Brazil announces equal pay on national football teams

Now, Marta will earn as much as Neymar, which is one step forward in achieving equality in world football. Photo: AFP

Brazil's football federation announced on Wednesday it will pay men and women the same amount for representing the national team, one of the few countries to make such a pledge.

"The CBF has equalled the prize money and allowances between men's and women's football, which means the women players will earn the same as the men," said the federation's president Rogerio Caboclo.