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IOC Says Adding Women's Football Teams for Gender Parity Too Costly

Jul 28, 2024, 04:32 PM

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stated that it is too costly to add four women's football teams to achieve gender parity at the Olympics. This decision, reported by Sky News, has been criticized as undermining the IOC's advocacy for full gender equality. The IOC explained that increasing the number of women's teams could lead to requests from other team sports, impacting the cost, complexity, size, and sustainability of the Games.