• ‘Football’s little ladies’: Brazilian girls prepare for future Women’s World Cups

    ‘Football’s little ladies’: Brazilian girls prepare for future Women’s World Cups
    Daminhas da Bola cuts through the engrained sexism of Brazilian society and trains tomorrow’s football superstarsThaissan Passos grew up playing football with her male cousins on the streets of the Beira-Mar favela in Duque de Caxias, a city in Rio de Janeiro’s sprawling suburbs. When the boys progressed to proper practice, she wanted to join too – but the football club wouldn’t take girls.“I was so frustrated,” recalls the 37-year-old, wiping away tears as sh

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