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The dream of watching his younger sister possibly run around in red and blue ensured Melbournes Lynden Dunn had no hesitation in volunteering to be a part of the AFL Players Associations inaugural Womens Football Advisory Committee.Dunn, who has played 165 games for the Demons, is a passionate advocate for womens football. His younger sister plays junior footy, while his dad is also involved as a womens coach.The committee, which recently held its first meeting, was set up to drive the strategic direction of female player representation within the recently-announced National Womens League.Dunn frustrated by lack of senior opportunitiesDunn, the only current AFL player on the committee, said he pushed his name forward when the group was being established.I put my hand up for it, Dunn told ESPN. I am delegate for Melbourne for the AFLPA and ... my sister plays junior footy, my dad coaches womens football, so its something Im really passionate about.[The committee] had our first meeting last Friday, we spoke about the key issues and what we want to pursue in the immediate future in regards to the CBA and player welfare - [it is] important the women get the same high standards and opportunities as men, seeing as theyre going to be playing at the highest standards.With the [womens] competition coming in, its something I wanted to be involved in.Its exciting. Its given my sister, whos 12, a chance to play AFL football. Shes grown up watching me play and shes always wanted to. Now she has an opportunity, so for girls like my sister, they can now play on the biggest stage at the highest level, and thats very exciting. For the girls that are eligible to get drafted this year and play in the inaugural season, it must be so exciting for them and for womens sport in general in Australia.Dunn added it would be special if his sister was good enough to be drafted by the Demons.For her to play at Melbourne would be so special, as she has grown up a passionate Demons supporter - her favourite player is Angus Brayshaw - so for her to have that chance to play at Melbourne or any other club is pretty special, he said.Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs have been viewed as trailblazers for the womens game, having staged a number of exhibition games in recent seasons. They were rewarded with two of the eight inaugural licenses, alongside Collingwood, Carlton, Adelaide, Brisbane, Greater Western Sydney and Fremantle.Dunn, 29, said he was extremely proud of the work the Demons had put into their womens team.[Ive been] very lucky to see it first-hand, not just from a family perspective but also the footy club has done a remarkable job building the womens game along with the Western Bulldogs, he said.Our club genuinely cares about the female side of the game, and growing that - theres a huge opportunity for the club going forward, and its very exciting. Hopefully other clubs are looking at ours as to how to set up a womens team.Alongside Dunn in the committee are AFLPA chief Paul Marsh, Libby Lyons, director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Prue Gilbert, co-founder and CEO of Grace Papers, and current players Courtney Cramey, Emma King, Leah Kaslar, Bree White, Tiarna Ernst, Lauren Arnell and Maddy Collier. Vapormax Flyknit 3 Suomi . 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Vapormax Ale .com) - Manchester City midfielder David Silva is expected to miss the next four weeks because of a calf problem. SEOUL, South Korea -- In 2011, one of the more popular television series on North Koreas Central Television channel was Our Womens Football Team, a five-part dramatization of the 2006 Under-20 World Cup triumph. After two similar tournament wins in late 2016, it may be time for a sequel or two.On October 30, the womens Under-17 team won the World Cup in Jordan, defeating Japan in a penalty shootout. On December 3, the Under-20 side did the same with a 3-1 victory over France in Papau New Guinea. It makes the country the first to win those tournaments back-to-back and both teams were given a rapturous welcome on their return to Pyongyang.Sport is very important to the regime and always has been and any success goes down very well, Aidan Foster-Carter, long-time Korea watcher and Honorary Fellow at Leeds University, told The Associated Press.This became even more important since Kim Jong Un succeeded his father Kim Jong Il in 2011.Kim Jong Un has been known to be interested in sport and that became even more apparent when the basketball player Dennis Rodman visited the country, added Foster-Carter. Relations with South Korea have been pretty bad but he has sent teams to sporting events that the south has hosted.One of those was the 2014 Asian Games, held in Incheon, near Seoul. Prior to the tournament, Kim visited the womens training camp to deliver a hand-written letter. The team took gold.Talented children are streamed into schools with special programs and then into sporting academies. Successful stars can receive special benefits.Kim gives people he is proud of apartments, and that includes athletes, said Foster-Carter. They are always looking for young talent and female soccer is particularly good.After the latest triumph, Under-20 team coach Hwang Yong-bong was praised for his performance -- described as mysterious and unorthodox and a tactical genius by FIFAs official website -- during the tournament and for his effective use of substitutes to turn games.I make no distinction between my starting XI and my bench. Whenever I make such switches, its always to try to help the team, said Hwang after defeating hosts Papa New Guinea 7-1 in the group stage.North Korea has long been a competitivve team in the mens and womens games, but in the past that was chiefly due to stamina and effort.dddddddddddd Today, that is allied to a more sophisticated tactics and training as the country now has the means to take in influences from abroad.The North Korean government has also relaxed its isolationist tendencies and allowed young male prospects to play in Europe. Six of the starting eleven that defeated South Korea in the final of the 2014 Asian U-16 tournament had spent time in Italy and Spain.The opening of the Pyongyang International Football School in 2013, built with $800,000 from FIFAs development program, was another landmark development. Of the 200 students who live in at the academy, which invites foreign coaches, 40% are female aged from nine to 15. The girls play in the same teams as the boys for much of the time they are in the academy.Andrei Lankov, a Korean expert and Honorary Fellow at Macquarie University, is not surprised to see such facilities in the country.There is a recognition that they could use foreign consultation and to have more of their players and coaches interact with whats going on elsewhere, said Lankov. Tactics and training methods are always evolving and they know they need to keep abreast of those changes.Their relative isolation is probably more costly at a sub-elite level, where regional schools and things dont have access to the internet and You Tube and other tools. The leadership clearly thinks the benefits outweigh the costs of having few exchanges with the outside world; sports being no exception.The challenge for the triumphant women is to sustain the success up to the senior level and deliver the womens team a first World Cup title. The best showing so far is a quarterfinal spot in 2007 though the team was disqualified for the 2015 edition after two players had failed doping tests at the 2011 tournament.Winning back-to-back youth World Cups is a great start.Its a feat thats never been achieved before, said coach Hwang. Im delighted with our victory, but we cant stop here. We have to keep on working to win more titles. ' ' '