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Chelsea’s Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan knows what it feels like to dream big while living with limited means having grown up around Toronto as the youngest of seven daughters to a single mother, moving from house-to-house. Buchanan is now launching a foundation for girls in single-parent homes to help fund their soccer goals. CBC | Sports News
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FIFA’s recognition of Afghanistan women’s soccer team doesn’t go far enough
FIFA has finally recognized the Afghanistan women’s soccer team, but only as a refugee team. Allowing women to compete in a particular and restricted set of circumstances doesn’t ring of liberation and freedom of play. CBC | Sports News
Read More »What you need to know ahead of FIFA’s revamped Club World Cup draw
European powers Real Madrid and Manchester City, Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami, recently crowned South American champion Botafogo and top clubs from Asia, Africa and Oceania are among the teams who are in the draw for FIFA’s revamped Club World Cup taking place in the U.S. in 2025. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Women’s soccer players slam FIFA’s partnership with Saudi Aramco over human rights, environmental concerns
In an open letter to FIFA’s president obtained by CBC News, more than a hundred international soccer players, including several Canadians, are calling on FIFA to reconsider its sponsorship by Saudi Arabian oil company. CBC | Sports News
Read More »COC, Canada Soccer appeal FIFA’s 6-point deduction from women’s team in Olympic tournament
The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer are appealing FIFA’s six-point penalty to the national women’s soccer team in the wake of a spying scandal at the Paris Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi, Spain’s Aitana Bonmati win FIFA’s best player award
Lionel Messi has been named FIFA’s best men’s player after moving from Paris Saint-Germain to Inter Miami and leading the David Beckham-owned team to a little-known Leagues Cup title — all while elevating soccer’s relevance in the United States. CBC | Sports News
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