PLAYERS vying for slots in the 23-women Filipinas squad that will play in the FIFA Women’s World Cup next month in Australia and New Zealand have extra motivation to do so. FIFA said it is making “a huge investment in women’s football and, for the first time ever, we are guaranteeing prize money for players. FIFA president Gianni Infantino said at its annual congress in Rwanda that the money should go directly to players. “The players’ union FIFPRO had challenged FIFA to secure a global guarantee that 30 percent of the prize money would go to players. The 32 national federations whose teams played in the men’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar shared $440 million in FIFA prize money.

Source: Stuff June 08, 2023 18:39 UTC