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Since women started playing organized sport, and through the different iterations of many leagues, women have not only fought for their right to play, they have fought to be paid fairly, to not be abused, and for their identities to be respected. The latest battle is with FIFA and its sponsorship deal with Saudi Arabia’s Aramco. CBC | Sports News
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In wartime Ukraine, soccer fans bury rivalries, find calm at Premier League matches
For the first time since the full-scale war began in 2022, the Ukrainian Premier League is holding a full season with fans present, as martial law bans on public gatherings have been eased. Many fans are keen to experience a rare moment of calm. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Former soccer player Diana Matheson seeing the other side of life in camp with Canada
Former Canadian international Diana Matheson, 40, who won 206 caps for Canada from 2003 to 2020, is part of the Canadian coaching staff for Friday’s international women’s friendly against World Cup champion Spain in Almendralejo, Spain. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Calgary Wild FC women’s pro soccer team announces its leaders
Calgary Wild FC has named Lara Murphy the women’s pro soccer team’s first chief executive officer and Lisa Oldridge its chief financial and operating officer. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Liberal, Bloc MPs vote against questioning Canada Soccer officials over drone scandal
A parliamentary committee will not question the coaches of the national women’s soccer team about the Paris Olympics cheating scandal, after Liberal and Bloc Quebecois MPs voted against launching a study today. 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 »Soccer legend Christine Sinclair leads B.C. Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025
Former Canada soccer captain Christine Sinclair is headed to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame. She is joined by four other athletes, three builder-coaches, one team, one pioneer, one media member and the winner of the W.A.C. Bennett Award in the 2025 induction class. CBC | Sports News
Read More »NSL co-founder Diana Matheson added to interim staff for Canadian women’s soccer team
Former Canadian international Diana Matheson joins returning assistants Andy Spence, Jen Herst and Neil Wood in the coaching ensemble for Canada’s Oct. 25 friendly against Spain in the absence of suspended women’s head coach Bev Priestman. CBC | Sports News
Read More »21-year-old Kwasi Poku becomes the latest debutant for Jesse Marsch’s ambitious Canadian men’s soccer team
In Jesse Marsch’s short tenure as head coach, he had already anointed a handful of lucky debutants to the men’s senior team. In the final minutes of Canada’s 2-1 win over Panama, Marsch invited his latest: Kwasi Poku, a tall, 21-year-old fullback-turned-striker. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue’s methodical approach paying early dividends ahead of 2026 men’s World Cup
On Tuesday, Kevin Blue, Canada Soccer’s CEO and general secretary, called the players on the men’s and women’s national teams “our biggest resource.” How to make the most of them sits at the top of his unenviable to-do list. CBC | Sports News
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