FIFA faces potential action from women’s players over equal pay row ahead of World Cup

FIFA faces possible legal action from a group of women’s players should they not receive proportionately equal prize money to the male players at next summer’s World Cup in Brazil. The development follows a letter, which The Athletic has seen and verified, sent to FIFA this September, which seeks parity in women’s payments and was jointly written by global players’ union FIFPRO and representatives from 45 nations. Signatories on the letter include players from world champions Spain, European cha