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Paul Myers

Football boots bring pain and no gain for female players, survey finds

A survey has found that 82 percent of female footballers in Europe experience discomfort wearing football boots. © AFP - JUSTIN TALLIS

More than 80 percent of female footballers at leading European teams know the boots they put on for a training session or match will cause them pain, research carried out for the European Club Association (ECA) has found.

A survey of 350 players at 16 sides, including the French team Lyon and Ajax in the Netherlands, was carried out over 18 months and presented this week at the ECA's women's football summit in London.

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