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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anne M. Peterson

Player awarded back pay from Lyon over maternity leave

Villar Lopez

Midfielder Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir has been awarded more than $88,000 in back pay that was withheld by her French club team, Lyon, in violation of FIFA's rules protecting maternity rights.

Gunnarsdóttir, who now plays for Juventus in Italy, wrote her account of the salary dispute for The Players' Tribune website and the details of the ruling by FIFA's Football Tribunal were made public this week.

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