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Amateur female football players call out sexist comments ‘by older men’ after low-scoring grand final

Ebony Thompson and Karlee Anning train at least two nights a week, play 16 home and away games a year — more if they make…

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‘Sexist and misogynistic’ umpire abuse sees WA football club fined after failing to identify perpetrator

A Western Australian football club at the centre of ongoing allegations of racist and sexist behaviour has been fined $1,000 after failing to flush out…

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Embattled WA footy club in spotlight again after alleged sexist comment towards umpire

An embattled Western Australian football club has been ordered to pay up or identify a man who made a sexist comment to a female umpire,…

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Racist, sexist behaviour and ‘vulgar’ stripper comment prompts half of women’s football club to quit

More than half of a women’s football team in regional Western Australia has quit over what they describe as racist and sexist behaviour within their…

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