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Players plan lawsuit over women's World Cup surface

German soccer star Birgit Prinz walks off the pitch to supporters after her substitution during her farewell match between German national soccer team and FFC Frankfurt in Frankfurt (Reuters) - Lawyers representing 40 top women's soccer players challenged FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) on Friday by saying they would file a lawsuit against them over staging next year's women's World Cup in Canada on artificial turf. Players from Germany, Brazil, Spain and the United States are among those claiming that the use of artificial turf instead of grass for the June 5-July 6 event is discriminatory, given the men's World Cup is always played on grass. Their lawyers had given FIFA a Friday deadline to open discussion or face an imminent lawsuit in a Canadian court. ...




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