on bbc news, which happened shortly before the opening of the tournament. three people, including the attacker died in the incident. it is important to reiterate that the authority said it had no link at all to the football competition. in the other game of the day, it is half time between australia and ireland, and the score so far is 0-0. ireland, and the score so far is 0 0. australia s star player sam care is injured, and is not playing today s game. this year is the biggest competition ever, with 32 teams competing for the first time, compared to 24 in previous tournaments. record crowds are expected. 1.4 million tickets have been sold to fans for 64 games, a sell out crowd of 83,000 people is currently at that stadium ends at stadium australia in sydney to watch the matildas against the republic of ireland. fifa, football s governing world body is hoping to billion people watch the tournament