Fifa Women's World Cup
Fifa resolves TUI Cruises dispute over unlicensed World Cup coverage
Fifa, football’s global governing body, has resolved a legal dispute with TUI Cruises that centred on the operator’s live transmissions of the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 Women’s World Cup.
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Fifa launches Dutch ITT for Women’s World Cup rights
World football’s governing body Fifa has opened an invitation to tender for media rights in the Netherlands to the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Optus acquires rights for 2023 Women’s World Cup
Telco Optus has acquired the exclusive media rights in Australia for the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup, which is being jointly hosted by the country and New Zealand
Ex-Ironman and Sportfive executive Beeche appointed CEO of 2023 Women’s World Cup
Fifa has announced the appointment of former Ironman and Sportfive executive David Beeche as the chief executive of the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Fifa to explore possibility of biennial World Cups
World football’s governing body Fifa has approved a request to study staging the World Cup and Women’s World Cup on a biennial basis, and has also brought its latter national team tournament in line wit…
Saudi Arabia proposes biennial men’s and women’s World Cups
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation has a requested a feasibility study to be carried out on the possibility of playing the Fifa men’s and women’s World Cups every two years instead of every four yea…
Fifa issues media rights ITTs in 2023 Women’s World Cup host countries
Fifa has opened two invitations to tender for the media rights in Australia and New Zealand to the 2023 Women’s World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the two countries.
Fifa launches Polish media rights tenders for men’s and women’s World Cups
Fifa, football’s global governing body, has opened invitations to tender in Poland for the media rights to the 2023 Women’s World Cup and the 2026 edition of the men’s tournament.
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Fifa Congress poised to determine Women’s World Cup hosts
The 211-member Fifa Congress is expected to appoint the future hosts of the Fifa Women’s World Cup, rather than the world governing body's Fifa Council.
Eurovision Sport urges members to set targets for women’s sports coverage
The sports arm of the consortium of European free-to-air broadcasters has said women’s sport represents a ‘unique commercial opportunity’ for its members and is urging them to lock in gains made in the sector before the Covid-19 pandemic. Ben Cronin reports
Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023 appoints two COOs
Fifa has appointed two chief operating officers for the Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand.
Fifa launches ITTs in sub-Saharan Africa for men’s and women’s World Cups
World football’s governing body Fifa has launched a pair of invitations to tender for broadcast rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the the 2022 and 2023 instalments of its men’s and women’s World Cups, respe…
Fifa back in Italian market with 2022 World Cup rights tender
Fifa, world football’s governing body, has launched concurrent invitation-to-tender processes in Italy for both the men’s and women’s iterations of its World Cup tournaments.
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YLE retains Women’s World Cup rights in Finland
Finnish public-service broadcaster has acquired rights to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, the only rights-holder in the Nordic region to do so following Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s capture of …
Murray Barnett | Five reasons why the future’s bright for women’s football
Murray Barnett, former chief commercial officer for World Rugby and head of partnerships for Formula 1, explains why women’s football is sure to recover the commercial momentum lost as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nent lands exclusive Women’s World Cup rights in three Nordic markets
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, the Stockholm-based media group, has acquired exclusive rights in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, which will take place in Australia a…
Belgium, Germany and Netherlands join for 2027 Women’s World Cup bid
The national football associations of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have announced that they are launching a joint bid for the 2027 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Sydney Olympics and Asian Cup laid groundwork for Women’s World Cup win, bid leader says
Hosting the Olympics in 2000 and the AFC Asian Cup in 2015 helped Australia develop expertise that was instrumental in winning the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup hosting rights along with New Zealand earlier t…