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When Brazil banned women from football

Girls from a football school play with a ball as the Brazilian women’s national football team train on the background, right, at the Granja Comary in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, on June 24, 2023, ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia/New Zealand 2023. (Photo: AFP)

BRASILIA: Dilma Mendes does not remember how many times she was arrested as a child. Her crime? Playing football in Brazil.

The country may be synonymous with the beautiful game, but it banned women from the sport for nearly four decades until 1979.

Ahead of Brazil’s opening match on Monday at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New…

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