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By Megan Humphrey Over half of elite women footballers around the world are earning less than $5,000 (£3,940) a year from playing, while over a quarter have a secondary job. A new report published by Fifpro, Fifa and Australia’s Edith Cowen University outlines how most top-flight women players are unable to earn enough through football to fully sustain their livelihoods. A total of 736 players were surveyed across twelve countries and six continents, including Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Fiji, Korea Republic, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, USA and Sweden. Of those surveyed:...
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By Helene Altgelt Korbin Albert beim SheBelieves-Cup ausgebuhtEigentlich gab es Grund zum Jubeln für die Fans der USA. Ein Duell gegen den traditionellen Rivalen Kanada, im Lieblingswettbewerb (demSheBelieves Cup), eine gute Leistung im Finale. What's not to like? Nun, die Fans in Columbus machten in der 75. Minute, beim Stand von 2:1 gegen Kanada, trotzdem ihrer Unzufriedenheit Luft. Das hatte wenig mit der Leistung des Teams zu tun, und viel mehr mit der gerade geschehenen Einwechselung: Jungstar Jaedyn Shaw wurde nach einer starken Leistung für Mittelfeldspielerin Korbin Albert ausgewechsel...
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In her final World Cup appearance before retirement, USWNT’s Megan Rapinoe‘s missed penalty kick summarized their painful loss to Sweden 5-4. The United States women’s national team exited in the round of 16 for the first time in its history in Melbourne, Australia. But Rapinoe wasn’t the only one to miss their penalty kick, as she was one of three U.S. players to miss their penalties in a shootout after the game was scoreless through regular and extra time. Asked what she was thinking when she stepped up to take her penalty, Rapinoe said: “I’m gonna score. Back of the net. Always.” “A sick jo...
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The U.S. Women’s National Soccer team has reached an agreement in its class-action equal-pay lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. “We are pleased to announce that, contingent on the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement, we will have resolved our longstanding dispute over equal pay and proudly stand together in a shared commitment to advancing equality in soccer,” both parties said in a joint statement Tuesday. U.S. Soccer has agreed to pay $22 million in back pay to the players, which will be distributed in a way that was proposed by players and approved by courts. The f...
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Victoria’s Secret has cast Emira D’Spain as their first Black transgender model. The iconic lingerie brand has hired the 25-year-old TikTok star to showcase its Valentine’s Day lingerie collection. Emira reminisced about how she had “dreamed” of working with the company on snap of her wearing items from the collection on her Instagram on which she posts under the name Xoxoemira. She wrote: “Honored to be the first black trans girl working with @victoriassecret "As a kid I only DREAMED of being a part of Victoria’s Secret." Emira thanked fellow transgender model Valentina Sampaio who “paved the...
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Megan Rapinoe is an American professional soccer player and activist. She is the current captain of the OL Reign professional team and co-captain of the United States national team, which she’s played on since 2005. She’s competed in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup (second place), 2012 London Summer Olympics (gold), the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup (gold), the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup (gold) and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (bronze). Rapinoe is well-known for her staunch social and political views. The athlete is included in Time Magazine‘s 100 Most Influential People of 2020. MEGAN RAPINO...
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On Monday, more than 500 female athletes signed a friend-of-the-court brief opposing a Mississippi law that would ban abortions of pregnancies that are 15 weeks or longer. The athletes displayed solidarity in numbers while urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the law. Of those that signed, 276 are college athletes, 73 are professional athletes and 26 have competed in the Olympics — among these athletes were Olympian and two-time World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe and her fiancee, WNBA star Sue Bird. In 1973, the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case ruled that women had the right to end their pregnan...
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) offered identical contract proposals for both the United States Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association (USNSTPA). This new proposal would align the women’s and men’s senior national teams under one collective bargaining agreement. This update comes after many years of different generations of USWNT players fighting the soccer federation over gender pay equity. Most recently, in 2019, twenty-eight players of the U.S. women’s World Cup-winning team filed a gender discriminati...
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Megan Rapinoe, a prominent American soccer star who has been vocal about women’s and gay rights, has frequently been targeted by conservatives and anti-LGBTQ groups. Now, Subway, the popular sandwich chain, is being targeted by these conservative groups due to its recent advertisements with Rapinoe. Several franchisees of Subway have complained, denouncing the company of “misusing advertising funds by featuring a potentially controversial spokesperson in commercials.” “We used to go to Subway. Not since we saw the tv commercial with Megan Rapinoe [throwing up emoji],” another comment found on...
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US football star Megan Rapinoe has said she is “inspired” by her fiancée Sue Bird, after they both walked away from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with medals. The 36-year-old footballer helped score a bronze medal for the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) earlier this week, and she was watching in the stands on Sunday (08.08.21) when her partner Sue and the rest of the US women’s basketball team beat Japan to take home the gold. And speaking to NBC after the WNBA star’s impressive performance, Megan gushed: "[I'm] honestly inspired, and I told her the other day, it feels like c...
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