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Women's World Cup

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  1. rovertiger

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    England's Fifa Women's World Cup semi-final win over Australia was watched by more than seven million on BBC TV.

    Wednesday's historic match was the most watched of the tournament so far, with a peak audience of 7.3m and an additional 3.8m streams across BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online.

    There were also 2.7m requests on digital platforms for highlights and clips from the game.

    Sunday's final against Spain in Sydney at 11:00 BST will be shown on BBC One.

    Coverage will begin at 10:00 with live commentary also available on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

    Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo were on target in Sydney on Wednesday as the Lionesses claimed a 3-1 victory to become the first England team to reach a senior World Cup final since the men's side won the 1966 tournament on home soil.

    Coach Sarina Wiegman, who is the first coach to take two countries to the final of the tournament after leading the Netherlands to the 2019 showpiece, said reaching the decider was a "fairytale".

    The match also broke Australian broadcast records as it became the most watched television programme of any genre in the country since the existing rating system was established in 2001.

    According to viewing figures, it had an average audience of 7.13m and reached 11.15m Australians across the country.

    It beat the 2003 men's Rugby World Cup final, which had attracted an average audience of about 4m. Under the previous rating system, more than 8m watched Cathy Freeman win 400m gold at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
     
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66530873

    Sunday's World Cup winning team will be awarded £3,357,000 in prize money by Fifa, with the runners-up receiving £2,359,000.

    The winning team players will each pocket £211,277 and the runners-up, £152,600 each.

    A nice little earner!
     
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    It is but it's hugely less than what the men get, Argentina got $42m last year.
     
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    Men’s football brings in more money though hence the bigger reward for winning it.
     
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    Sure, but I don't know what the numbers look like. FIFA put up $440m for the men last year, $60m for the women, that's a big difference.
     
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    Spain's Queen Letizia will fly to Australia to attend Sunday's World Cup final in Sydney but no British royals will be present.

    England's Lionesses take on Spain in what is both teams' first final in the women's event.

    Football Association President Prince William will cheer on the England team from the UK, Kensington Palace said.

    It is understood he made the decision to avoid making long-distance flights for a very short stay in Australia.

    The prince has made tackling climate change one of his priorities and is believed to be concerned about the impact of such a journey.

    However, the Royal Spanish Football Federation confirmed that Queen Letizia and her 16-year-old daughter Infanta Sofia would go to the final.

    King Felipe is busy with other official duties and will not be joining them, it said in a statement.

    The federation added that the queen visited the team during training in June and gave a speech to players and coaching staff.
    Spanish royals 2-0 English royals
     
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    I'm sure Willy and Letizia could share a plane.
     
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    Perv
     
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    Isn’t she an American rapper?
     
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    I thought hiphop, but might have the wrong gender, I mean genre.
     
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    I feel like 'consider' is doing a lot of work here.

    'Consider' could just be a passing thought. It'd be a really interesting move and I wouldn't be against it but I'd also be very surprised.
     
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    Ye, she's definitely an outstanding manager in women's football and I'm sure there's a few in the men's game who are looking at her.

    I'd be pretty surprised if the next England Manager isn't Lee Carsley though. He's the only real obvious candidate.
     
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    England v Aus was the most viewed televised event in Australian history. Ever.
     
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    It’s certainly breaking down barriers, and pissing off all the right people in the process.
     
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    Doesn’t mean it brings in more money? Sponsorship deals and stuff like that is far greater for men’s than the women’s game and if you disagree you’re wrong.
     
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    Where did I disagree? Do you understand what sponsors pay for? Eyeballs. What do you think my post was pointing out?
     
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    I’m not getting into a back and forth with you like most of the forum as it’s tedious. I was simply pointing out to the poster who mentioned men getting far more money than women due to the amount of money the men’s game brings in even if it was the most watched game. Ever.
     
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    Ok to make it simple for you, the Matildas kit is far outstripping the mens in sales (that means money, by the way), the matches have been watched by a far greater proportion of the population than the mens (which means the rights for the next set of games have exploded in valuation, which again, means money), so I ask you again, what are the Matildas doing to earn less money than the men?

    It's fine to not get into a back and forth, as I agree this discussion is quite tedious whenever it comes up from people who don't actually know the numbers.
     
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