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alliance, axis, bloc, block, coalition, combination, combine, confederacy, confederation, league, union
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The federation president, Carlos Cordeiro, also released an open letter that included questionable figures to support his claim the women earned more than their male counterparts. — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, "World Cup over but Carli Lloyd and U.S. women continue to break ground," 28 Aug. 2019 But the union representing the women鈥檚 team also negotiated a separate collective bargaining agreement with the federation two years ago. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, "Soccer! An embarrassment of MLS riches in L.A.," 20 Aug. 2019 Russia's athletics federation has been suspended since the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) uncovered massive doping by Russian athletes in a 2015 report. — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, "Russian high jump world champ calls out own country for handling of doping scandal," 22 Aug. 2019 That level of collaboration between a diverse group of informed soccer minds鈥攖o design and execute a strategy to assuage the gender discrimination our reigning world champion women are facing鈥攊s absent within the federation. — Grant Wahl, SI.com, "How U.S. Soccer's Other Presidential Candidates Would Handle Equal Pay Fight," 22 Aug. 2019 Included in the federation's numbers is that US Soccer pays USWNT contracted players a salary to play in the National Women's Soccer League, while the men are paid by their individual teams. — Wayne Sterling, Jason Hanna And Aimee Lewis, CNN, "US Women's National Team's equal-pay lawsuit is set for a May trial," 20 Aug. 2019 The contested events are set by the International World Games Association (IWGA) and every four years, federations can apply to have their sport added. — Anna Beahm | [email protected], al, "Flag football at Legion Field for World Games? Could be," 19 Aug. 2019 The Australian federation has not announced who will get its men's wild-card invitation. — Howard Fendrich, sun-sentinel.com, "Delray Beach 15-year-old Coco Gauff gets U.S. Open wild-card entry," 13 Aug. 2019 Louisville Courier Journal Louisville City FC announced the signing of right back Akil Watts on Tuesday, pending league and federation approval and international clearance. — Robert Rimpson, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville City FC announces the signing of defender Akil Watts," 6 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'federation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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