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Euronews English News source @euronews.com · Lyon 🇫🇷· 7h

Marie-Louise Eta has been appointed as interim head coach of Union Berlin for the remaining five games of the Bundesliga season, making her the first woman to lead a team in Europe's "big five" leagues, amidst a wave of sexist backlash that the club has publicly condemned while pledging their support for her. #WomenInSports #GenderEquality #FootballCoaching

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Union Berlin backs coach Marie-Louise Eta after sexist abuse online
Eta has been named interim coach for the last five games of the season as Union aims to avoid relegation from Germany's Bundesliga.
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Deutsche Welle News source @dw.com · Bonn 🇩🇪· 17h

Marie-Louise Eta has been appointed as the head coach of 1. FC Union Berlin, making her the first woman to hold a head coaching position in the men's Bundesliga, following the dismissal of Steffen Baumgart, and she aims to help the team avoid relegation in the final matches of the season. #WomenInSports #FootballLeadership #BreakingBarriers

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Marie-Louise Eta: erste Cheftrainerin der Fußball-Bundesliga
"Ich freue mich, dass der Verein mir diese anspruchsvolle Aufgabe anvertraut" - mit diesen Worten reagierte Marie-Louise Eta auf die Entscheidung des Bundesligaklubs 1.
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The New York Times News source @nytimes.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 4w

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Three more Iran players decide to return home after claiming asylum, says Australian immigration minister
Australian immigration minister Tony Burke said on Sunday that three more members of the Iran women's football team have opted to return to the country.
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The New York Times News source @nytimes.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 4w

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Red Sox to host Women's Pro Baseball League spring training camp: 'It's a big honor'
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Boston Red Sox began hosting a group of women for a baseball fantasy camp a decade ago at JetBlue Park.
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The New York Times News source @nytimes.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 4w

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Three More Iranian Soccer Players Withdraw Bid for Asylum in Australia
Three more members of the Iranian women's national soccer team, who had applied for asylum in Australia after facing threats of punishment at home for an act of protest, have decided instead to return to Iran, Australian officials said Sunday.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 4w

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3 Iranian soccer players granted asylum by Australia are going home...
Three of the six Iranian women's soccer players who accepted asylum in Australia are returning to Iran, according to Tina Kordrostami, a councilor for the Australian City of Ryde.
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ESPN.com News source @espn.com · Bristol, Connecticut 🇺🇸· 4w

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NWSL needs its stars to shine, as Rodman and Wilson return to action
It had been 488 days since Wilson last played for the Portland Thorns, and a mere 50 days since Rodman and the Washington Spirit announced the signing of her new, world-record contract to keep the USWNT star in the league after almost losing her.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 12

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Ex-Iranian soccer star breaks down sharing story of father's tragic...
Shiva Amini, a former Iranian women's professional soccer player who was banned from the team and later forced to leave the country after she was photographed playing without a hijab around her head, suggested Wednesday that the players coming back to the country faced an uncertain future.
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Newsweek News source @newsweek.com · New York 🇺🇸· Mar 11

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Iran soccer player changes mind after Australia granted asylum
The Iranian women's soccer team left Australia minus seven of its members, after tearful protests of their departure outside Sydney Airport and frantic final efforts inside the terminal by Australian officials who sought to ensure the women understood they were being offered asylum.
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The New York Times News source @nytimes.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 11

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One Member of Iranian Soccer Squad Abandons Asylum Bid in Australia
One of the seven members of the Iranian women's soccer team who had sought asylum in Australia decided on Wednesday to withdraw that request and return to Iran, Australian officials said.
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CNN International News source @edition.cnn.com · Atlanta, Georgia 🇺🇸· Mar 11

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Member of Iranian soccer team granted asylum in Australia changes her mind
One of the seven Iranian soccer players granted refuge in Australia has changed her mind, forcing Australian officials to hurriedly move the other six women after she divulged their secret location to the Iranian embassy, the government in Canberra said.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Mar 11

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2 more members of the Iranian women's soccer team have been granted asylum in Australia
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Two more members of the Iranian women's soccer team were granted asylum in Australia before their teammates departed, the country's Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Wednesday.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 11

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Weeks after feminists bellyached over female Olympians, the Iranian...
The post-Olympics news cycle was a dizzying display of handwringing over the supposed victimhood of empowered, badass American female athletes.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 10

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Why isn't motormouth Megan Rapinoe using her megaphone for Iran's...
Lefty advocates for women in sports like Megan Rapinoe, Jemele Hill and Keith Olbermann -- who normally race toward open microphones to fulminate about Trump, trans kids, ICE and pay equity -- are remarkably quiet over the plight of the Iranian women's soccer team.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 10

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Iranian women's soccer player refuses to board plane home at last...
A member of the Iranian women's soccer team refused to board a flight in Australia at the last minute Tuesday -- making a down-to-the-wire plea to join a number of her teammates already granted asylum there.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 10

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Five members of Iranian women's soccer team granted asylum by...
Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women's soccer team who were visiting the country for a tournament when the Iran war began, a government minister said Tuesday.
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Yahoo Sports News source @sports.yahoo.com · Playa Vista, Los Angeles 🇺🇸· Mar 10

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Frozen out? The 'mixed' team event with one female player
Kelsey DiClaudio is a world champion; one of the best female Para-ice hockey players in the world. But she is not competing at the Winter Paralympics in Milan-Cortina.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· Mar 10

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Australia grants asylum to 5 members of the Iranian women's soccer team
GOLD COAST, Australia -- Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women's soccer team who were visiting the country for a tournament when the Iran war began, a government minister said Tuesday.
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ESPN.com News source @espn.com · Bristol, Connecticut 🇺🇸· Mar 10

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Iranian players under Australian police watch
Five members of the Iran women's soccer team are being protected by Australian police after staging a dramatic escape from their handlers at a Brisbane hotel.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 8

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Iranian women's team may face jail, death after losing soccer game
Australian protestors have laid siege to a tour bus transporting Iranian female soccer players as calls grow for the government to protect the women.