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German officials remain confident that their joint bid with Belgium and the Netherlands for the 2027 women's World Cup will be successful in Friday's vote at the congress of the ruling body FIFA. German Football Federation (DFB) president Bernd Neuendorf said he was holding many talks in the final countdown to the Bangkok vote to convince FIFA members of the bid, with Brazil the only rival. "We'll throw everything into it to make sure we come out on top at the end of the day after all," Neuendorf said. "We are very confident. We believe that we have submitted an excellent bid and will do every...
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FIFA will organize a first women's Club World Cup in 2026, football's ruling body said on Wednesday after a council meeting. The tournament is expected to be contested by 16 teams in January and February. The competition will be held every four years and further details will follow in due course, FIFA said after approving the match calendar from 2026 to 2029. FIFA said it is also reducing the number of women's international match windows from six to five. The measures "represent an important milestone in our pledge to take the women’s game to the next level by enhancing competitiveness across ...
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VfL Wolfsburg have claimed a record-extending 10th consecutive women's German Cup title after defeating Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich 2-0 on Thursday. It marked Wolfsburg's 50th consecutive victory in the Cup and their 11th title in the competition overall. "I'm very, very happy, very proud and very relieved," Wolfsburg forward Alexandra Popp told broadcasters ZDF. The two sides have dominated German women's football in recent years, with Bayern winning the last two Bundesliga titles and the Wolves having triumphed in the Cup for the past nine seasons. German President Frank-Walter Steinm...
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will handover the women's German Cup trophy for the winner of the showdown between Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg, the German Football Federation (DFB) said on Friday. The Cup final will take place on May 9. Steinmeier has previously attended the final as a guest. German Minister of the Interior Nancy Faser, who's also in charge of sports, and DFB president Bernd Neuendorf are among the guests of honour. The DFB expects all 44,000 tickets to be sold. Wolfsburg are aiming to claim a record-extending 10th consecutive Cup title, while Bayern want their se...
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Brazil football legend Marta will retire from international football at the end of 2024, she told CNN Brasil in an interview on Thursday evening. The six-time FIFA best player of the year now hopes to make her sixth appearance at an Olympic Games if she is selected for Brazil's squad this summer in Paris. "If I go to the Olympics, I will enjoy every moment, because, regardless of whether I go to the Olympics or not, this is my last year with the national team," she told CNN Brasil. "This is my last year, I can confirm that. There's a moment we need to understand that the time has come. I'm in ...
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Despite fierce protests from society, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi wants to maintain strict police checks on women for headscarf offences. "Respecting the headscarf is not only a religious, but also a political and legal obligation for Iranian women," said Raisi on Sunday. There is therefore "no doubt whatsoever" that checks must continue to be carried out consistently, the ultra-conservative cleric said, according to the presidential office's website. Since the beginning of the new Persian year on March 20, police and moral guardians have once again stepped up their crackdown on headscarf v...
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Lea Schüller got a brace as record champions Germany beat Iceland 3-1 on Tuesday to continue their winning start into women's Euro 2025 qualifying. World champions Spain, Olympic hosts France and Denmark also made it two wins out of two while title holders England got a first victory. Schüller fired Germany ahead four minutes into the game in Aachen as Germany had a better start than in last week's narrow opening 3-2 win in Austria where they had fallen two goals behind in the opening 16 minutes. Iceland got an equalizer from Hlin Eiriksdottir in the 23rd but Schüller swiftly restored the lead...
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Lea Schüller got a brace as record champions Germany beat Iceland 3-1 on Tuesday to continue their winning start into women's Euro 2025 qualifying along with world champions Spain and Denmark. Schüller fired the hosts ahead four minutes into the game in Aachen as Germany had a better start than in last week's narrow opening 3-2 win in Austria where they had fallen two goals behind in the opening 16 minutes. Iceland got an equalizer from Hlin Eiriksdottir in the 23rd but Schüller swiftly restored the lead with a header 11 minutes later. Lena Oberdorf wrapped up matters on the stroke of half-tim...
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Lea Schüller got a brace as record champions Germany beat Iceland 3-1 on Tuesday to continue their winning start into women's Euro 2025 qualifying. Schüller fired the hosts ahead four minutes into the game in Aachen as Germany had a better start than in last week's narrow opening 3-2 win in Austria where they had fallen two goals behind in the opening 16 minutes. Iceland got an equalizer from Hlin Eiriksdottir in the 23rd but Schüller swiftly restored the lead with a header 11 minutes later. Lena Oberdorf wrapped up matters on the stroke of half-time for the dominant hosts, who could have easi...
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Euro 2024 tournament director and 2014 world champion Philipp Lahm called on the German Football Federation (DFB) to use the money from the million-euro deal with Nike to promote women's football, among other things. "If the DFB uses the fresh money to support amateur clubs, children's football, referee training and women's football - then the decision in favour of Nike would be a good one. Because the whole thing is primarily financed by the fans who buy the goods," he wrote in his column for the Zeit Online portal on Tuesday. Now it's important to return all the money to where it came from: ...
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