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A senior Football Australia executive has backed the Matildas’ demands for pay parity for female players and improvements to the FIFA prizemoney gap, as disputes between some teams and national federations threaten to derail their Women’s World Cup campaigns.

Glow Capital, the investment house run by former Quadrant Private Equity deal maker Justin Ryan, has closed its first deal after acquiring a controlling stake in Melbourne-headquartered clothing supplier Cargo Crew.

A proposal for a $3 billion green hydrogen project in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia will be unveiled on Tuesday, with strong participation from two Indigenous communities that will have significant direct stakes in the venture.

Deloitte chief executive Adam Powick has told a Senate inquiry the consulting sector operates without clear oversight and misconduct reporting rules, as he conceded in a fiery exchange that he was not worth a salary that is seven-times the prime minister.

FanCode has acquired the digital rights of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 from 1Stadia and will livestream all the matches across India on its digital platform. As per the company, the matches can be watched on FanCode’s mobile app, TV app available on Android TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Jio STB, Samsung TV, Airtel XStream, OTT Play and on the FanCode website.

FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 will kick off this week. FOX Sports family of networks, the official English-language broadcast partner in the United States, will be airing the 2023 Women's World Cup competition. The matches will be broadcast on FOX, FS1, FOXSports.com, and the FOX Sports App. Along with game highlights and analysis, FOX also offers standings, club and individual statistics, and more.

BBC reported. The report said that the mysterious object can be part of the recently launched Chandrayaan-3. "We want to reassure the community that we are actively engaged in a collaborative effort with various State and Federal agencies to determine the object's origin and nature," police said in a statement.

In just a short 10 years, sustainable finance has ballooned. Once viewed by boards as an outlier, it is now central to investment and strategy discussions in boardrooms globally.

The executive chairman of a venture capital firm that marketed services to rich prospective migrants had been branded not “fit and proper” by a court to oversee his deceased mother’s estate.

It’s one step forward, two steps back at Betr, the News Corp-backed wagering group, where a Barrenjoey-advised sales process has stalled.

The assistant coach of Sam Kerr’s Women’s Super League team Chelsea says the star striker has developed an unexpected capacity to lead young players that will likely benefit the Matildas.

Jack Gance, the billionaire businessman behind Chemist Warehouse, says the board of Bubs has no plan and no chief executive, warning the brand’s value could be “lost in almost the blink of an eye”.

Solar and wind are still the cheapest form of new-build power generation in Australia, but supply chain issues since the pandemic have pushed up the costs of all power sources, according to a new report.

It had to happen one day. Novak Dkojovic would meet his Novak Djokovic. Tennis’s most stubborn champion would encounter a contender who was respectful but unshaken, who wasn’t rattled by his legend, or endurance, or head games, and would rise to the moment, unabashedly, as a young Djokovic once did, long ago.

The collections are 15% more than Mission: Impossible Fallout, reports Deadline. Globally, Mission: Impossible 7 has had the biggest opening weekend as compared to other M:I franchise movies. These results are from 35 international markets, including India, Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Netherlands, Scandinavia and the UK.

Good Morning Britain' on Fridays due to a cancellation by ITV. This is part of a larger restructuring that also involves the cancellation of shows like This Morning and Loose Women. However, there is a positive aspect to this news. Fans of Lorraine can look forward to an extended show as these programmes are being replaced by coverage of the Women's World Cup, which Lorraine will host. The morning shows will take a back seat due to the early kick-off times of the World Cup matches in the UK. The tournament is being held in Australia and New Zealand. The opening match between Norway and New Zealand will take place on Thursday, followed by games involving the Lionesses, China, Denmark, and others. The final is scheduled for August 20, with the knockout stage starting on August 5. If England wins, it will be their second consecutive major tournament victory, with the first being the Euro success. 53-year-old coach Sarina Wiegman expressed her excitement and mentioned that the team is in a good place. She emphasized that they are working hard. Wiegman wants everyone to be fit and well-prepared when the tournament begins.

Patanjali Foods on Monday said Rajiv Jain-led GQG Partners and a few other investors bought 2.15 crore shares or 5.96% stake in the company on July 14. The stocks were bought through the stock exchange settlement process by the way of offer for sale (OFS).

 

Another major bank in Australia has said it will block certain cryptocurrency platforms, citing high levels of scam risk in the industry.

While speaking to Indian Express, the former cricketer said that the BCCI should ask questions to Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid for taking wrong calls in the final. He said, “The selectors and board should be asking questions, ‘Why did you field first (at WTC final)? Okay, it was explained at the toss that it was overcast and all. The question after that should be, you didn’t know about Travis Head’s weakness against the short ball?”, Sunil Gavaskar said. Rohit Sharma had earlier pointed out that the Indian Cricket team needed more time for preparation, atleast 20-25 days. Gavaskar dismissed the claim saying that it’s the senior guys themselves who avoid travelling in advance for preparations since they know there’s no threat to their spot in the team.

Corporate Travel Management will employ its fourth chief financial officer in as many years, following the resignation of another top number cruncher from the $2.9 billion business travel specialist.