The England women’s crew will swap their white shorts for blue, the Football Association (FA) stated on Monday, after gamers voiced concerns about enjoying in white on their period.
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The England women’s crew will swap their white shorts for blue, the Football Association (FA) stated on Monday, after gamers voiced concerns about enjoying in white on their period.
While the FA didn’t present a purpose for the switch in its media launch, England ahead Beth Mead had stated final 12 months that the crew had spoken to official equipment producer Nike a few potential change as a result of white shorts had been “not practical when it’s the time of the month”.
European champions England will put on blue shorts for each their house and away kits for this month’s friendlies towards Brazil and Australia and on the Women’s World Cup, which shall be held in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to Aug. 20.
Women’s groups at Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion have since switched to navy and burgundy shorts, respectively, whereas the Ireland women’s rugby crew additionally introduced a change to navy blue shorts final month.
The concern of women athletes carrying white clothes was additionally introduced up eventually 12 months’s Wimbledon tennis championships when feminine gamers spoke concerning the anxiousness of being compelled to put on white on their period.
The grasscourt Grand Slam will make an exception to its strict all-white costume code and permit feminine gamers to put on darkish colored undershorts from this 12 months’s event.
