Australia in rallying call for equality ahead of World Cup

SYDNEY – Australia’s Matildas urged FIFA on Monday to help close international football’s gender pay gap, while calling on more countries to strike collective bargaining agreements to make the women’s game “as big as it can be”.

In a team video message ahead of the Women’s World Cup, the side highlighted a general lack of equal pay conditions for women’s teams globally.

“Seven hundred and thirty-six…