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New FIFA Rules Propose Mandatory Maternity Leave For Women Players
FIFA is preparing to make it mandatory for the clubs to allow at least 14 weeks of paid maternity leave at a minimum of two-thirds of a player’s full salary.
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Masks On. Empty Stadiums. Coronavirus Scares Off Sports World
The world of sports is cancelling major events including the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, with the rise in Coronavirus cases across India.
Megan Rapinoe is the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year
The U.S. soccer standout and the co-captain of the winning soccer team at the Women’s World Cup final in France, Megan Rapinoe won the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Player of the year award on Monday at Milan. This is the consecutive success after the tremendous victory of Rapinoe’s team at Women’s World Cup in July where the team won its second world cup title. Rapinoe is now the fourth American woman to have won the title of the player of the year. Besides, Jill Ellis won her second global coach award, the first she grabbed when the team won the 2015 World Cup title.
FIFA: Now Iranian Women Will Be Able To Attend Football Matches
Women had long been prohibited from watching men’s sporting events since a de facto ban was imposed following 1979’s Islamic revolution. It’s been 40 years since women have been banned from watching men’s sporting events in Iran.
Australia’s Women Footballers To Get Same Base Pay As Men
In a landmark decision, the professional women soccer players from Australia will receive the same minimum wage as their male counterparts.
TN Girl To Be Official Ball Carrier At FIFA
India was first represented at FIFA back in 2002 by Tamil referee K Sankar when he assisted in three matches. Sixteen years later, Tamil Nadu will again leave its mark on the Football World Cup. Nathania John K, an 11-year-old from the Niligiris in Tamil Nadu, will lead Neymar’s Brazil on to the field as the […]
In A First, Women Referees To Officiate In FIFA U-17 World Cup
Football fans in India will see something new at the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017. Esther Staubli will become the first woman referee to officiate in a match at the tournament. Staubli has been appointed as the referee for the encounter between Japan and New Caledonia on October 14. The match is scheduled to be played at […]
Indian Women Footballers to get their own ISL?
Women’s football in India to get a franchise-based women’s football league in mid-2015!
Delhi hosts FIFA’s Women’s Football Regional Development Seminar
India is hosting FIFA’s Women’s Football Regional Development Seminar to discuss the development of sport in the country.
