France's shoddy treatment of women so familiar
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The Women’s World Cup is supposed to be the game-changer, a tournament to usher in new fans in their millions and a showcase for the progress made over the past four years. But alas, with six days to go until kick-off in Paris, that progress seems glaringly lacking, after the host nation were this week slighted by their own federation.
On Wednesday, nine days ahead of their tournament opener against South Korea, the France team were hurried out of their Clairefontaine training base to make way for the men’s team, ahead of a friendly against Bolivia.
This blatant relegation suggests the comfort of Kylian Mbappe and Paul Pogba ahead of a friendly, building up to a Euro 2020 qualifier next week, is more important than continuity for the women ahead of the World Cup – and their own final warm-up friendly.
Didier Deschamps.Credit:AP
With the most celebrated team in Women’s World Cup history, the United States, in a legal dispute with their federation over gender discrimination, including equal pay, it is no secret that much is still left to be desired in the way of tangible parity.
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