Women's football: Passion versus profit
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The Euros 2022 saw the Lionesses finally ‘bring it home’ - the excitement and crowd numbers showed there was a huge demand for women’s football. Ahead of the Women’s 2023 World Cup this documentary explores whether opportunities for women have changed. What is the state of play for women’s football around the globe?
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| 0:00.0 | Match of the day, Africa Top 10 is the new podcast from the BBC World Service discussing all things African football. |
| 0:06.7 | Join me, Gabriel Zakwani and two players who know finger to about competing on the international stage. |
| 0:12.4 | Hi, yeah, yeah, to me, yeah. |
| 0:13.8 | And F&K. |
| 0:15.2 | As we try to choose a winner in our African football top 10s, |
| 0:18.7 | from the best African defenders to the greatest World Cup moments. |
| 0:23.8 | That's Match of the Day, Africa Top 10. |
| 0:26.8 | Find it wherever you get your BBC podcast. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome to the documentary Women's Football Passion vs Profit from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Ival Mackin in England. |
| 0:40.0 | And I'm Katie Hoey in Canada. |
| 0:42.0 | Over the next hour, we'll be hearing from girls and young women around the globe |
| 0:47.0 | who are passionate about soccer. |
| 0:49.0 | I started playing football whenever I started walking. |
| 0:53.0 | My first kick of the ball was in the back yard and that was it. |
| 0:57.0 | So I just fell in love with it. |
| 0:59.0 | When I was 10, I told my mum that my biggest dream was to play in the men's French national team |
| 1:04.0 | because I couldn't possibly imagine myself as a female footballer. |
| 1:08.0 | I was like, what's the best? |
| 1:10.0 | I was like, what's the best? |
| 1:12.0 | I was like, what's the best? |
| 1:14.0 | I was like, what's the best? |
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