Thousands of fans traveling to France this month for the Rugby World Cup may be waylaid by plans for several strikes during the tournament, which starts this weekend.
FIFA World Cup: Women Who Travel Podcast
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As the FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand draws to a close, we share conversations with two women who've had very different experiences with the tournament over the years: Australian Broadcasting Company's sportscaster and host of The Ticket, Tracey Holmes, who spent her career covering numerous Olympics and World cups, and Nicole Barnhart, goalkeeper of The Washington Spirit and, unsurprisingly, a super traveler for the sport.
Lale Arikoglu: I'm Lale Arikoglu, and welcome to another episode of Women Who Travel.
Speaker 2: Cohost Australia have started this home World Cup with a victory-
LA: We're a few days shy from the end of the FIFA World Cup, taking place at stadiums all over Australia and New Zealand.
Tracey Holmes: The actual colors of this World Cup has been so beautifully done. It's been orchestrated by, uh, designers in both Australia and New Zealand, incorporating the colors of the land and the ocean, the forest, the deserts. So, it's a beautiful color palette, and there's beautiful merchandise using these colors, and beautiful posters and flags close to the venues.
LA: Whoever you supported, however you watched the matches, or if you found it frustratingly hard to access the matches, you're probably aware there were major shocks, wildly unexpected wins, and everything in between.
23 nations played in the 2023 FIFA tournament. That's a lot of traveling. We'll be talking to an Australian sports and politics reporter about how the tournament impacted her country.
TH: I'm not parochial. I'm not a fan. I don't support one team over any other. I love talking to the people that have come from everywhere and just getting their responses and how they're soaking up the atmosphere, the stories.
LA: And later, we'll hear from an American goalkeeper.
Nicole Barnhart: Unfortunately, you are going to go into some games where you're not feeling your best.
LA: About what it's like to play in intense international competitions after you've flown huge distances and multiple timezones.
TH: I don't so much care who wins the World Cup, and in particular, matches, who's gonna emerge victorious or not.
LA: That's Tracey Holmes, who's based in Sydney. She's been an anchor for Australian TV and radio traveling the globe, covering 14 Olympic Games and other major international events. So it's new to her to be telling stories about her own home. My conversation with Tracey was soon after kickoff.
TH: I was in Brisbane the other day and I went to a match between England, who are one of the pre-tournament favorites, and Haiti, one of the newcomers. And that was just a contrast itself
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