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Human Rights Risk Assessment for 2023 Women’s WC published

The Australian Human Rights Commission, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission along with FIFA have today published a Human Rights Risk Assessment for the next FIFA Women’s World Cup, to be held in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023. The assessment examined the potential human rights impact of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ […]

Visa becomes first ever FIFA Women’s Football Partner

Visa has been announced as the first ever official FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 partner, with the move highlighting commitment from to both parties (FIFA & Visa) to grow the women’s game. At the heart of the collaboration are shared values of equality, diversity and inclusion. For more on the story: https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/media-releases/fifa-announce-visa-as-first-ever-fifa-womens-football-partner Source: FIFA.com   […]

African women in Europe: Kgatlana regains scoring touch

Thembi Kgatlana regained her goalscoring touch by netting as third-placed Atletico Madrid crushed Real Betis 6-1 at the weekend in the Spanish Primera Iberdrola. After scoring in two consecutive matches, the South African could not find the net in two matches for her club before notching the third goal against Betis. Kgatlana is the joint […]

SA Women’s U20 miss out again on WC qualification

The search for their maiden appearance at a FIFA World Cup tournament continues for Basetsana. Their dream to be part of festivities in Costa Rica for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup came to an abrupt end when they were held to a goalless draw by Uganda in the second leg third round of […]

Basetsana confident of victory over Uganda in home leg

The South African U-20 Women’s National Team, Basetsana, is confident of overturning the away loss they suffered to Uganda in the African U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament. Basetsana were beaten one nil by Uganda in a closely-contested match at the St Mary’s Stadium in Kitende, Uganda earlier this month (3 December 2021), courtesy of […]

The 2021 FIFA FIFPRO 23 most voted women players

FIFPRO and FIFA have announced a list of the most voted players for the 2021 FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11 – the only global player award organised by the players and for the players. The list was whittled down from 55 to 23. For more on the story: https://www.fifa.com/news/the-23-most-voted-players-for-the-2021-fifa-fifpro-womens-world-11 Source: FIFA.com

New commercial partnership structure for women’s football

The world football governing body, FIFA, has overhauled the commercial structure for their tournaments – these include the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA, the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and FIFA’s other competitions. In an exciting move around women’s football, the brands will be a able to take […]

Stage set for biggest FIFA WWC in history

The 2023 Women’s World Cup™ match schedule was revealed last week, with the news celebrated in the host countries of Australia and New Zealand. The tournament is now under 600 days away and the much anticipated 64-fixture match schedule for the tournament will see Australia hosting 35 matches, and New Zealand set to stage 29 […]

Zambia Women’s U17 win gold

Zambia have cruised to the Girls’ Under-17 football crown at the Region 5 Youth Games Maseru 2020 with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Botswana in the final at the Setsotso Stadium on Monday. Zambia finish the competition unbeaten in their three matches and without having conceded a goal as they emphasised their quality and lived […]

Sundowns Ladies crowned official League champions

Mamelodi Sundowns have been officially crowned the 2021 Hollywoodbets Super League champions. Banyana Ba Style closed off an impressive season with a dominant 7-0 victory over Ma-Indies Ladies of Limpopo at the Wits Sports Stadium. Here’s more on the story: https://www.safa.net/2021/12/05/champions-mamelodi-sundowns-ladies-conclude-hollywoodbets-super-league-season-in-style/ source: SAFA.net