WAFCON final: Women's sport seeks greater recognition

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: صورة توثق لحظة احتفال لاعبات المنتخب المغربي بعد تسجيلهن هدفا. © أ ف ب 10:58 Issued on: 16/08/2026 - 15:00Modified: 16/08/2026 - 15:00 The Women's Africa Cup of Nations final takes place tonight in Rabat, with Malawi facing Cameroon in a historic showdown. Speaking to FRANCE 24, sports journalist Charlotte Richardson discussed the growing popularity of women's sport, but also the persistent gaps in media coverage, funding and infrastructure compared with men's competitions. She also highlighted the WAFCON's last-minute postponement earlier this year, saying such a decision would be unthinkable in men's football. Keywords for this article