Women's Football World Cup: All players to be paid directly by FIFA

For the first time every player at the Women's Football World Cup will be paid directly by the sport's governing body FIFA.

Players will leave the month-long tournament, which kicks off in Auckland on July 20, with no less than $49,000 each.

The 23 players in the title-winning team will each get close to half a million - which is still a long way behind what the Argentina men got for winning last year's World Cup in Qatar.

Lisa Owen is joined by sports reporter Felicity Reid.