"Australia Commits $200M to Women\u2019s Sports to Seize World Cup Momentum"

" Australia Commits $200M to Women\u2019s Sports to Seize World Cup Momentum \r\n\r\nAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced plans to invest $200 million in the country\u2019s women\u2019s sports infrastructure, meeting a funding plea made by Australian soccer captain Sam Kerr following the Matildas\u2019 run to the World Cup semifinals.\r\n\r\nThe $200 million will be invested through the Australian government\u2019s Play Our Way program to ensure that girls and women athletes in the country have their own facilities and gear instead of sharing with men\u2019s teams.\r\n\r\nThe funding will be available to all sports in Australia, where the women\u2019s soccer team recently set broadcast viewership records as it co-hosted the Women\u2019s World Cup alongside New Zealand in the highest-attended WWC of all time.\r\n\r\n\u201cToo often women and girls are changing in men\u2019s bathrooms, wearing hand-me-down boys uniforms, playing with men\u2019s equipment on poor fields that boys\u2019 teams wouldn\u2019t train on,\u201d Australia\u2019s Sports Minister Anika Wells said following the funding announcement.\r\n\r\nAllotted funding will be determined by an expert advisory panel formed by the government, and applications to apply for funding will open in early 2024, according to the Australian Broadcast Corporation. Kerr said, \u201cWe need funding in our grassroots. We need funding everywhere,\u201d after Australia\u2019s World Cup semifinals loss to England on Wednesday.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe Matildas have given us a moment of national inspiration,\u201d Albanese said Friday. \u201cThis is about seizing that opportunity for the next generation, investing in community sporting facilities for women and girls around Australia.\u201d"

"Australia Commits $200M to Women\u2019s Sports to Seize World Cup Momentum"

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