[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