#spain-women

#spain-women

The library was to hold material relating to women's work, too. This year's centenary is an opportunity to celebrate the institution's unique holdings.

More than 500,000 tickets have been sold in record time, with all 11 concerts expected to be sold out, turning the Iberdrola Music venue into a tribute to Latin music.

Lauren Price's absence from the ring for nearly 13 months reflects the complex politics of boxing, where promoter decisions and financial negotiations often dictate fight opportunities.

The night of 6 September was one that will be remembered. When the attendance figure was announced at the Allianz Arena, a rapturous cheer erupted, the likes of which women's football in Germany had rarely experienced before: 57,762 fans had turned up to watch the Bundesliga opener between FC Bayern Women and Bayer 04 Leverkusen - a new record in German women's club football.

The board, which had echoes of Ireland's notorious Magdalene laundries, was overseen by Carmen Polo, the wife of the dictator Gen Francisco Franco. Originally founded in 1902 to stamp out sex work, in 1941, two years after the end of the Spanish civil war, its role was extended to clamp down on female behaviour that deviated from norms laid down by the Catholic church.

When I step onto the mat, I feel fear, but I remember the countless hours spent in training that helped unearth strength I didn't know I had.

Luis de la Fuente expressed 'total and absolute disgust' for the behavior of some Spanish fans, stating that 'any form of xenophobia, racism or disrespect' is absolutely unacceptable. He emphasized that 'violent people use football to carve out a space for themselves' and must be removed from society.

It pains me that a figure like Lamine had to go through that. The image Spain has projected is not the one I know. It's a disgrace. Lamine didn't deserve what he went through.

I am a Muslim, thank God. Yesterday in the stadium, we heard the chant 'whoever does not jump is a Muslim'. I know it was directed to the opposing team and nothing towards myself as a person, but as a Muslim myself this does not stop being a lack of respect and something we can't tolerate.

No. This depends on each individual, on each player's situation, but for me, being at Barça is the ultimate goal. It's my dream.

The arrival of this tournament marks Fifa's first attempt to dip a toe into women's club football. The quadrennial Women's Club World Cup, first mooted by Gianni Infantino in 2019, was projected to start this year but was postponed until January 2028. To fill the gap, they brought forward the introduction of this secondary competition that will act as an annual touch point for clubs across the world according to Fifa's director of elite women's football, Sarah Booth.