Stephanie Labbé is one of Canada’s best women soccer players. Two years ago, she was the goalkeeper for Canada’s bronze-medal winning Olympic soccer team in Rio. After the games, Labbé wanted to keep playing professionally in Canada, but there are no professional women’s teams.
Soccer governing body FIFA has spent months examining allegations of corruption into the runup of Russia and Qatar’s successful bids to win the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Now it’s said there was no serious corruption — a claim even its own investigator finds incredible.
At the World Cup in Brazil, the pitches took a beating. But Brazil had a secret to beat that foot traffic and slide tackling — hardy, perennial ryegrass seed from Manitoba, Canada. Why wouldn’t Canada have provided it to its own Women’s World Cup?At the World Cup in Brazil, the pitches took a beating. But Brazil had a secret to beat that foot traffic and slide tackling — hardy, perennial ryegrass seed from Manitoba, Canada. Why wouldn’t Canada have provided it to its own Women’s World Cup?