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Brazil Announces Equal Pay for Men's, Women's National Soccer Teams

The Brazilian soccer federation announced that the women's national team will receive equal daily payments and FIFA World Cup prize money proportions from this point forward, per sportswriter Grant Wahl:

Grant Wahl

Brazilian soccer federation president says its men's and women's teams will now receive same daily payments and same proportions of FIFA World Cup prize money moving forward. (Though total World Cup prize money remains much higher for men's WC than women's WC.) https://t.co/d6KAFlOcSK

Per BBC News, CBF President Rogerio Caboclo says the new policy has been in place since March.