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Women's World Cup set to make history as over 1m tickets sold despite ongoing TV row

The summer tournament is set to be one of the most competitive yet but an ongoing row between FIFA and broadcasters has cast a shadow over tournament preparations

Daily Mirror

FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: Breaks record with over one million tickets sold

FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Friday revealed that 1.03 million tickets have been sold for the ninth Women's World Cup. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Over one million tickets sold for Women’s Cup: FIFA

The World Cup jointly hosted by New Zealand and Australia is set to become the most attended standalone women's sporting event ever watched.

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Emma Hayes reacts to Women's World Cup prize money allocation amid TV uncertainty

Each player will be guaranteed a chunk of an £88.5m pool funded by FIFA, with an incentivised structure set to reward teams and individuals for progressing in the tournament

Daily Mirror

Lionel Messi swerves Saudi Arabia for a megastar MLS shindig in Miami

In today’s Football Daily: Lionel Messi is off to MLS and Barcelona are fine with it. Plus: David Moyes gets loose

The Guardian - UK

Women’s World Cup win would earn England’s players more than £200,000 each

The 2023 World Cup prize pot is more than three times greater than it was for the 2019 finals in France.

The Independent UK

There are no winners in the Women’s World Cup broadcast fiasco, only losers

Fifa has a point in asking broadcasters to pay more for the tournament but the game needs a quick solution before more valuable time is lost

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Women's World Cup prize money revealed with Lionesses eyeing HUGE payout

The prize money for participating teams has more than trebled since the 2019 Women's World Cup with a huge financial boost from FIFA

Daily Mirror

First golf, now football? Saudi Arabia’s grand plan and the 72 hours that changed everything

The sportswashing scheme took another step forward with the LIV Golf-PGA merger but Saudi Arabia has bigger plans, writes Miguel Delaney

The Independent UK

How Saudi Arabia came to be at the centre of a global golf merger

Professional golf – and increasingly world sport – is caught in a sand trap. Not the familiar hazard between fairway and green, but the Middle Eastern desert producing enormous quantities of fossil fuels.

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FIFA chief weighs in on Women's World Cup broadcasting dispute ahead of tournament

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has weighed in on the ongoing dispute over broadcast rights for the Women’s World Cup, with the tournament due to begin next month

Daily Mirror

European sports ministers urge Women’s World Cup broadcasting rights deals

The sports ministers of Europe's top soccer nations have urged global governing body FIFA and broadcasters to work together and "find a common path" over The sports ministers of Europe's top soccer nations have urged global governing body FIFA and broadcasters to work together and "find a common path" over…

The New Daily

UK government calls on FIFA to settle Women's World Cup broadcasting row

FIFA president Gianni Infantino labelled the current broadcasting offers for the World Cup as "disappointing" earlier this month ahead of the tournament in Australia and New Zealand

Daily Mirror

Vinicius Jr racism: FIFA urge 'three-step process' as Casemiro and Kylian Mbappe speak out

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior issued a statement following racist abuse during his team's league game at Valencia, with manager Carlo Ancelotti coming to the star's defence

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'La Liga belongs to racists': Everything said in reaction to Vinicius Jr suffering racist abuse against Valencia

FIFA, Valencia, the La Liga president and Carlo Ancelotti have all given their takes on the racist abuse suffered by Vinicius Jr during Real Madrid's loss on Sunday

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Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr accuses Spain’s La Liga of racism

Brazilian forward calls La Liga and Spain racist after slurs yelled from stands during away match at Valencia.

AFP

FIFA's Samoura urges TV companies to up offers to avoid Women's World Cup blackout

Paris (AFP) - FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura has called on broadcasters to return to the negotiating table with increased offers to avoid a TV blackout of this year's Women's World Cup in major European countries.

The Hindu

FIFA chief deplores ‘tragic’ El Salvador statium stampede

Twelve people were killed Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where soccer fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said.

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The Guardian - UK

Saudi Arabia in talks over £160m sponsorship of African Super League

Saudi Arabia is in talks with Caf over a $200m (£160m) deal to sponsor the African Super League, in an agreement that could secure support for any future Saudi World Cup bid

AFP

World Cup 2026 teams to be based in 'clusters': Infantino

Los Angeles (AFP) - Teams at the expanded 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico will be based in regional clusters during the early rounds to ease travel, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

FIFA's Infantino optimistic about Women's World Cup TV deals in Europe

FIFA President Gianni Infantino seems slightly more optimistic about completing what he would see as an acceptable deal for the broadcast rights to the upcoming Women’s World Cup in five key European countries

The Guardian - UK

Fifa does not undervalue women’s football

Letter: Bryan Swanson of Fifa responds to criticism of its approach to the women’s game

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Who will broadcast the Women's World Cup in the UK? FIFA's TV problem threatening this summer's tournament

Women's football tournaments have had huge spikes in popularity recently. But that's all under threat at the World Cup 2023...

ABC News

FIFA defends Women's World Cup commercial unbundling, despite European broadcast tensions

Football's governing body has criticised European broadcasters for offering "100 times less" for the women's tournament, but says unbundling is still necessary.

Daily Mirror

FIFA president Gianni Infantino wades into Italy's latest racism row after Juventus star abused

Atalanta head coach Gian Piero Gasperini argued that supporters calling Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic a "gypsy" was not racist, but Italian chiefs have offered apologies to the Serbian star, while FIFA president Gianni Infantino has also had his say

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