FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Building on Barcelona’s success, Spain is playing its first final against England
1 year, 4 months ago

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Building on Barcelona’s success, Spain is playing its first final against England

The Hindu  

If those precise passes that untangle defenses and the attacks coming from all angles by first-time Women’s World Cup finalist Spain look familiar, there is good reason. Nine Barcelona players, including two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas, attacking midfielder Aitana Bonmatí and defensive leader Irene Paredes, are among the key players for Spain. Barcelona’s women’s team has played in front of record crowds exceeding 90,000, Bonmati added, “but playing a World Cup final in front of 75,000, it will be crazy.” “I can’t believe it’s going to happen. READ |Women’s World Cup: Attendance and ticket sales keep growing, new format helps set new records Just as Spain’s 2010 World Cup champion team included seven Barcelona members — led by Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández and Carles Puyol — and coincided with the club’s best years, the rise of the national women’s team comes after Barcelona’s women established themselves as one of Europe’s elite teams. “And even though I have absorbed things from different coaches, like Cruyff, Mourinho, Heynckes, Aragonés, del Bosque, Lopetegui or Luis Enrique, I am clearly influenced by Barcelona’s possession-based style and the years I spent at the club.” Barcelona could have had even more players on Spain’s squad had it not been for a crisis between the player group and Vilda that they’ve somehow managed to overcome at the World Cup.

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Fans fear another Netflix 'disaster' as streaming giant wins right to Women's World Cups in 2027 and 2031
3 days, 5 hours ago

Fans fear another Netflix 'disaster' as streaming giant wins right to Women's World Cups in 2027 and 2031

Daily Mail  

Netflix has secured the exclusive US broadcasting rights to the Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031 - leaving fans concerned following recent complaints about its faulty live coverage. Spain squad celebrates after defeating England during the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia And after hearing that the …

Netflix signs US broadcast deal with FIFA for the Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031
3 days, 5 hours ago

Netflix signs US broadcast deal with FIFA for the Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Netflix has secured the U.S. broadcasting rights to the Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031 as the streaming giant continues its push into live sports. World Cups are typically broadcast on free-to-air public networks to reach the biggest audiences, and the last women’s edition in 2023 earned FIFA less than 10% of the men’s 2022 World Cup. …

Women’s Champions League: Bonmati scores as Barcelona beats Man City, qualifies as group-winner
4 days, 23 hours ago

Women’s Champions League: Bonmati scores as Barcelona beats Man City, qualifies as group-winner

The Hindu  

Fresh off capturing her latest global award, Spain playmaker Aitana Bonmati scored a goal that helped to send Barcelona into the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals as the winner of its group. Bonmati raced through and poked a finish between the goalkeeper’s legs for Barcelona’s second goal in a 3-0 victory over Manchester City in its Group D closing match on …

Women’s Champions League 2024-25: Chelsea maintains perfect record after beating Real Madrid 2-1
5 days, 15 hours ago

Women’s Champions League 2024-25: Chelsea maintains perfect record after beating Real Madrid 2-1

The Hindu  

United States striker Catarina Macario entered as a halftime substitute and converted two penalties for Chelsea in a 2-1 win over Real Madrid that helped the English club finish top of its Women’s Champions League group with a 100 per cent record on Tuesday. Madrid was already sure of qualifying for the quarterfinals along with Chelsea but needed a win …

UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Draw, Complete groups announced: World champion Spain to play Italy, Belgium, Portugal
1 week ago

UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Draw, Complete groups announced: World champion Spain to play Italy, Belgium, Portugal

The Hindu  

World Cup winner Spain will play Italy, Belgium and Portugal in the group stage of the Women’s Euro 2025 tournament as the draw was made in Lausanne on Monday. Reigning European champion and 2023 World Cup runner-up England was drawn alongside France, the Netherlands and Wales, which will be making its major finals debut. Moreover, players participating in the Women’s …

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2024/25: Barcelona confirms quarterfinals berth after beating Hammarby
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1 week, 3 days ago

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2024/25: Barcelona confirms quarterfinals berth after beating Hammarby

The Hindu  

Barcelona wrapped up the last quarterfinal berth in the Women’s Champions League on Thursday as Ewa Pajor netted twice in a 3-0 victory over Hammarby in Sweden. But a fourth straight Champions League win since an opening loss to Manchester City mathematically confirmed Barca’s place in the last eight, joining City, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Lyon and Wolfsburg …

Women’s pro soccer is thriving in Mexico seven years after top league started
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Women’s pro soccer is thriving in Mexico seven years after top league started

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican striker Charlyn Corral packed up for Spain in 2015 because her home country didn’t have a professional league. “I started playing with my cousins, and from five to 12 years old I played just with boys,” says Stephany Mayor, who has played in two Women’s World Cups for Mexico. “People used to tell me, ‘Don’t play …

England to face Spain at Wembley in rematch of Women’s World Cup final
1 month ago

England to face Spain at Wembley in rematch of Women’s World Cup final

The Independent  

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Women’s Champions League 2024-25: Manchester City, Arsenal and Bayern Munich advance to quarterfinals
1 month ago

Women’s Champions League 2024-25: Manchester City, Arsenal and Bayern Munich advance to quarterfinals

The Hindu  

Arsenal, Manchester City and Bayern Munich all advanced to the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals with two games to spare on Thursday. Juventus seemed to learn a lesson from its 4-0 loss to Arsenal last week as its defense held firm till Hurtig’s arrival. Nazareth’s double was followed by Lopez hitting the third with a shot high into the net for …

Women’s Champions League 2024-25: Man City, Bayern stay unbeaten; Barcelona, Arsenal win big
1 month, 1 week ago

Women’s Champions League 2024-25: Man City, Bayern stay unbeaten; Barcelona, Arsenal win big

The Hindu  

Manchester City and Bayern Munich stayed perfect in the Women’s Champions League halfway through the group stage on Tuesday, while two-time defending champion Barcelona and Arsenal recorded big wins. The Gunners are second in Group C with six points, three behind leader Bayern, which eased past pointless newcomer Vålerenga 3-0. READ | Canada Soccer fires Priestman as women’s football coach …

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 finalists Spain, England set to meet again in Nations League
1 month, 2 weeks ago

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 finalists Spain, England set to meet again in Nations League

The Hindu  

In a repeat of the 2023 Women’s World Cup final, Spain and England were drawn together in a group for the 2025 Nations League on Thursday. World champion Spain and European champion England also will face Belgium and Portugal in the group with games played from February 19 to June 3. The four top-tier Nations League groups included Euro 2022 …

Women’s World Cup finalists Spain and England drawn in same Nations League group
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Women’s World Cup finalists Spain and England drawn in same Nations League group

Associated Press  

NYON, Switzerland — In a repeat of the 2023 Women’s World Cup final, Spain and England were drawn together in a group for the 2025 Nations League on Thursday. World champion Spain and European champion England also will face Belgium and Portugal in the group with games played from Feb. 19 to June 3. The four top-tier Nations League groups …

Olympic soccer preview: Spain women seek gold after lifting a World Cup trophy
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Olympic soccer preview: Spain women seek gold after lifting a World Cup trophy

Associated Press  

Coach Montse Tomé proclaimed that Spain’s women’s soccer team has “insatiable ambition” heading into the Olympics. La Roja is seeking to become the first team to win a gold medal in France after lifting a Women’s World Cup trophy. “And in that work, their enjoyment comes out and their talent shines and they can be competitive, because we have footballers …

Women’s football at Paris 2024: Time for Spain to extend purple patch, US eyes glory under Hayes
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Women’s football at Paris 2024: Time for Spain to extend purple patch, US eyes glory under Hayes

The Hindu  

The signs that the U.S. national team’s dominance was slipping started to emerge back at the Tokyo Olympics. The United States was vying to become the first team to win an Olympic gold medal after winning a Women’s World Cup. The team also fired controversial World Cup-winning coach Jorge Vilda, who was replaced by former national team player Montse Tome. …

Barcelona finally beats Lyon and retains Women's Champions League crown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Barcelona finally beats Lyon and retains Women's Champions League crown

The Hindu  

With a triumph over the rival it could never beat, Barcelona made it clear who's in charge of women’s soccer. Barcelona ended its losing streak against the game's most successful club on Saturday, beating Lyon 2-0 to clinch its third Women’s Champions League title in four years. “We are super happy to have won these four titles.” Barcelona added to …

Barcelona finally beats Lyon and retains Women’s Champions League crown
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Barcelona finally beats Lyon and retains Women’s Champions League crown

Associated Press  

BILBAO, Spain — With a triumph over the rival it could never beat, Barcelona made it clear who’s in charge of women’s soccer. Barcelona ended its losing streak against the game’s most successful club on Saturday, beating Lyon 2-0 to clinch its third Women’s Champions League title in four years. “We are super happy to have won these four titles.” …

Barcelona seeks its first win against Lyon in Women’s Champions League final
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Barcelona seeks its first win against Lyon in Women’s Champions League final

Associated Press  

BILBAO, Spain — Barcelona has to find a way past the most successful club in women’s soccer if it wants to build on its recent dominance. Barcelona will play in its fourth straight Women’s Champions League final on Saturday in Bilbao against record eight-time champion Lyon, the nemesis it has never been able to beat. I know there is all …

Young women in Rio favela hope to overcome poverty and violence to play in Women’s World Cup in 2027
7 months ago

Young women in Rio favela hope to overcome poverty and violence to play in Women’s World Cup in 2027

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — A 20-minute drive separates the historic Maracana Stadium from the Complexo do Alemao, the biggest complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro and one of the most impoverished and violent. Agatha strikes a ball during a soccer training session run by the Bola de Ouro social program, at the Complexo da Alemao favela in Rio de …

FIFA meets with women’s soccer decisions, anti-racism pledge and retreat from key reforms on agenda
7 months, 1 week ago

FIFA meets with women’s soccer decisions, anti-racism pledge and retreat from key reforms on agenda

Associated Press  

FIFA’s gravest crisis erupted with police raids at its annual meeting in 2015 and nine years later international soccer’s 211 member federations gather this week in Thailand with some of the resulting anti-corruption reforms now in retreat. During three days of meetings starting Wednesday in Bangkok, international soccer’s governance standards are set to distract from significant decisions in women’s soccer …

Spanish women among top Laureus winners and Djokovic is world sportsman of the year
8 months ago

Spanish women among top Laureus winners and Djokovic is world sportsman of the year

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s first Women’s World Cup triumph last year earned two more major plaudits at the Laureus World Sports Awards on Monday. The Spanish women’s World Cup breakthrough last August in New Zealand and Australia was tarnished in the following weeks because of an unwanted kiss of forward Jenni Hermoso by then-federation president Luis Rubiales after the final. She’s …

Barcelona and Lyon headline Women’s Champions League quarterfinals. Hayes’ Chelsea targets quadruple
9 months ago

Barcelona and Lyon headline Women’s Champions League quarterfinals. Hayes’ Chelsea targets quadruple

Associated Press  

The Women’s Champions League resumes this week with the lineup for the quarterfinals including reigning champion Barcelona, record eight-time champion Lyon, quadruple-chasing Chelsea and two newcomers to this stage in Benfica and Brann. It’s Ajax vs. Chelsea and Benfica vs. Lyon on Tuesday, and Häcken vs. Paris Saint-Germain and Brann vs. Barcelona on Wednesday. CHELSEA’S QUADRUPLE BID Emma Hayes’ final …

FIFA Rankings: Spain retains top-spot in women’s football; USA slips to fourth
9 months, 1 week ago

FIFA Rankings: Spain retains top-spot in women’s football; USA slips to fourth

The Hindu  

Spain, the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and the UEFA Nations League 2024 winner continued to lead the FIFA World Rankings in women’s football, sitting at the top for four months now. La Roja, which was in the middle of an off-the-field storm of controversy when Luis Rubiales, the then chief of the Spanish football federation, kissed forward Jennifer Hermoso, …

European women’s soccer champ England draws France and Sweden in tough Euro 2025 qualifying group
9 months, 2 weeks ago

European women’s soccer champ England draws France and Sweden in tough Euro 2025 qualifying group

Associated Press  

NYON, Switzerland — Titleholder England landed in a tough group with France, Sweden and Ireland in the qualifying draw for the 2025 Women’s European Championship on Tuesday. England went from winning Euro 2022 as the host country to reaching the World Cup final last year where Sweden was a semifinalist and France reached the quarterfinals. World champion Spain was drawn …

Women’s Euro 2025 qualifying draw: Defending champion England drawn with France, Sweden, Ireland
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Women’s Euro 2025 qualifying draw: Defending champion England drawn with France, Sweden, Ireland

The Hindu  

Defending champion England was handed a tough group, including France and Sweden in its Women’s Euro 2025 qualifying campaign following the draw held in Nyon, Switzerland, on Tuesday. France lost the Nations League final to Spain last month but qualified for this year’s Olympics and is ranked number three in the world, with England at four and Sweden at five. …

Spain women celebrate another soccer title. This time without the distractions
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Spain women celebrate another soccer title. This time without the distractions

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s women’s soccer team is finally getting attention for its play on the field, rather than the behavior of its officials. Spain followed up its Women’s World Cup title in August with victory in the inaugural Women’s Nations League on Wednesday, and this time the talk in Spain is about the great performances of the team and not …

UWNL 2024: World Cup champion Spain beats France 2-0 to win inaugural edition of Women’s Nations League
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UWNL 2024: World Cup champion Spain beats France 2-0 to win inaugural edition of Women’s Nations League

The Hindu  

Spain hasn’t lost momentum since winning its first World Cup title, defeating France 2-0 on Wednesday to also win the inaugural edition of the Women’s Nations League. And here we are lifting another trophy.” READ | Serie A roundup: Osimhen scores a hat-trick as struggling champion Napoli routs Sassuolo 6-1 It was Spain’s first victory over France. There’s still a …

World Cup champion Spain beats France 2-0 to win inaugural edition of Women’s Nations League final
9 months, 3 weeks ago

World Cup champion Spain beats France 2-0 to win inaugural edition of Women’s Nations League final

Associated Press  

SEVILLE, Spain — Spain hasn’t lost momentum since winning its first World Cup title, defeating France 2-0 on Wednesday to also win the inaugural edition of the Women’s Nations League. “They’ll be the team to beat at the Olympics, it won’t be easy,” France coach Hervé Renard said. There’s still a lot of work to do.” Spain had its breakthrough …

2023 in women’s sports: From Australia’s dominance and Spain’s crowning moment to cricket’s historic inclusion in the Olympics
11 months, 3 weeks ago

2023 in women’s sports: From Australia’s dominance and Spain’s crowning moment to cricket’s historic inclusion in the Olympics

The Hindu  

2023 was a remarkable year for women’s sports. - Australia beat South Africa to win the Women’s T20 World Cup: Meg Lanning-led Australia won its sixth and third consecutive title after beating the host South Africa in the final by 19 runs. - Spain beat England to win maiden FIFA Women’s World Cup, Rubiales fiasco unfolds: Spain beat England 1-0 …

This Mexican immigrant soccer agent wants women players to get more pay and less abuse
1 year ago

This Mexican immigrant soccer agent wants women players to get more pay and less abuse

LA Times  

When Guillermo Zamarripa arrived in New York from Mexico as an international student, he knew very little English. “It’s a shame that Jenni Hermoso is going to be remembered for this.” The harassment that a number of women soccer players and other female athletes endure also was highlighted by the alarming case of San Diego native and UC Irvine graduate …

Barcelona starts Champions League defence hoping to refine perfection
1 year, 1 month ago

Barcelona starts Champions League defence hoping to refine perfection

The Hindu  

Women’s Champions League holders Barcelona kicks off its trophy defence this week, aiming to become only the fourth team to win the competition in consecutive years Led by Ballon d’Or holder Aitana Bonmati and two-time winner Alexia Putellas, as well as other World Cup conquering stars, Barcelona is tasked with refining perfection. Barcelona lifted a treble last season -- Spain’s …

Women’s Nations League 2023: Spain defender Paredes misses Switzerland game because of computer glitch
1 year, 1 month ago

Women’s Nations League 2023: Spain defender Paredes misses Switzerland game because of computer glitch

The Hindu  

Spain defender Irene Paredes was kept from making her 100th appearance with the women’s national team on Tuesday because of a computer glitch. Spain coach Montse Tome said after the team’s 7-1 rout of Switzerland in the Women’s Nations League that a computer error kept Paredes from being added to Spain’s official match squad. “I had to adapt to the …

Women’s Nations League 2023: Spain thrashes Swiss 7-1; England loses 3-2 to Belgium
1 year, 1 month ago

Women’s Nations League 2023: Spain thrashes Swiss 7-1; England loses 3-2 to Belgium

The Hindu  

World champions Spain ruthlessly dispatched Switzerland 7-1 in the Women’s Nations League on Tuesday while England’s hopes of progression were dented by Belgium. The match was the team’s first since FIFA announced on Monday that former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales had incurred a three-year ban for his forced kiss on Jenni Hermoso. England in trouble World Cup runners-up England …

The women’s World Cup has broken new ground
1 year, 1 month ago

The women’s World Cup has broken new ground

Hindustan Times  

ON AUGUST 20TH England’s footballers face Spain’s in the women’s World Cup final. Last year a women’s Champions League game between Barcelona and Wolfsburg, a German side, attracted nearly 92,000 spectators—quite possibly the biggest crowd for any female sporting event ever. The Lionesses’ xG has on average been just 0.8 more than their opponents’ in each match, which is only …

Linda Caicedo talks overcoming cancer, Colombia’s World Cup run and joining Real Madrid
1 year, 1 month ago

Linda Caicedo talks overcoming cancer, Colombia’s World Cup run and joining Real Madrid

New York Times  

At last summer’s Women’s World Cup, Colombian winger Linda Caicedo scored a goal against pre-tournament favorite Germany that typified the skills that make her a budding global star. 😱 What a goal for Colombia 🇨🇴🔥 pic.twitter.com/rR0absMYmt — FOX Soccer July 30, 2023 “That’s the football that comes naturally to me,” Caicedo says. Last summer, former Colombia and Newcastle United striker …

Spain’s women’s players want to focus on football again as Hermoso rejoins national team
1 year, 1 month ago

Spain’s women’s players want to focus on football again as Hermoso rejoins national team

The Hindu  

With Jenni Hermoso back in the squad following the kiss controversy at the World Cup, Spain’s women’s players hope to start talking more about football than the off-the-field problems that marred their title celebrations. Olga Carmona, one of the team’s captains, said Tuesday the players are happy again on the national team and want to focus on securing a spot …

Spain’s women’s players want to focus on soccer again as Hermoso rejoins national team
1 year, 1 month ago

Spain’s women’s players want to focus on soccer again as Hermoso rejoins national team

Associated Press  

MADRID — With Jenni Hermoso back in the squad following the kiss controversy at the World Cup, Spain’s women’s players hope to start talking more about soccer than the off-the-field problems that marred their title celebrations. Olga Carmona, one of the team’s captains, said Tuesday the players are happy again on the national team and want to focus on securing …

Women’s Champions League 2023-24 group stage draw, Barcelona and Frankfurt to face off in Group A
1 year, 2 months ago

Women’s Champions League 2023-24 group stage draw, Barcelona and Frankfurt to face off in Group A

The Hindu  

Women’s Champions League holder Barcelona was placed in a pool with four-time winner Eintracht Frankfurt while English champion Chelsea were matched with Real Madrid in the group-stage draw on Friday. Barcelona, European champions in two of the last three seasons and Spanish champion for the last four years, of top of La Liga F after winning its first five matches, …

Spain's women's soccer team isn't backing down in its fight
1 year, 2 months ago

Spain's women's soccer team isn't backing down in its fight

LA Times  

Turns out winning the World Cup was the easiest thing the Spanish women’s team did this summer. Spain, which didn’t win its first women’s World Cup game until 2019 and didn’t have a fully professional women’s league until 2021, is now arguably at the center of the women’s soccer universe. In addition to the unparalleled success of its national teams …

Paris 2024 Women’s Football: We want to play at Olympics with right conditions, says Spain’s Caldentey
1 year, 2 months ago

Paris 2024 Women’s Football: We want to play at Olympics with right conditions, says Spain’s Caldentey

The Hindu  

Spain forward Mariona Caldentey said Monday she hopes the women’s team can compete at the Olympic Games next year, as long as it is under “the conditions we think we deserve”. A players’ strike threatened to derail the team’s hopes of reaching the Paris Games in 2024, after disgraced former president of the Spanish football federation, Luis Rubiales, kissed a …

Alexia Putellas says Spain’s women’s team has reached ‘before and after’ point in fight for equality
1 year, 3 months ago

Alexia Putellas says Spain’s women’s team has reached ‘before and after’ point in fight for equality

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — One month after Spanish soccer was rocked by a sexism scandal, players from Spain’s Women’s World Cup-winning team said Thursday a turning point has been reached in their fight for equality. Spain star Alexia Putellas, the two-time Ballon d’Or winner, said that the deal reached after a marathon meeting this week between the players, federation and government …

Most of Spain’s women’s players end boycott of national soccer team after government intervenes
1 year, 3 months ago

Most of Spain’s women’s players end boycott of national soccer team after government intervenes

Associated Press  

MADRID — Most of Spain’s World Cup-winning players ended their boycott of the women’s national team early Wednesday, but only after the government intervened to help shape an agreement to make immediate changes at the country’s beleaguered soccer federation. The players reported to camp on Tuesday after being picked by new coach Montse Tomé against their will the day before …

Most players on Spain’s women’s national soccer team end their boycott
1 year, 3 months ago

Most players on Spain’s women’s national soccer team end their boycott

LA Times  

Spain’s new women’s national soccer coach Montse Tomé, center, holds a jersey during her official presentation with staff members at the Spanish soccer federation headquarters just outside of Madrid. Most of Spain’s Women’s World Cup-winning players ended their boycott of the national team early Wednesday after the government intervened to help shape an agreement that was expected to lead to …

Majority of Spain's women's soccer team ends boycott after government steps in
1 year, 3 months ago

Majority of Spain's women's soccer team ends boycott after government steps in

ABC  

Most of Spain's World Cup-winning players have ended their boycott of the women's national team, but only after the government intervened to help shape an agreement to make immediate changes at the country's beleaguered soccer federation. It was the latest twist in the crisis that has engulfed Spanish soccer since former federation president Luis Rubiales kissed player Jenni Hermoso on …

FIFA Women’s World Cup winners demand change in football in Spain after Rubiales scandal
1 year, 3 months ago

FIFA Women’s World Cup winners demand change in football in Spain after Rubiales scandal

The Hindu  

The Spanish women’s football team, which won the FIFA Women’s World Cup last month, released a statement stressing on changes in the football framework for women in the country. “The players of the Spanish team have at all times had an open attitude to dialogue, seeking to convey clear and reasoned reasons that we understand are necessary to be able …

US women’s team ready to turn the page on disappointing World Cup
1 year, 3 months ago

US women’s team ready to turn the page on disappointing World Cup

The Hindu  

The US women’s football team will take time to address its worst-ever performance at a Women’s World Cup before shifting focus to next year’s Paris Olympics, interim head coach Twila Kilgore said on Tuesday. When the team gathers for a camp ahead of September 21 and September 24 friendlies against South Africa, Kilgore said they will spend time addressing players’ …

Players in Spain’s women’s soccer league to strike for better pay and conditions
1 year, 3 months ago

Players in Spain’s women’s soccer league to strike for better pay and conditions

Associated Press  

MADRID — Players in the Spanish women’s league are going to strike for better pay and conditions during first two rounds of the upcoming season, Spain’s main players’ union said Friday. The announcement comes amid a crisis in Spanish soccer caused by the forced kiss of a Spain women’s player by the head of its soccer federation at the Women’s …

Women’s World Cup-winning Spain side refuses to play until federation chief resigns for kissing player
1 year, 3 months ago

Women’s World Cup-winning Spain side refuses to play until federation chief resigns for kissing player

The Hindu  

Less than a week after winning the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Spain’s national team players announced Friday that they will not play any more games unless the president of the country's football federation steps down for kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after their victory. Instead, he said on Friday that he is the victim of a witch hunt …

Bonmati, Carmona and Kerr to vie for UEFA Player of the Year award
1 year, 3 months ago

Bonmati, Carmona and Kerr to vie for UEFA Player of the Year award

The Hindu  

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr of Australia and Spanish duo Aitana Bonmati and Olga Carmona are in the running for UEFA’s 2022-23 women’s player of the year award, European football’s governing body said on Friday. Bonmati had a stellar domestic campaign with Barcelona, helping the club seal a fourth consecutive Spanish League title as well as winning the Women’s Champions League …

Women's World Cup champs say they won't play for Spain until soccer chief is removed
1 year, 3 months ago

Women's World Cup champs say they won't play for Spain until soccer chief is removed

NPR  

Women's World Cup champs say they won't play for Spain until soccer chief is removed Enlarge this image toggle caption Amr Nabil/AP Amr Nabil/AP Many expected Friday to be the day that Luis Rubiales, the head of Spain's soccer federation, would tender his resignation. Federation Vice President Rafael del Amo, who had been in charge of Spain's women's soccer program, …

Spain coach Jorge Vilda under scrutiny after appearing to grope female staffer in Women’s World Cup final
1 year, 4 months ago

Spain coach Jorge Vilda under scrutiny after appearing to grope female staffer in Women’s World Cup final

Firstpost  

The incident comes amid a national uproar against the president of the Spanish football federation after he kissed a player on the lips without her consent during the award ceremony. Madrid: The coach of Spain’s Women’s World Cup champion team is facing scrutiny after footage emerged showing him touching the chest area of a female assistant while celebrating the only …

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