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June 5, 2008

Female Football Players Don't Have Balls

by Gerd von der Lippe, Eurozine, Austria - You need balls to play football. So it is obvious that being a girl just won't do as far as the guys are concerned, says Gerd von der Lippe in a devastating critique of the state of affairs in the reporting and support of women's football in Norway.

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