By Andrew Aris, Spirit of Football Did you feel conflicted watching Spain win the World Cup on August 20th? I did. I was cheering for Spain’s incredible tiki-taka style of passing football that I just can’t help but love. At… [Read More]
Tag: Women’s Football
Inspirational Women at the Football for Good Forum in Sydney
During the second to last day of Festival23, on August 12, 2023, the Football for Good Forum was held in a collaborative space designed to communicate and embed the positive impact women’s football can have as a driver towards a… [Read More]
Spirit of Resilience – The Afghan National Women’s Team
By Sarah Van Vooren, Atoot Co-Founder, Equal Playing Field Ambassador and part of the Spirit of Football Family: One of the most powerful stories on the global football stage the past year and a half surrounds the extraordinary escape of… [Read More]
The Matildas go Waltzing on in the round of 16
‘Waltzing Matilda’ is a famous Australian folk song. The song originally to do with a sheep shearers strike in the 1890s is all about fighting for social justice. Waltzing is from the German term ‘auf der walz’ , which means… [Read More]
Football in the Rain with Betio Sports Group
After coming back from the outer island on June 27th, we jumped right into our next workshop. This time were joined by 20 young women and men from different sports teams in Betio. Generally, we had noticed during our workshops,… [Read More]
Women’s Football in Kiribati
June 24: There are many women in Kiribati who are just as football crazy as men. If encouraged and supported, women’s football in Kiribati can thrive! We had met some of the girls who play football in Betio the night… [Read More]
The Ball meets U19 Kulas
U19 Kulas – U19 Fiji National Football Women’s Team We were invited to present The Ball at the Fiji Football Association’s Annual Congress. After the President of the FFA (Rajesh Patel) and Fiji’s most famous ever footballer and Captain of… [Read More]
Mixed Fairplay Friendly at Bundesliga Common Ground in Jakarta
On May 18, our team held a mixed FairPlay Football Session a the Common Ground Field in Jakarta. We started out with a lot of kids from the local community around the field. The second session was with the Women’s… [Read More]
The Ball for Women’s Football @Jakarta
May 17: The Ball met the Indonesian U20 Women’s National Team Coach Yopi and his team are coaching talented girls of different ages to get them ready for the full national team. We were impressed by the enthusiasm and talent… [Read More]