Women’s World Cup 2011 host cities named

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Germany, which won the Women’s World Cup in 2003 and 2007, on Tuesday named its host cities for 2011, when it will play host to the tournament.

The sixth women’s world championship will open June 26 in Berlin, with the final scheduled for July 17 in Frankfurt.

Other cities that will stage matches in the 16-team, 32-game tournament are Augsburg, Bochum, Dresden, Leverkusen, Moenchengladbach, Sinsheim and Wolfsburg.

-- Grahame L. Jones