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FIFA Boss Says Equal Prize in Women’s World Cup Wouldn’t ‘Solve Anything’

‘CONVINCE US MEN’

He said the demands were a “slogan.”

FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the Women’s World Cup semi-final between Australia and England in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 16, 2023.
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Friday that giving the soccer Women’s World Cup equal prize money to that of its male counterpart “would not solve anything” and dismissed demands for the move as a “slogan.”

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