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☆ Putellas fit and ready to go for Spain's World Cup campaign - coach
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

"All players are available to play tomorrow," Vilda said via a translator at a media conference in Wellington on Thursday. "In the case of Alexia, it's optimising all the training sessions that we've had to have Alexia with us. "We are very careful with everything that we do and we're trying every possible means so that Alexia would be in condition to play tomorrow." The Barcelona midfielder is expected to be a key cog in Spain's third World Cup campaign where they are favourites to top Group C ahead of Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan. Spain were eliminated in the last 16 by eventual champions, the United States, in France in 2019, four years after failing to reach the knockout phase on their World Cup debut in 2015.

Persons: Johan Cruyff, Sant Joan Despi, FC Barcelona's Alexia Putellas, Ballon, Albert Gea, Alexia Putellas, Jorge Vilda, Putellas, Vilda, Alexia, it's, we've, Ian Ransom Organizations: Soccer, League, FC Barcelona, Benfica, FC Barcelona's, REUTERS, Costa, eventual, Thomson Locations: Spain, AUCKLAND, Costa Rica, Wellington, Barcelona, Zambia, Japan, United States, France, Melbourne

☆ Women's World Cup will win over the sceptics, says Infantino
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Soccer Football - The Best FIFA Football Awards - Salle Pleyel, Paris, France - February 27, 2023 FC Barcelona's Alexia Putellas winner of The Best FIFA Women’s Player award 2022 receives the trophy from FIFA president Gianni Infantino REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File PhotoAUCKLAND, July 19 (Reuters) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino said women's football has experienced incredible growth over the last 10 years and is confident that the World Cup will win over anyone who remains sceptical about the merits of the women's game. Infantino said if there was one sport where the women's game could compete with the men's it would be football. "I mean, it’s 50% of the population, women around the world, more or less, right?" FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura said a total of 1.375 million tickets had been sold across the tournament so far. The ninth edition of the Women's World Cup runs from July 20 through Aug. 20.

Persons: FC Barcelona's Alexia Putellas, Gianni Infantino, Sarah Meyssonnier, Infantino, It's, General Fatma Samoura, Amy Tennery, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Salle Pleyel, FC Barcelona's, Gianni Infantino REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, AUCKLAND, Australia, New Zealand, Auckland, Norway, Zealand

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