Rapinoe blasts lack of respect towards women's game ahead of World Cup final

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USA star Megan Rapinoe hit out on Saturday at the scheduling of the women's World Cup final on the same day as two major men's international finals and said FIFA president Gianni Infantino's pledge to double the prize fund for the tournament is not enough. "There are two other finals going on but this is the World Cup final, this is like, cancel-everything day," said the outspoken 34-year-old midfielder. Rapinoe was speaking 24 hours after Infantino hailed a "phenomenal" tournament in France and announced a set of proposals for the future of the women's game.

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