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The changes occurring are in response to the takeover by the Australian Professional Leagues (APL), which took control of Australia's top tier leagues in December last year.<\/p>\n
It's the second significant gender-led move in sport over the last week, with cricket's governing body, the ICC, changing its Laws of the game to be more inclusive, altering the word 'batsman' to 'batter'<\/a>.<\/p>\n In other changes by the APL, unified social media channels across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok will represent the home of men's and women's football in the coming months, while the re-launch of a new A-Leagues website will also take place.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/aleaguemen\/status\/1442964835562631168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1442964835562631168%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2021-09-29%2Faustralian-football-leagues-rebrand-a-league-men-and-women%2F100499370<\/a><\/p>\n "It's not men's football, or women's football, it's just football," said managing director Danny Townsend.<\/p>\n "We're committed to growing the game in Australia – for everyone. That means delivering a world-class experience on and off the pitch and inspiring the next-generation of A-Leagues superstars to fulfil their highest potential.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Gallen's warning to NRL stars amid new scandal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> David Warner dropped by IPL team<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "This is just the beginning of our ambitious, long-term vision for the growth of football in Australia."<\/p>\n APL Chief Commercial Officer Ant Hearne added: "We know our fans live and breathe football so we want to create the best possible experience in the stadium, at home, on the move, through gaming or fashion or food – however fans want to connect with football, we will deliver."<\/p>\n The 2021-22 season for A-League Men will kick off on November 19. A-League Women will get going two weeks later on December 3.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Formerly known as the A-League and W-League, Australia's premier men's and women's competitions have been rebranded as 'A-Leagues'. The rebranding will see the men's competition […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136214"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136216,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136214\/revisions\/136216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}