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Spain bid to host 2035 Women’s football WC

By AFP
March 29, 2025
Spains players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Womens World Cup final football match between Spain and England. — AFP
Spain's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup final football match between Spain and England. — AFP

MADRID: Spain will bid to jointly host the 2035 women´s football World Cup along with Portugal and Morocco, the Spanish football federation (RFEF) announced on Friday.

“There is no better way to raise the profile of women´s sport than by participating in the most important sporting event in the world, a FIFA World Cup. We are currently working on it,” RFEF president Rafael Louzan said on the sidelines of a conference in the University of Madrid.

The Spanish federation are bidding to restore the organisation´s image after several non-sporting scandals in recent years. Former president Luis Rubiales resigned in disgrace in September 2023 after forcibly kissing Women´s World Cup star Jenni Hermoso on the lips following Spain´s triumph in Sydney.