Female footballers deserve equal pay, says German chancellor after Euro run

Germany's women would have received 60,000 each if they had won European Championships, while the men would have received 400,000

German chancellor Olaf Scholz has made a push for equal pay for female international footballers after the team made it to the final of the recent European Championships.

My position on this is clear," Scholz said after a meeting on Tuesday with the German Football Association (DFB) to discuss the issue. We talked about how we can continue to help more girls and women get excited about football. Of course, the wages at such tournaments play a major role in this," he said.