Opinion: Football needs more women like Stephanie Frappart
16 August 2019 |
10:09 am
Football, a man's game? For decades people said it. But women have been helping to shape the sport for ages. Now, Joscha Weber argues, it's time for this to become more apparent with people like Stephanie Frappart.
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