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This newsletter looks at Fifa?s new competition, which takes place in London this week and has a $2.3m prize fund
This week London will take centre stage as the inaugural Women?s Champions Cup, the brand-new club competition in women?s football, comes to its conclusion. Four continental champions ? Arsenal, Gotham FC, Corinthians and AS Far ? will meet in Brentford on Wednesday for a place in the final, which will be held at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
With $2.3m (?1.68m) in prize money and a shiny new trophy on the line, it is far from insignificant for the teams involved. For the wider public, however, there remains a lack of understanding about what it really is and how it came to be introduced into an already crowded football space.
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This week London will take centre stage as the inaugural Women?s Champions Cup, the brand-new club competition in women?s football, comes to its conclusion. Four continental champions ? Arsenal, Gotham FC, Corinthians and AS Far ? will meet in Brentford on Wednesday for a place in the final, which will be held at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
With $2.3m (?1.68m) in prize money and a shiny new trophy on the line, it is far from insignificant for the teams involved. For the wider public, however, there remains a lack of understanding about what it really is and how it came to be introduced into an already crowded football space.
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