Fans are getting ready for the big game in spain too. The womens game there has seen an explosion in popularity, with the number of women players in federated leagues increasing by almost 200 from 2009 to 2022. Heres one of them. Translation the way they are showing us they are breaking down barriers time and time again the collective Bargaining Agreement a few years ago, the professionalisation of womens football, all this, and also the way they represent the values of sport for me and i think for all of us is a complete inspiration. Off the field during this competition, there have been serious conversations taking place about womens sport and its place in the world, including pay equality. The total prize pot for the womens world cup is 110 million thats a 300 increase from the 2019 tournament. But by comparison, its significantly lower than the 1140 million pot for the mens tournament in qatar last year. At the beginning of the competition, analysis by cnn found that female players
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and now the sport. we will start with some transfer news. arsenal have agreed a deal with chelsea for around £65 million for the forward kai havertz. chelsea bought him from bayer leverkeusen in 2020 for a deal worth around 71 million pounds. mikel arteta is looking to stregthen his squad arsenal had a second bid for west ham captain declan rice turned down this week. manchester city have agreed a deal with chelsea to buy mateo kovacic. the croatian midfielder willjoin the treble winners for an initialfee of £25 million with a further £5 million of potential add ons. kovacicjoined chelsea from real madrid in 2019. they re also getting rid of french midfielder n golo kante who has agreed to move to the saudi arabian champions al ittihad. his contract at stamford bridge expires at the end of the month. he helped leicester city win the premier league in 2016 before helping chelsea win the premier league, champions league, and the fa cup. jose mourinho has been banned forfou
we ll look ahead to what could be a defining week at the top of the table. after protesters disrupted the world snooker championship, we ll tell you how security s being stepped up at the crucible. i ll be very surprised if the protocols that were in place at the crucible yesterday are in place today. also coming up on sportsday before 7. how a special piece of kit s transforming how one woman s competing at this year s london marathon. we start tonight with the mountain chelsea have to climb if they re to salvage anything from this season. 2 0 down from the first leg, they need at least three goals against real madrid to remain in the champions league. a change of owner, half a billion pounds spent, yet another manager. nothing s transformed chelsea s fortunes so far as patrick geary reports. and so to chelsea s at last remaining bridge, the final road forward in a season of missed earnings runs through real madrid at stamford bridge but they have made things hard for themse