speaking in sydney, fifa president gianni infantino said women who "pick the right fights" can "convince we have to do" to ensure progress is made for women. pick the right battles. pick the right fights. you have the power to change. you have the power to convince us men what we have to do and what we don't have to do. you — do it. just do it. with me, with fifa, you will find open doors. just push the doors. they are open. for more on this, i spoke to former american professional soccer player, joanna lohman. joanna lohman, former professional soccer player and member of the us national team, thank you forjoining us. you might talk to us a little bit about the life of the woman soccer player in the us. many people think big mansions and flash cars, eye—watering salaries. is it the same for the women in the us? i hate to be a myth buster but it is unfortunately not the same in the united states. i say that knowing that the sport is growing exponentially. the resources being invested in the women's game are growing, but when i was a soccer player — i retired in 2019, so from anywhere bet

>> i mean it is pure gianni , infantino. he has said multiple things along those same lines. the doors are open for female footballers in this space and what we have seen from this world cup is that so many teams are fighting their federations. payments that fifa has promised for these players are not actually going to reach these pockets. there is no magical opening of doors, unlike what he is promising. there are still multiple systemic battles that ha to happen in order for the game to be respected. but what we're seeing is that even when teams are fighting their federations, they can win a world cup. even when teams are fighting their federations, they can accomplish things. and even when every systemic barrier is put into place the , women's game explodes and -- explodes in popularity and investment so it will happen with or without him but hopefully he will get on the right side of things. john: megan linnehan of the senior writer of the athletics, thank you very much. >> thank you. john: a lot of pent-up wanderlust is being released after three years of pandemic restri

speaking in sydney, fifa president gianni infantino said women who "pick the right fights" can "convince we have to do" to ensure progress is made for women. pick the right battles, pick the right fights. you have the power to change and convince us men what we have to do and what we don't. just do it. with me, with fifa, you will find open doors. just push the doors. they are open. for more on this, my colleague caitrionia perry spoke yesterday to former american professional soccer player, joanna lohman. joanna, thanks forjoining us. you might talk to us a little bit about the life of a woman's soccer player in the us. many people think of soccer players and they think big mansions, flash cars, eye—watering salaries, is it the same for the women in the us? i hate to be a myth buster, but unfortunately it's not the same in the united states. i say that knowing that the sport is growing exponentially, the resources invested in the women's game are growing. but when i was a soccer player, i retired in 2019, so anywhere from 2000 to 2019, the salary was below minimum wage. i would say on a

the president of fifa, gianni infantino, here hailing nouhaila's presence on the field with her hijabivity, tolerance and diversity, saying, #nodiscrimination. but that same enthusiasm hasn't been felt everywhere. some french media outlets, you can see your one journalist some french media outlets, you can see one journalist called nouhaila's presence with the hijab on the field regressive, and another writing that it was highly controversial. this of course comes a month on from the high court ruling in france maintaining the ban on the hijab in football. a group of muslim women who wear the hijab took the french football federation to court, but the ruling against wearing the hijab was upheld. you can see here the statement, the ban enacted by the french football federation is suitable and proportionate. france is of course home to the largest, one of the largest muslim minorities, minority communities here in europe. and of course it has got the paris 0lympics next year, so lots of questions will arise over, you know, athletes within france and what will happen with their own prese

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. >>> comenzamos con el balance del presidente de la fifa gianni infantino. >>> (hablado en inglÉs).n de darle regalo a su aficiÓn por el partido se define el tercer lugar tendrÁn frente una reval complicada como es suecia. un partido que se torna parejo. la invitaciÓn es la medianoche y comenzando el sÁbado para disfrutar de este partido que es por el honor de la copa mundial femenina de la fifa por >>> a horas de la gran final viajamos a sydney para que carlos jus tis nos ha be del duelo decisivo de la cobertura especial de telemundo 48. adelante. >>> saludos y bienvenido de vuelta desde sydney australia se va a vivir la final de la copa de la fifa 2023. una selecciÓn espaÑola con muchos problemas extra canchas antes de arrancar el torneo. ha demostrado un gran talento y personalidad y se ha metido en esta gran final frente a una de las favoritas que desde el principio decÍa que la selecciÓn de inglaterra podrÍa ser campeona del mundo y tiene una amplia variedad de jugadoras que estÁn en un ni rel Óptimo y que juegan en la mejor liga del mundo. y que a pesar de las distancias y aus

fifa president gianni infantino is in sydney and said they're going in the right direction in regardso equal pay at the world cup, but women need to push the doors to get progress. pick the right battles. pick the right fight. you have the power to change. you have the power to convince us men what we have to do and what we don't have to do. just do it. with me, with fifa, you will find open doors. just push the doors. they are open. and do it also at the national level come in every country, in every confederation. just keep pushing, keep the momentum, keep dreaming. bayern munich head coach thomas tuchel has been singing the praises of harry kane ahead of his bundesliga debut tonight. the german champions are away to werder bremen, with the england captain portraying a positive influence at the club already. my first impressions of harry are fantastic. he is a top professional. the quality is outstanding and he's a fantastic human being. he is very open, his first on the training pitch, he is open in the dressing room. i think he has an immediate effect in the dressing room with his

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the fifa president gianni infantino has spoken about the aftermath of the women's world cup finalfor kiss on the mouth of starjenni hermoso "should never have happened". infantino said the behaviour of spanish federation boss had "spoiled" the occasion. the spanish federation has called on mr rubiales to resign over the incident. dozens of women may have been groomed into online sex work by a group fronted by the controversial social media influencer andrew tate. the bbc has uncovered messages linked to his secretive all—male organisation, called the war room. it teaches its members, for a fee, how to exploit potential victims by emotionally manipulating and socially isolating them. andrew tate has separately been charged with rape and human trafficking in romania, and is due to face trial. he denies all of the allegations. matt shay has this exclusive report. the war room is kind of like the illuminati. with brotherhood and people you can trust, capable people, that is what the war room is. , ., . ., people, that is what the war room is. , ., . . . . people, that is what the war roo

the fifa president gianni infantino has spoken about the aftermath of the women's world cup final for' kiss on the mouth of star jenni hermoso "should never have happened". infantino said the behaviour of spanish federation boss had "spoiled" the occasion. the spanish federation has called on mr rubiales to resign over the incident. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has reshuffled his cabinet for what could be the last time before the next general election. long—serving defence secretary ben wallace has been replaced by energy secretary grant shapps. this is his fifth cabinet role in 12 months. our political editor chris mason reports. the wheels of politics are turning with a bit of zip again. before mps return next week, downing street has a spot of housekeeping to attend to, finding a new defence secretary. enter then grant shapps — the government's utility man has another newjob. it is his fifth — yes, fifth — cabinetjob in a year. this, then, the first of many uniformed companions for grant shapps, as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defence. what is your fir

, who president, gianni infantino, who i'd never heard of until probably a couple of days ago. able . been unbelievable. >> well, no, i think we can now guarantee that every infantino story to be a good story is going to be a good laugh, because do you remember in the qatari world cup, i'm sure this he sure you remember this an he said today, feel qatari today said today, i feel qatari today . hey, i feel arab today . said today, i feel qatari today . hey, i feel arab today. i feel african today . i feel gay today african today. i feel gay today . i feel disabled today i feel like a migrant worker. i feel like a migrant worker. i feel like then because i know what it's like to be bullied. this is a millionaire, right? who's never been a migrant worker. he's not gay. he's not african . he's not gay. he's not african. he's not gay. he's not african. he's not, you know, oppressed and downtrodden that he said he just everything he comes out with is ludicrous. so today, no . yeah. now he's been saying, come on, women just do it. you do it. just do it. he's encouraged the women. they

gianni infantino. you know, women should pick their pick the right battles, which you said before. when the dominoes they all dominoes start falling, they all change their a little bit. change their tune a little bit. they've behind they've all piled in behind him. i can't see any way i think. i can't see any way that rubiales will will survive it. really. i think he'll he'll have resign and people are have to resign and people are getting so worked up about this issue understandably but includes his own mother, who we understand is now on hunger strike. >> a hunger strike? >> a hunger strike? >> yeah. locked in a church? yeah inhuman treatment. she's described beth mead a kind of a witch hunt, but as i say, i mean, that pope is probably right. >> i mean, spanish machismo is at the heart of this. really? and if you look at the way the story was handled in the immediate aftermath, you had the kiss and then you had that shot of rubiales stands there at a different moment in the game, grabbing his crotch as if to say. and when you put the two together, you know that that whole sexual