It was the controversy threatening to turn the Women's World Cup into a pantomime, a farce in which the Ugly Sisters are, allegedly, actually the Ugly Brothers. But just as the world was preparing to train its lenses on Equatorial Guinea's star siblings, Bilguisa and Salimata Simpore, who opponents have accused of being substantially more Arthur than Martha, the pair have withdrawn from their country's squad. Australia's opponents in their second game in Germany have been the target of unkind allegations by several of their opponents in the African championships that served as qualification for the World Cup. The presence...
