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Investment is needed at every level.
The review seeks to lay out ‘a plan to lift minimum standards in key areas’, acknowledging that there are imbalances across levels and clubs.
Nigeria leads in the rankings of the four African teams. Two others are making debut World Cup appearances and there’s a storm cloud over South Africa.
It’s the biggest sporting event in Australia since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
In the lead-in to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, it is revealing to look back on the media coverage of women’s international soccer.
We examined how newspapers in the UK covered the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cups.
Growing interest in women’s football must be encouraged.
ACL injuries are the most serious kind of knee damage and they are more prevalent in female footballers.
Girls’ involvement in sport can be affected by decisions at the top level.
There was a significant shift towards African football as a business rather than football as development.
Being on the same pitch as superstars like Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi signalled both the scale of this achievement and the tough task ahead for a game with a troubled history in Australia.
This generation of players continues to experience sexism and racism.
Money can ruin things but it doesn’t have to following the success of England’s women at the Euros.
We can build on the tournament to raise the profile of women’s sport.
Women’s football is winning hearts and minds in Britain. But there’s still a lot of work to do to overcome ingrained male prejudice.
The Wafcon final on Saturday is proof of the development of the women’s game on the continent - and of mining star players abroad.
The thorny issue of testosterone testing has made news, not just the growing skills on the field.
Achieving financial independence requires special tactics.
While things are improving for the women’s game in terms of equality, a series of depressing instances of blatant misogyny show there is a long way to go.
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Football Consultant & Visiting Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Governance in Women's Football, University of Portsmouth
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Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University
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Principal Lecturer, Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Senior Lecturer in Sports Business, Leeds Beckett University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Lecturer, The Open University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester
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Lecturer in Film and Media, University of Stirling
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer of Communication - Sports Media, Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor Social Sciences, Gender& Sexualities, Bournemouth University
