England’s Football Association (FA) stated on Wednesday that Barclays has signed a brand new three-year deal to sponsor the Women’s Super League (WSL) and championship as a part of a report funding for the ladies’s sport in Britain.
Banking conglomerate Barclays will make investments greater than £30 million (US$39.84 million) in girls’s and ladies’ soccer from 2022 to 2025, doubling the present funding when it turns into the title sponsor of the WSL in 2019.
Barclays can even turn into the primary title sponsor of the second-tier championship for 3 years from the 2022-23 season and can improve funding in grassroots improvement as a part of the deal.
“Barclays has been instrumental in the development of women’s and girls’ football, so it is great news that they are committed to investing a new record in the women’s and girls’ pyramid by 2025,” stated Kelly Simmons, FA Director Women’s skilled sport.
“The FA Women’s Championship plays an important role in the ongoing development of the pyramid structure and the credible history and association with football that Barclays has made has made the league even stronger.”
This yr, the BBC and Sky Sports agreed on a three-year, multi-million-pound deal to broadcast WSL video games from the 2021-22 season.
The WSL started in 2011 as an eight-team, semi-professional league and is now an all-professional 12-team division, whereas the championship, which was known as WSL 2 previous to the 2018–19 season, beforehand consisted of 10 There have been groups, however now there’s a 12-team league.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
