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Canada women footballers reach interim pay deal, but say fight ‘isn’t over’

Canada's Adriana Leon celebrates scoring the team's second goal versus Republic of Ireland at the Women's World Cup in Perth, Australia, July 26, 2023 [Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters]

The Canadian women’s national football team has announced it reached an interim pay agreement with the sport’s governing body in Canada, but the players say there is still a long way to go to address longstanding issues of inequity.

In a statement on Friday, the players said they had reached a deal with Canada Soccer “to provide compensation for our team for 2023, including prize money allocation from the FIFA Women’s World Cup”.

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