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FIFA under fire for all male commentary team at Women’s World Cup
FIFA under fire for all male commentary team at Women’s World Cup
The Women’s World Cup has barely had time to get going, and already organisers at FIFA have managed to drop the ball when it comes to, well, women. FIFA announced its English language commentary team on 18 July, two days before the tournament kicked off, and out of nine commentators it contains exactly zero women. The list of commentators is as follows: Simon Hill, Robbie Thomson, Simon Brotherton, Kevin Keatings, Mark Scott, John Roder, Paul Walker, Chris Wise, Steve Wilson. Not exactly a beacon of gender diversity, eh? Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Unsurprisingly, the announcement left fans fuming, while others could scarcely believe that FIFA had managed to mess up on such an obvious opportunity to spotlight women commentators who often struggle to get a look-in on men’s broadcasts. Sports journalist Manasi Pathak wrote on Twitter: “So you’re telling me FIFA could not hire a single female commentator for what’s expected to be the biggest women’s sporting event?” Sally Freedman, another sports writer, said: “Seriously… are we in 2023 or 1950? It’s the *women’s* World Cup, yet here is our allsinging, all dancing all male commentary team!” Despite the backlash, FIFA also managed to annoy people with its response, which was to appoint a smaller team of women as “co-commentators” the next day. They are Amy Chapman, Melissa Barbieri, Izzy Christiansen, Laura Bassett and Rehanne Skinner. One person suggested FIFA was still discriminating against women. They said: “‘Co-commentators’ aka women, know your place behind the men, okay?” It’s worth noting that this isn’t the first time FIFA has faced criticism for somehow managing to discriminate against women even at the Women’s World Cup. It still offers a significantly smaller prize pool for the tournament versus the men’s edition, with prize money standing at only $150m. Men’s World Cup prize money was $440m last year. England’s Lionesses will kick off their campaign against Haiti on Saturday. Also in their group is Denmark and China. Hopefully we’ll get to hear some women’s voices on commentary by then. Is that really too much to ask? Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-07-21 16:56
The Only Thing Keeping South Africa From Chaos Is Its Private Sector
The Only Thing Keeping South Africa From Chaos Is Its Private Sector
On a recent sunny afternoon, Joshua Radebe patted down asphalt into a neatly filled pothole on a busy
2023-07-21 07:26
Reunion profile
Reunion profile
Provides an overview of Reunion, including key facts about this French Indian Ocean territory.
2023-07-19 19:54
Europe’s Extreme Heat to Intensify as Parts of Greece Burn
Europe’s Extreme Heat to Intensify as Parts of Greece Burn
Europe’s heat is set to intensify as temperatures are forecast to peak at 47C (116.6F) on Wednesday in
2023-07-19 19:26
Philippines Faces Challenging Path to $9 Billion Wealth Fund
Philippines Faces Challenging Path to $9 Billion Wealth Fund
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has enacted a measure creating what will be the nation’s first-ever sovereign wealth
2023-07-19 08:20
Biggest African Port to Be Partially Privatized 
Biggest African Port to Be Partially Privatized 
Africa’s biggest harbor will be partly owned and operated by the Philippines’ International Container Terminal Services Inc., a
2023-07-18 01:56
Eskom Latest: Intensified Power Cuts  Over the Weekend
Eskom Latest: Intensified Power Cuts Over the Weekend
South Africa’s state power utility’s former chief operating officer and now adviser, Jan Oberholzer will leave Eskom Holdings
2023-07-18 00:51
Anglo Platinum First-Half Profit Slumps After Metal Prices Drop
Anglo Platinum First-Half Profit Slumps After Metal Prices Drop
Anglo American Platinum Ltd. said first-half profit likely fell as much as 75% due to lower metal prices
2023-07-17 14:19
South Africa’s Eskom Downgrades Power Cuts to Stage 2
South Africa’s Eskom Downgrades Power Cuts to Stage 2
South Africa’s state power utility, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., has downgraded power cuts due to improvements in storage
2023-07-16 20:22
How Guinness World Record mania has gripped Nigeria
How Guinness World Record mania has gripped Nigeria
Nigerians have inundated Guinness World Record with requests to ratify their attempts in the past two months.
2023-07-16 07:53
Sasol Slammed by South Africa’s Pollution Regulator Over Lack of Investment
Sasol Slammed by South Africa’s Pollution Regulator Over Lack of Investment
Sasol Ltd. was castigated by South Africa’s national air quality officer for failing to cut pollution as its
2023-07-14 15:23
Italy Issues Emergency Warnings as Cerberus Heat Grips Europe
Italy Issues Emergency Warnings as Cerberus Heat Grips Europe
Extreme heat from a high-pressure system named Cerberus — after the three-headed hound from Dante’s inferno — is
2023-07-13 17:25
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