Great speeches by female footballers — Abby Wambach and Marta

I just did my regular fortnightly segment on Sammy J’s ABC Melbourne Breakfast show and the topic we chose was great speeches made by female sports stars.

It’s been an incredible few weeks for women’s sport here in Australia, as the Matildas set television viewing and attendance records around the country at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Australians and New Zealanders turned out for the tournament in force, most non-host country matches were sell-outs too, and it felt like a transformative moment for the co…