blackwood, Allyson Swaby, Tiernny Wiltshire
Midfield: Vyan Sampson, Drew Spence, Jody Brown, Atlanta Primus, Cheyna Matthews
Forward: Khadija Shaw (Captain)
From CNN's Matias Grez
Football has consumed much of Cedella Marley’s life. But perhaps that shouldn't come as a surprise.
As the daughter of global reggae icon Bob Marley, who was a renowned lover of the Beautiful Game, Cedella was never far from a soccer ball growing up. Had he not been a musician, Cedella recalls her father telling her, he would have wanted to be a soccer player.
“Daddy played every day,” Marley told CNN Sport. “He would play anywhere he was: on the road, you’d find a field, you’d find a team.”
Though she has loved soccer for as long as she can remember, for many years, Marley’s involvement in the game didn’t extend beyond kickabouts with her father and brothers.
But that all changed in 2014 when one day her son came home from school and handed her a flier, saying that his soccer coach had asked him to deliver it to her.
“I’m reading it … I’m like: ‘Wait, Jamaica has a women’s football team? Where did this come from?” she said.
Six years earlier, in 2008, underfunding had led to the Jamaican Football Federation (JFF) disbanding the women’s national team program. The flier Marley’s son brought home was a fundraising request from the JFF to help restart the program. Marley got to work almost immediately, calling the federation the following morning to ask what it needed.
Through a combination of the royalties earned from recording a song, a GoFundMe page and becoming an ambassador and sponsor of the women’s national team through the Bob Marley Foundation, Marley says they raised $300,000 in the first year.
The women’s team disbanded again in 2016, but Marley never wavered in her commitment to the program. In 2019, her efforts – and the work of countless others who were equally as dedicated to the cause – culminated in the women’s national team becoming the first Caribbean country to qualify for a Women’s World Cup.
Marley’s work has helped not only improve standards and conditions for players, but also helped shift the country’s attitude towards the women’s national team.
Read more here.
From CNN's Matias Grez
Jamaica’s "Reggae Girlz" are becoming accustomed to making history.
The team secured the country’s first ever Women’s World Cup point against France and then went one better by earning a first ever victory with a narrow 1-0 win over Panama.
If the team is to add another historic achievement to its resumé and reach the knockout stages of a World Cup — men’s or women’s — for the first time, it will need to avoid defeat against Brazil.
The team knows just a draw will be enough to progress to the round of 16 and will be boosted by the return of star striker Khadija Shaw, who was suspended for the win over Panama after picking up a late red card in the team’s opener.
Brazil, currently a point behind Jamaica, knows only a victory will suffice — As Canarinhas can technically still progress with a draw, but would simultaneously require the extraordinarily unlikely scenario of a Panama victory over France.
Brazil legend Marta, considered by most to be the greatest female footballer of all time, has only been used as a second-half substitute so far in Australia and New Zealand and it’s likely she will continue in that role moving forward.
The 37-year-old is playing in her sixth and final World Cup and a major title with Brazil is the only accomplishment missing from her glittering career.
Ary Borges, who scored a hat-trick for Brazil against Panama, is just one of a number of talented youngsters coming through the ranks that are tasked with a least partially filling Marta’s sizable shoes.
In Group F's other match, France can secure top spot with a victory over already eliminated Panama.
From CNN's Ben Morse
France just needs a point in its match against Panama to qualify for the knockouts, but it will surely look to win to seal top spot in the group. Panama, meanwhile, is competing for pride and any points would be a great result for the nation.
Panama starting 11:
Goalkeeper: Yenith Bailey
Defense: Hilary Jaén, Wendy Natis, Yomira Pinzón, Emily Cedeño, Carina Baltrip-Reyes
Midfield: Deysiré Salazar, Riley Tanner, Carmen Montenegro, Aldrith Quintero
Forward: Marta Cox
France starting 11:
Goalkeeper: Pauline Peyraud-Magnin
Defense: Maëlle Lakrar, Élisa De Almeida, Estelle Cascarino, Ève Périsset
Midfield: Grace Geyoro (captain), Selma Bacha, Léa Le Garrec, Vicki Bècho
Forwards: Kadidiatou Diani, Clara Matéo
From CNN's George Ramsay
And breathe... As Group G comes to a frantic conclusion, here's a quick look at the final standings.
Sweden topped the group with three wins and nine points, setting up an exciting round-of-16 game against the US.
South Africa, thanks to that stunning 3-2 victory against Italy, is heading into the knockout stages of a Women's World Cup for the first time with four points and next face the Netherlands.
It's heartbreak for Italy, which would have progressed with a draw, while Argentina, facing a mammoth task to advance out of the group, also bows out of the tournament.
Now, onto Group F's games, where it's Brazil vs. Jamaica and France vs. Panama.