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[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES: Argentina will host the Under-20 World Cup from May 20 to June 11, FIFA said Monday, after taking the tournament from Indonesia just weeks before kick-off.  Having been awarded hosting rights, Argentina will also participate in Indonesia's place. The team had failed to qualify on merit.  "FIFA is delighted to announce that this year's edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup will take place in Argentina, as the home of the world champions opens its doors to tomorrow's superstars of world football," FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a statement.  FIFA withdrew hosting rights from Indonesia last month after protests Israel's participation the tournament.  Indonesia and Israel do not have formal diplomatic relations, and support for the Palestinian cause in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation runs high.  Argentina put itself forward as an alternative host, and FIFA conducted an on-site inspection of facilitie...

[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES: In Argentina, a country obsessed with football and the proud holder of three World Cup titles, women have yet to be fully welcomed into the beautiful game. With some recent social advances for women in the overwhelmingly Catholic South American country – with elective abortion legalized in 2020 – the game of Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona has slowly started to open up too. But progress has been slow. It was only four years ago, in 2019, that Argentine women's football was declared semi-professional – meaning players can make a partial living off the sport. It is not yet a career. "We suffer abuses and our rights are not respected," says the Pibas con Pelotas (Girls with Balls) organization of players and coaches fighting for equal treatment. With little money for women's soccer, "we continue to wear the clothing left over from male football and we do not have physical space or equipment for training," it states on its webs...