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Tom Blow

Juventus star wins landmark ruling over maternity pay in "wake up call" to football clubs

Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir has called on clubs to provide full maternity pay to all female footballers after winning a tribunal case against former club Lyon.

The French giants were ordered to pay women's star Gunnarsdottir, 32, €82,000 (£72,000) in unpaid wages following a FIFA tribunal case last May. Details of the "landmark" case - as it has been described by global players' union FIFPro - were made public on Tuesday.

Gunnarsdottir is the captain of Iceland and has won trophies in three different counties - including two Champions Leagues. She was playing for Lyon when she announced her pregnancy in April 2021 but completed a move to Juventus last summer.

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