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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Emma Kemp

A-Leagues aim to avoid backlash after launch of football’s opt-in ‘pride celebration’

The Pride Cup will be played as part of a wider pride celebration in Australian football announced by the A-Leagues on Wednesday.
The Pride Cup will be played as part of a wider pride celebration in Australian football announced by the A-Leagues on Wednesday. Photograph: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images

The A-Leagues will hold their version of a pride round for the first time later this month in a player-driven, opt-in initiative experts have lauded as more meaningful than similar events staged by some other codes.

The Australian Professional Leagues on Wednesday announced its inaugural pride celebration, to be held in Australia across the weekend of 24-26 February and in New Zealand on 4 March to preach diversity and inclusion.

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