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Asia A record 30 nations have entered the AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers, including Saudi Arabia's debut in a major AFC women's age group tournament, reflecting growing commitment to women's football across Asia. buff.ly/6nUMvAG

Latin America Far-right politicians in Brazil and Colombia are co-opting national football jerseys as populist symbols, sparking debate over who owns shared cultural identity, and who gets left out. buff.ly/s34CKIT

Ghana 🇬🇭 A FIFA and UNFPA women's football campaign in Dabala, Ghana, has combined football with education on health, bodily autonomy and rights, empowering young female players on and off the pitch and showing how sport can advance girls' wellbeing. buff.ly/u3DzwXs

UK 🇬🇧 Londoners have shared harrowing accounts of racist abuse in daily life and at football. Victims speak of identity crises and lasting trauma, as Met Police report a 9% rise in racist hate crimes, with nearly 18,000 offences recorded. buff.ly/7L3SCjL

Global 🌐 The Confut conference in Newark, USA, has spotlighted women's football's power for social transformation, with panels on inclusion, empowerment, and Brazil's 2027 Women's World Cup, projected to generate R$8.8bn. buff.ly/1Y2mWVR

Mexico 🇲🇽 Mexico City's Chintololos adapted football team have shared their story at Diálogos PILARES, highlighting the progress and ongoing challenges in making sport fully inclusive for people with disabilities. buff.ly/aHoYbPU

Russia 🇷🇺 Pussy Riot activist Nika Nikulshina has recalled invading the 2018 World Cup final pitch to protest Putin's Russia. Now a political refugee in France, she describes years of imprisonment and exile that followed her act of courage. buff.ly/g8PJfrB

Guatemala 🇬🇹 A 2006 documentary has followed Guatemalan sex workers who form a football team to demand dignity and recognition, only to face institutional discrimination and an immediate ban from an independent football association. buff.ly/wOJWrzR

Canada 🇨🇦 Canada Soccer has launched the W Canadian Championship, a new women's football competition providing a domestic pathway to the 2027 Concacaf W Champions Cup and inaugural 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup. buff.ly/aRpICPa

Germany 🇩🇪 The inaugural Emanuel-Schaffer-Cup, run by schools and the Jewish Community, is honoring Israel's greatest football coach, a Holocaust survivor who fled Nazi Germany and led Israel to the 1970 World Cup, in a spirit of respect and tolerance. buff.ly/ocP4yNp

Australia 🇦🇺 New European Broadcasting Union & European Athletics guidelines are aiming to end sexualised camera coverage of women athletes. Australia's fragmented broadcasting codes fall short, and experts say it's time to catch up. buff.ly/TqyrYAc

Brazil 🇧🇷 A Brazilian magazine has featured the legacy of Sócrates, the Brazilian footballer and doctor who pioneered the Corinthian Democracy, a radical experiment in equal voting rights at a football club during Brazil's military dictatorship. buff.ly/ATGdul9

Ireland 🇮🇪 Ireland has maintained a record €4m investment in Women in Sport for 2026, funding participation, coaching, leadership & visibility across 47 National Governing Bodies via Sport Ireland. Over €30m invested since 2005. buff.ly/2mFRTF7

UK 🇬🇧 Princess Royal has visited Thailand & South Korea with Save the Children, championing inclusion through football and youth climate advocacy. A 15-year-old girl challenges gender norms: 'Playing football isn't about gender. It's about teamwork.' buff.ly/x9WbGE2

Turkey 🇹🇷 Turkish international Merih Demiral has visited the HQ of Ülkü Ocakları, Turkey's far-right Grey Wolves youth organisation, raising renewed human rights concerns following his Euro 2024 wolf-gesture suspension. buff.ly/DfeoSIc

Italy 🇮🇹 Italian councillor Gabriella Crovara has called for urgent action to save Spezia Calcio's women's team, warning that axing it following the men's relegation would constitute discrimination against women and harm girls' football. buff.ly/dpGc1Fu

Mexico 🇲🇽 Rodrigo 'Búfalo' Aguirre has become the first Liga MX player sent off under the 'Ley Prestianni', a FIFA rule targeting mouth-covering insults aimed at combating racism and abuse in football. buff.ly/Yh4PQmI

Germany 🇩🇪 Makkabi Deutschland, Germany's Jewish sports umbrella body, has united 9,300+ members in ~40 clubs, combats antisemitism, and has launched an anonymous reporting tool for incidents in sport. buff.ly/kuGtbHY

Brazil 🇧🇷 Niterói's Escola Popular Mangangá is offering free boxing to 70 young people aged 5 to 18, using sport to foster inclusion, self-esteem and community solidarity in marginalised favela communities since 2021. buff.ly/lke7BhN

Spain 🇪🇸 Spain's parliament has approved a motion urging stronger action against hate speech in sport, including better stadium protocols, digital monitoring, and support for women athletes and victims of racist abuse. buff.ly/n2HWILO