Celebrities back bid to boost women’s football in US
Natalie Portman, Serena Williams and Uzo Aduba join venture capitalists to set up professional women's soccer team in Los Angeles
21 July 2020 - 22:59
Bengaluru — American actress Natalie Portman and more than a dozen former US women's national team players have formed an ownership group to set up a professional women's soccer team in Los Angeles from 2022.
The new team, which has yet to be named, was announced by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) on Tuesday...
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