On the Road for the FIFA World Cup

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4.4 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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As the FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand draws to a close, we share conversations with two women who've had very different experiences with the tournament over the years: Australian Broadcasting Company's sportscaster Tracey Holmes, who spent her career covering numerous Olympics and World cups, and Nicole Barnhart, goalkeeper of The Washington Spirit and, unsurprisingly, a super traveler for the sport.

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0:00.0	I'm Lale Arakoglu and welcome to another episode of Women Who Travel.
0:15.1	No host, Australia, have started this home world Cup with a victory.
0:22.8	We're a few days shy from the end of the FIFA World Cup,
0:26.1	taking place at stadiums all over Australia and New Zealand.
0:32.0	The actual colours of this World Cup has been so beautifully done.
0:36.2	It's been orchestrated by designers in both Australia and New Zealand,
0:41.0	incorporating the colours of the land and the ocean, the forest, the deserts.
0:46.4	So it's a beautiful colour palette.
0:48.6	And there's beautiful merchandise using these colours
0:51.4	and beautiful posters and flags close to the venues.
0:55.2	Whoever you supported, however you watched the matches, or if you found it frustratingly hard
1:00.6	to access the matches, you're probably aware there were major shocks, wildly unexpected
1:05.8	winds and everything in between.
1:07.8	Brazil!
1:08.3	Yeah, Leo! everything in between.
1:26.1	23 nations played in the 2023 FIFA tournament.
1:28.6	That's a lot of travelling.
1:32.3	We'll be talking to an Australian sports and politics reporter about how the tournament impacted her country.
1:35.1	I'm not parochial. I'm not a fan.
1:37.3	I don't support one team over any other.
1:40.2	I love talking to the people that have come from everywhere and just getting their responses
1:46.6	and how they're soaking up the atmosphere, the stories.
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