Sport’s highest court has delivered a landmark legal victory for female footballers, ordering Italian club Lazio Women to pay compensation to Maja Göthberg after contract talks ended upon learning of her pregnancy.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has instructed Lazio to pay the former Sweden youth international more than 70,000 euros (£60,000) in salary compensation, alongside damages for "infringement of her personality rights”, plus 5 per cent interest accrued over the past two years.
