(Reuters) – Barclays has signed a brand new three-year deal to sponsor the Women’s Super League (WSL) and Championship as a part of a record funding for women’s sport in Britain, England’s Football Association (FA) stated on Wednesday.
Banking group Barclays will make investments greater than 30 million kilos ($39.84 million) in women’s and ladies’ soccer from 2022 to 2025, doubling the present funding when it turned the title sponsor of the WSL in 2019.
Barclays can even develop into the primary title sponsor of the second-tier Championship from the 2022-23 season for three years and improve funding into grassroots improvement as a part of the deal.
“Barclays have performed a vital position in the expansion of women’s and ladies’ soccer, so it is good news that they’re committing to a brand new record funding in the women’s and ladies’ pyramid till 2025,” stated Kelly Simmons, FA director of the women’s skilled recreation.
“The FA Women’s Championship performs a pivotal position in the continuing improvement of the pyramid construction and the credible historical past and affiliation to soccer that Barclays has will make the league even stronger.”
This yr, the BBC and Sky Sports agreed a three-year, multimillion-pound deal to broadcast WSL video games from the 2021-22 season.
The WSL started as an eight-team, semi-professional league in 2011 and is now an all-professional 12-team division, whereas the Championship, known as WSL 2 previous to the 2018-19 season, beforehand had 10 groups however is now a 12-team league.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru)
