FIFA has signed Netflix to a United States broadcast deal for the Women’s World Cup in 2027 plus the 2031 edition that could be played in the U.S. The deal announced Friday is the most significant FIFA has signed with a streaming service for a major tournament. The value was not given, though international competitions … Read more
Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team, the Flamingos, have reached the quarter-final of the World Cup. This was after a 4-0 humiliating win over Ecuador at the Estadio Cibao in the Dominican Republic. For the second consecutive match, Nigeria scored four goals in the women’s World Cup as they qualified for the knockout stage with a … Read more
When Aitana Bonmati won the Ballon d’Or last year, it brought a global spotlight to a player whose genius was crying out to be recognised. Even now it would be hard to argue that there is a better female footballer on the planet. Over the past 16 months, Bonmati has won the Champions League twice … Read more
The third official edition of the Women’s World Cup was held in 1999, in the United States. The home team won. The experience, and the victory, transported women’s soccer—which, like all soccer in the U.S., existed then in the margins of the American sports world—into something approaching the mainstream. Records were broken for match attendance … Read more
Fresh research from Women’s Sport Trust has revealed that a record-breaking British audience of 46.7 million tuned in to view women’s sport in 2023. According to data and analysis by Futures Sport & Entertainment, this is an increase of nearly a million from the previous record-viewing year of 2019. The viewership counts any coverage of … Read more
