Gender equality

Spain players celebrate after scoring against Portugal during the Women’s Nations League group match on April 8. The Olympic women’s football tournament will have 16 teams while the men’s will have 12. — AP

FEMALE athletes will be in the majority at an Olympics for the first time at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games thanks to a big win for women’s football.

The Olympic women’s football tournament will be bigger than the men’s edition for the first time in 2028, the International Olympic Committee decided on April 9, with 16 teams for women and now just 12 for men – flipping the gender imbalance at the Paris Olympics which had 16 men’s teams and 12 in the women’s tournament.