Canada and England players face the ball during a FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada quarter-final in 2015.
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The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup ushered in a new age for media coverage of women’s sport. A new survey of fans shows that while many men feel threatened, a growing number are on board.
Chelsea Women’s Sam Kerr takes a shot at goal during an FA Women’s Superleague match against Arsenal Women.
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Women’s sport has made leaps and bounds but there is still a lot of work to be done.
Team Ireland at the FIFA Womens World Cup UEFA qualifiers.
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Recent developments in pay parity show a promising future for women’s sport.
Nigeria’s Falcons celebrate being African women’s champions for the fifth year running, in 2006.
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The most successful women’s team in Africa, the Super Falcons emerged from a long history of protest – and continue to demand equality.
A Women’s Super League fixture between Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol City.
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A women’s European Super League was an afterthought, evidence of the sport’s increasing swallowing up the men’s game.
Football coach Sarina Wiegman training the Netherlands team at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.
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Female coaches experience very different environments to male coaches and have been shaped in very different ways.
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During the break in competition caused by COVID-19, sportswomen lost wages, trained less and had poorer access to equipment than their male counterparts
Football superstars: Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle after the USA’s triumph in the Women’s World Cup in 2919.
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Women’s sport makes up about 4% of all sports coverage. But during the lockdown, that has shrunk to almost nothing.
England’s Nikita Parris and US’s Crystal Dunn at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Semi Final match in France.
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Could the pandemic be the end of the women’s game? Action must be taken to safeguard it.
There are still fewer women coaches in all levels of UK football.
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We interviewed 12 female head coaches working in all levels of English football. Gender discrimination and sexism were only two of the reasons women don’t reach top spots.
What a feeling: Rachel Daly and Ellen White celebrate after scoring during England’s semi-final against USA.
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The lesson from other sports is clear: women’s football must be broadcast on free-to-air if it isn’t to disappear.
The beautiful game may be an art, but it’s also a science.
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The science of why people prefer to watch games with teams that are close in ability levels rather than a game where one team is far better than the other.
FIFA defends the pay imbalance with the usual claim that it reflects the difference in revenue produced by the men’s and women’s tournaments.
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For years, women footballers have resorted to everything from strikes to lawsuits to fight for gender equity. Why is it taking so long to close the pay gap?
Glittering prize: the FIFA Women’s World Cup on display in Paris.
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They are the best in the world, but compared to men they are still treated as second best.
USA vs Spain in a 2019 friendly.
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The best female athletes continue to be treated unfairly compared with male sportsmen.
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The way we talk about football reinforces the idea that the men’s sport is the norm, and women’s the exception.
The Blyth Spartans team of 1917, including Bella Reay (front row, centre) who scored a hat-trick in the Munitionettes Cup.
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A top class female footballer and tragic young soldier who was shot for ‘desertion’ despite fighting in some of WW1’s bloodiest battle fields are two hidden stories of The Great War.
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It’s not just about his football skills and knowledge. It’s about how he behaves.
Scotland’s Erin Cuthbert in action as the team beat Ireland on July 7. Scotland are in the Euros for the first time in 2017.
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The teams and players to watch ahead of the tournament’s kick-off on July 16.
Battle for the ball.
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Channel 4 could do for women’s football what it did for the Paralympics.