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Man City go for full house of trophies at Club World Cup
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA) - Pep Guardiola is hoping to complete his trophy haul as Manchester City manager at the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia as the Gulf Kingdom shows off its wares in hosting a major international football tournament for the first time.
Iconic Rapinoe to play final game for USA on Sept 24
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Megan Rapinoe will play her final game for the United States in a Sept 24 friendly against South Africa in Chicago, USA Soccer said Tuesday.
'Against their nature': When Brazil banned women from football
Published on 22/07/2023
» BRASILIA: Dilma Mendes does not remember how many times she was arrested as a child. Her crime? Playing football in Brazil.
Australia in rallying call for equality ahead of World Cup
AFP, Published on 17/07/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia's Matildas urged FIFA on Monday to help close international football's gender pay gap, while calling on more countries to strike collective bargaining agreements to make the women's game "as big as it can be".
FIFA predicts 2023 women's World Cup will be 'watershed' moment
AFP, Published on 11/04/2023
» SYDNEY: FIFA has predicted the women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be a "watershed" moment that propels the game to another level, with the target to eventually rival the men's version.
Women's sport a winner as money pours into India cricket league
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» MUMBAI - India's inaugural Women's Premier League cricket has generated hundreds of millions of dollars even before a ball is bowled on Saturday, with experts calling it a game-changing moment for women's sport.
NFL clubs to hire minority coaches to boost diversity
AFP, Published on 29/03/2022
» NEW YORK: National Football League teams will be required to hire at least one minority offensive assistant coach as part of a drive to boost diversity across the sport, NFL owners announced Monday.
'Biggest ever' disability rights campaign launched before Paralympics
AFP, Published on 19/08/2021
» TOKYO - A global campaign aimed at ending discrimination towards the world's 1.2 billion people with disabilities kicked off Thursday spearheaded by Paralympic chiefs and backed by a broad group of international organisations.
Weightlifter Hubbard becomes first trans woman at Olympics
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» TOKYO: Pioneering weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympic Games Monday, but her Tokyo dream was cut short when she crashed out of her final early.
New Zealand weightlifter selected as first transgender Olympian
AFP, Published on 21/06/2021
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was selected as the first transgender Olympic athlete Monday after Kiwi officials made a groundbreaking call on "a highly sensitive and complex issue".