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Brian Oliver: All is not as rosy as it seems in the world of women's football ahead of World Cup

  • The Big Read

In the run-up to the seventh, and biggest, “official” Women’s World Cup, there have been significant achievements by individuals, teams and National Federations that can only make women more widely welcomed within the football world. There has also been a stealthy growth of playing numbers worldwide.England is one of the success stories, with the professional league having just started its fifth season, and the number of registered players up to a quarter of a million, according to the Football Association (FA). The sport was given royal approval when Prince William, taking up his official engagements again after the birth of...

spending on development are totally distorted.”While Haiti had an all-volunteer team at qualifying, the USA

The nation with the most marketable female players is the USA.

There were about 20,000 regular players in the USA at the time and he wrote to FIFA to demand they


United States Department of Justice declare war on FIFA on dramatic day for football

  • Football

The United States Justice Department on Wednesday declared war on some of the most powerful figures in world football, indicting nine FIFA officials and five other executives for racketeering, conspiracy and corruption.

sports marketing business based in Argentina;· Aaron Davidson - President of Traffic Sports USA


Haggerty talks up credentials following ITF Presidential candidate nomination

  • Tennis

International Tennis Federation (ITF) Presidential candidate David Haggerty has claimed he is armed with the tools “to drive the ITF and the international tennis family to even greater success”.

executive and President of tennis ball manufacturer Penn Racquet Sports and tennis racquet specialist Head USA


USOC announces Road to Rio tour details

  • PASO

will aim to bring the spirit of next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to Team USA

Paralympic Games respectively, the Tour will begin the year before the Games, giving fans access to Team USA

for the Road to Rio Tour ©Getty Images“The Road to Rio Tour is an incredible way for me to meet Team USA

looking forward to bringing the passion of the US Olympic and Paralympic Movements to fans of Team USA

Tour, presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance, will help to engage, educate and excite fans of Team USA

An abundance of Team USA athletes will showcase their Olympic and Paralympic skills in the iconic Times



England secure Team GB quota for Rio 2016 as Canada claim Amsterdam Sevens title

  • Rugby Sevens

England’s women secured a quota place for Great Britain at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with a dramatic 15-14 win over the United States on the final day of the Sevens World Series in Amsterdam.

“All credit to USA because they were fighting right down to the end.”Canada also enjoyed a momentous



Austin to host USA Paratriathlon National Championships

  • Triathlon News

The USA Paratriathlon National Championships are set to be held next Monday (May 23) with nearly 40

were required to meet time standards set at qualifying sprint-distance races, sanctioned by either USA

Kendall Gretsch will be the athletes to beat in the PT1 events, while Patricia Walsh, a member of the USA

in PT1, PT2 and PT4 for the men, and PT2, PT4 and PT5 for the women.Related storiesFebruary 2015:  USA



Fiji secure Sevens World Series title as US claim historic Cup win in London

  • Rugby Sevens

Fiji have clinched their first World Rugby Sevens Series title since 2006 after beating South Africa in the quarter-finals of the London Sevens Cup, which was surprisingly won by the United States.

those boys the 12 of them have been absolutely fantastic and there are about another 10 back in the USA


California named to host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018

  • Rugby Sevens

California is set to be the stage of Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 after the San Francisco Bay area and San Jose were revealed as the hosts of the showpiece event.

forward to delivering a fantastic rugby sevens experience for the players, fans, sponsors and media,” USA

Hosting a Rugby World Cup is an important step forward for rugby in the USA and will bring high levels

will also be using the opportunity to develop Impact 2018, a national legacy programme for the whole USA

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