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A podcast dedicated to women's sports stories. Focusing on the MENA Region and its women's football.If you'd like to chat, don't hesitate to contact me:via email: the.supersubs@outlook.comor via the Podcast's Instagram Page: The Super Subs - Women's Sports
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The hidden history of the Women's Game. Women have been playing soccer since the 1800s. And it has always been political. Rapinoe is not the first to cause controversy. We'll explore everything we can find from the first female pro teams to the forgotten World Cups. For questions, thoughts and suggestions email me with Forgotten in the subject line: christophermcglynn@gmail.com
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[Season 2/Episode 2]: Shada Nasr; a journey of basketball glory
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The Super Subs is back for a second season with Assile Toufaily! The show was created in November 2022 to fill a gap in the Arab world: the absence of women’s sports dedicated platforms. For Episode 2 of Season 2, I welcomed one of my idols growing up in Lebanon, Shada Nasr, the goat of Lebanese women's basketball. At age 13, Shada Nasr Ghosn becam…
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[Season 2/Episode 1]: Ittihad Cub & The Rise Of Women's Football in Saudi Arabia
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The Super Subs is back for a second season with Assile Toufaily! The show was created in November 2022 to fill a gap in the Arab world: the absence of women’s sports dedicated shows. For this first episode of the new season, I was joined by two special guests: Myles Smith (assistant coach) and Haya Al-Jamal (team manager) from Al-Ittihad Club in Sa…
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The downfall of Safa Women's Team: What really happened?
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HELP US GROW BY SUBSCRIBING AND INTERACTING WITH THE EPISODES.One year after winning West Asian's Club Championship (WAFF) and the team's dissolution, I look back at these events with Nour Ghadban, Safa Women team's manager, to better understand what really happened.What were the REAL reasons behind the team's downfall? Get in touch with The Super …
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Who's in, who's not? Other news and things to watch for at the 2023 Women's World Cup. I sit down with Assile Toufaily, former Lebanon National Team Player and Host of the podcast Super Subs and Tom, all around footie fanatic, to talk about the tournament and some of the off the pitch stories which you may not have heard of. And of course we make o…
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The FIFA 2023 Women's World Cup starts on July 20th.32 teams will be competing for the title in Australia and New Zealand.In this episode, I welcomed Leen Abou Hamzeh, a former Lebanese Women's NT player and a Women's Football enthousiast, to talk about the World Cup's group stages, our tops and flops, USWNT's new blood, Morocco's run, and France's…
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Sarah Bakri: A Legend's Career comes to an end
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After more than 20 years of playing football, time has come for Sarah Bakri to hang her shoes.To thank her, I welcomed Sarah on the show to talk about her career, her best moments, the impact of the ACL injury on her retirement decision, the situation of women's football in Lebanon and many other topics.If you liked the episode, please help us out …
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Lebanese Football: failure after failure! What's next?
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No way to develop women's football in a country if the whole system is broken!In this new episode of the podcast, and after recent disappointing performances by the Lebanese Men's National Football Team, I had the pleasure to welcome the journalist, Ali Zeineddine, and the football agent, Fayez Fadda, on the show to discuss the current situation.حل…
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Football culture, Emotional Intelligence, and players' development
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In this new episode of the podcast, I welcome coach Wael Gharzeddine, Head of Women's Football department at Etihad Club in Jordan.With experiences in different countries around the globe, ranging from Australia to Lebanon, passing by Brazil, Spain and England, coach Wael is a football methodology expert.Listen to The Super Subs Podcast on Podeo, S…
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Women's Football in Lebanon: A Brief History
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In recent years, Women's Football in Lebanon has immensely developed. The youth national teams have won many regional championships, and many players have taken the pro step and are now playing abroad.But where did it all start?When was the first ever team created in Lebanon? when did we first participate in a regional tournament? who holds the rec…
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The true story of an amazing woman.
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Thank you Aya El Jurdi! A one of a kind defender
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On April 8, 2023, which marks her 25th birthday, Aya El Jurdi, the Lebanese football player, decided to hang up her boots.Why this early? What pushed Aya to take this decision? How did she announce it? How did her teammates and friends react?In this 17th episode of the podcast, Aya finally gave us an explanation.We also talked about her future plan…
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ACL injuries in women's football: a worrying situation
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In the last couple of years, more than 90 ACL injuries were recorded in the top tier of women's football. This is definitely a worrying number.In episode 16 of the podcast, I had a very informative talk with Elie Metni, the Lebanese national team physiotherapist, on the ACL injury, how it happens, the differences between female body and male body, …
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Women's Futsal in Lebanon: will it revive?
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In Lebanon, right before Covid, Women's Futsal was gaining popularity. The Women's national team took part in the Women's Asian Futsal Championship in 2018. Then, it all went down the hill. No more national league and no more participations for the national team?Why? What exactly happened?In episode 15, coach Maroun El Khoury gave us his version of…
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Women's Football assessment in Lebanon: where are we?
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Back when women's football was still building itself, only few journalists were there to cover the game and give credits to the female footballers. One of those journalists, the most devoted between them all, is Riad Omeirat.In this episode with Riad, we discussed the current situation of women's football in Lebanon. We talked about his favorite mo…
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On a football field, Dima combined classiness and intelligence
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I had the honor to sit down and chat with Dima Krayem, one of those intelligent football players I looked up to when I first started playing in Lebanon.From IC and AUB's football teams, passing by Al-Ansar over to captaining Athletico Sports Club, Dima Krayem was aiming for the stars. But her repetitive knee injuries and her belief that living out …
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In this episode (#12) of the podcast, Fayez Fadda and I dug into the heart of Lebanese Football and try to analyze why is the game slowly dying.Sports in Lebanon largely depend on politics and religion, but here we are months away from Lebanon's fourth participation at the Basketball World Cup while Lebanese football is struggling to survive.Why? W…
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Women's Football in Saudi Arabia with Riyan Al-Jidani
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In this 11th episode, Riyan Al-Jidani, a Women's Football expert, shared with me the reasons behind the game's fast growth in Saudi Arabia.During the episode, many subjects were discussed:- Is the Saudi Arabian society changing? is women's football now accepted in the society?- The Saudi Women's Premier League: the importance of having foreign play…
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Soldier, Player, Racer, Spy: The Untrue Story of the Hyena of the Gestapo... And the true one!!!
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Or the story of Josephine Baker's onetime girlfriend. Violette Morris was a famous footballer, athlete, and French war hero. She was later accused of being a Nazi Spy. She was definitely one of the most outspoken #LGBTQ women of the 1920's and 1930's. Nazi or not, she was a gifted athlete and pioneer of women's rights.…
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Mental health in the Lebanese sports world: are we there yet?
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In this tenth episode of the podcast, we had an awesome talk with Nathalie Jbeily, a Sport Psychologist and a former Basketball Player. We discussed many topics such as the importance of mental preparation for athletes, how to deal with burn out, the actual situation of mental health and performance in Lebanese sports, how athletes handle social me…
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Andrea Abi Saab - The face of Lebanese Women's Volleyball
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If Women's Football in Lebanon is passing through what might be considered as a development phase, Women's Volleyball is struggling to exist.In Episode 9, I sat down with Andrea Abi Saab, a member of the Lebanese Women's National Volleyball team and had a very pleasant and informative talk about the situation of women's volleyball in the country.An…
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Natalie Ghabayen between the football fields and the basketball courts!
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In this eighth episode, I had the opportunity to sit down with Natalie Ghabayen and discuss both women's football and women's basketball in Lebanon.Natalie is considered one of the few to have played both sports in Lebanon. In Basketball, she was an important member of many teams such as Sagesse, Champville, Antranik and Homentmen. In Football, she…
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Rana Mokdad and why Physical Fitness is crucial in Football!
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Rana Mokdad is without any doubt one of the most dedicated and hardworking girls in the Lebanese Football Community.From a young age, and unlike the majority of female footballers in Lebanon, she worked on the physical aspect of her game. She took it to a whole new level when she decided to do a masters in "Sports and Exercise Science" at the Techn…
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The 2022 Qatar Men's World Cup was considered by many as the best ever Men's World Cup.But what about Women's Football in Qatar? How's it going there? Where does the Qatari Women's National Team stand in the FIFA Ranking?In this sixth episode, I share with you the history of Women's Football in Qatar and its lack of development.--------------------…
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Samira Awad and the "no professionalism" in Lebanon
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After dedicating most of her life for football, Samira Awad had a decision to take: to stop or not to stop playing football?Due to the lack of opportunities/funding/visibility in the women's game in Lebanon, playing football cannot but remain a hobby for most of the girls. They find themselves obliged to mix football with their studies or their wor…
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Lebanese Female Footballers are touching the sky!
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From Pilar Khoury in France, passing by Nancy Tchaylian and Dima Kasty in Saudi Arabia to Haneen Tamim in the US, Lebanese female footballers are finally building a career for themselves abroad!How can these recent transfers benefit Women's football in Lebanon? What can we expect from them?In this fourth episode, I share with you my opinion on this…
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Stéphanie Frappart: Breaking Records for fun!
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December 1st, 2022: a day Stéphanie Frappart will remember forever... and us, too, women's football fans!She will become the first ever female referee to officiate a match in the Men's World Cup. It is a group stage match between Costa-Rica and Germany.You can listen to the Podcast on Anghami, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other Podcast platforms.--…
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Joanna Hamzeh: Being a female coach in Lebanese Football is no easy task
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On 25 October 2022, Joanna Hamzeh ticked a special item off her bucket list. She won the U18 West Asian Football Tournament as the Lebanese National Football Team's Head Coach. In this episode, we talk about this triumph, but we also talk about the start of women's football in Lebanon and the role of Al-Ansar FC and Al-Sadaka club.-----------------…
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