Tournament where women play will football with just their pants on, launched in UK

Football will be played in a sexier way with the new Lingerie Football League which is set to be launched in the United Kingdom.

In this tournament, female footballers will take to the pitch in nothing but their bras, under pants and knickers.

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The organisers are calling for female footballs to come join the league.

The first game will be played on Wednesday, December 23 on the roof of a hotel owned by former Manchester United stars, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes,Phil Neville and Nicky Butt.

According to the founder Gemma Hughes, the idea of the Lingerie Football League is to attract much needed sponsorship to the women's game and bridge gender equality in the sport.

"I’m 23-years-old now and I don’t want to be waiting another 20 years to see women’s football make money from sponsorships.'' Hughes told Manchester Confidential.

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"We know this is scandalous, we know it's controversial, but that media attention is what's going to sell tickets.

“All money made is going to be put back into women's football and to the players. This is not about the players looking beautiful or sexy, it’s about women looking like women.

“You only have to look at tennis – the women dress like women and they get same equal pay and similar amount of sponsorship as men.”