Equal pay deal for Wales’ men and women soccer teams

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Players for Wales’ women and men senior groups will get the identical cash for the primary time beneath the phrases of a brand new equal pay settlement.

The deal was introduced Wednesday by the Football Association of Wales (FAW) and begins instantly. It covers the interval as much as and together with the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Women’s World Cup.

England’s senior gamers — women and men — have been paid the identical match payment for representing their nation since January 2020, whereas Ireland agreed an identical deal in August 2021.

“As a part of the FAW’s try in direction of equality, we at the moment are proud to announce that collectively, our males’s and girls’s groups have agreed to an equal pay construction for future worldwide matches,” a joint assertion launched by Wales women and men groups mentioned.

“We hope that this may permit future generations of girls and boys to see that there’s equality throughout Welsh worldwide soccer, which is essential for society as an entire.”