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Jaydeep Basu
Cut, Copy, Waste: Indian Sports’s Social Media Has Been Co-Opted To Serve A Nationalist Agenda
07 Feb 2021
In times of crises, arise the PR stuntmen, whose slick messaging and wordplay has become a feature of sportspersons Twitter feed in recent times. The problem isn’t what is being said, the problem is…
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Lobera Ball Returns in the ISL; US Women Win Agreement on Work Conditions and Solskjaer Calls for Player Education
02 Dec 2020
Short Passes (Football News): Three matches into their Indian Super League (ISL) campaign, Mumbai City FC’s gears finally kick in | USWNT reach agreement on equal work conditions as male counterparts…
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Premier League Clubs Express Concern Over Three Substitution Ruling; Lack of Investment in Women’s Game Disgraceful: Megan Rapinoe and More (Football Round-up)
10 Nov 2020
Short Passes (Football News Round-up): Premier League clubs may move to ask for reintroduction of the five substitution rule | Megan Rapinoe feels the women’s game is England as well as the US are…
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US Soccer Federation to Reconsider Anthem Policy After Women’s Team Asks For its Removal
09 Jun 2020
The US Women’s National Team asked for a statement acknowledging that the initiation of the policy by the US Soccer Federation -- which calls for players to stand up for the national anthem when…
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Judge Dismisses US Women Football Team’s Equal Pay Claim
02 May 2020
The United States women's soccer team had sued their federation, seeking back pay of $66 million under the Equal Pay Act. While dismissing the claims of being underpaid, the judge ruled that the case…
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Australia Introduces Equal Pay for Men and Women's National Team Footballers
08 Nov 2019
The new four-year deal ensures that both the Australian men's and women's football teams receive a 24% share of an agreed aggregate of revenue generated by the national team in 2019-20, rising by 1%…
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Equal Pay for Equal Play: Finland to Pay Women and Men’s National Teams the Same
07 Sep 2019
Finland joins Norway and the Netherlands to introduce an equal pay structure for their men's and women's national teams, even as the world Champions, the US Women's National Team (USWNT), are…
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Megan Rapinoe Stars as US Win 4th Women’s World Cup, Speaks for Equal Pay at Podium
08 Jul 2019
Megan Rapinoe’s opener and Rose Lavelle’s stunning second capped off a brilliant performance from the US Women’s National Football Team (USWNT), which beat the Netherlands to lift the FIFA Women’s…