Women's football: Michele Kang launches Kynisca Sports, a "global multi-team organisation"

American businesswoman Michele Kang has announced the creation of her "global multi-team organisation", Kynisca Sports International Ltd, with headquarters in London (England), on 27/07/2024.

Michele Kang, owner of the Washington Spirit (NWSL), Olympique Lyonnais Féminin (Arkema Première Ligue) and the London City Lionesses (Barclays Women's Championship), intends to make Kynisca Sports the "the first multi-team global organization dedicated to women's football, bringing unprecedented investment to the sport at a scale to drive lasting change. Inspired by Cynisca of Sparta, the first woman to be crowned in the ancient Olympics, Kynisca will usher in a new era for female athletic potential and the professionalization of women's sports."

"The organisation aims to bring together elite clubs and invest in other structures operating on the African, American, Asian, and European continents in order to further innovation in women's sports. Under Kynisca, each club will retain its own established identity, heritage, and community. The new ownership will continue to invest strategically to…