The Rwanda U-17 Women’s National Team is the latest to withdraw from the African qualifiers of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022. This comes hot on the heels of the three other national teams deciding not to participate in the qualifiers any more, namely South Sudan, Mauritania and Sierra Leone. Here’s more on the […]
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Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has withdrawn from the African Qualifiers of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, India 2022™. Sierra Leone was scheduled to face Senegal in the first qualifying round next month (January 2022). Here’s more on the story: https://www.cafonline.com/press-release/news/fifa-u-17-women-s-world-cup-2022-sierra-leone-withdraws-from-african-qualifiers source: cafonline.com
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino addressed the football family with hopes for the new year, as he looks forward to celebration of football and social inclusion in Qatar. Here is the full story: https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/president/news/president-infantino-solidarity-and-dialogue-crucial-in-2022 Source: FIFA.com
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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™ […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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
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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 […]