The UK and different main European governments have known as on FIFA and unbiased broadcasters to “quickly reach an agreement” for the way the Women’s World Cup will probably be televised in July and August.
The joint assertion comes weeks after Gianni Infantino, the top of FIFA, threatened to not present this 12 months’s event in 5 European nations – the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – in a row over cash.
Mr Infantino claimed broadcasters had provided FIFA between $1m (£800,000) and $10m (£8m) for the rights, in contrast with $100m (£80m) to $200m (£160m) for the boys’s World Cup.
The governments from the 5 nations embroiled within the row have now mentioned in a press release: “We, as sports ministers of European countries whose women’s national football teams have qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in Australia and New Zealand, from the 20th of July to the 20th of August 2023, have acknowledged with concern that until now, no television rights have been attributed for the matches broadcasting in our countries.”
“We are convinced that the media coverage of the Women’s World Cup will be decisive in improving the global visibility of women’s sports in our European countries. Media exposure to women’s sports has indeed a highly significant impact on the development of women’s and young girls’ sports practices,” the assertion provides.
The governments have additionally mentioned they really feel it’s their duty to “fully mobilise all stakeholders, for them to quickly reach an agreement”.
Source: information.sky.com”