Players urge Fifa to change ‘deeply discriminatory’ women’s futsal policy

• Female players call for women’s World Cup in letter to Fifa
• They cite ‘deep concern’ over ‘mistreatment and public neglect’

The world’s most prominent female futsal players have called on Fifa to end its “deeply discriminatory” approach to the women’s game by launching a World Cup to bring parity with the men’s Fifa-sanctioned small-sided game.

In a letter sent to the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino – seen by the Guardian – the players demand an end to their “marginalisation” and urge the governing body to make a women’s event a priority amid booming popularity of the indoor five-a-side sport played globally by an estimated 60 million people.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3BYtaGf