@FIFPro has released a report about women's football, saying it faces an “existential threat”, exposing a lot of issues that exemplify some of the many challenges women footballers facehttps://t.co/5bMO3Aw7JZ via @guardian_sport — Retando al Fútbol 📝🚀 Challenging Football (@RetandoAlFutbol) April 16, 2020FIFPro has called for "special measures" to safeguard the women's game as it says its growth "is now at risk of receding. Without having secured solid structural foundations for long-term sustainability, some women's leagues and clubs are releasing players, cutting contracts and closing down." Former Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg, who plays for leading French and European side Lyon, admitted in an interview with AFP last week that "everything is uncertain" for women's football. "We have to protect players as people and as workers and avoid mass unemployment and recession," the report concludes. "The women's football industry will require innovation and intervention from across the private sector and public sectors, from policymakers and governing bodies, to broadcasting companies and sponsors."

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 16, 2020 13:41 UTC