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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sean Ingle

Sweden players had to show their genitalia at 2011 Women’s World Cup, says Nilla Fischer

Nilla Fischer in action for Sweden at the 2019 Women’s World Cup
Nilla Fischer in action for Sweden at the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Photograph: Quality Sport Images/Getty Images

Sweden’s players had to “show their genitalia for the doctor” at the 2011 Women’s World Cup to prove they were women, the team’s centre-back Nilla Fischer has revealed.

In her new book – I Didn’t Even Say Half Of It – Fischer, who played 194 times for her country, described the process, which was conducted by a female physiotherapist on behalf of the doctor, as humiliating.

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