More than 100 women’s soccer players have demanded FIFA drop Saudi oil giant Aramco as a sponsor on humanitarian and environmental grounds. They called the partnership “a middle finger to women's soccer.”

Former U.S. national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn and Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema are among more than 100 women's soccer players who have signed an open letter protesting FIFA's sponsorship deal with Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco.

A group of over 100 professional women's soccer players on Monday sent an open letter to FIFA urging the world governing body to end its partnership with oil and gas conglomerate Saudi Aramco.

Over 100 professional women soccer stars have signed an open letter to Fifa, demanding they cut ties with Saudi oil giant Aramco as a sponsor. The players are calling

Fifa confirmed a deal with Aramco, which is majority-owned by the Saudi government, in April. The company will sponsor both the 2026 men’s World Cup and 2027 Women’s World Cup in an agreement reportedly worth up to US$100 million a year.

More than 100 professional women's footballers sign an open letter urging Fifa to end a sponsorship deal with Saudi oil giant Aramco.

In an open letter to FIFA’s president obtained by CBC News, more than a hundred international soccer players, including several Canadians, are calling on FIFA to reconsider its sponsorship by Saudi Arabian oil company.