Julia Belas Trindade is undertaking a PhD on Brazilian women in football at the University of Bristol. Her research analyses the representation of Black women footballers in the Brazilian sports media. A contributor to The Guardian, she has been covering women’s football for nearly a decade, including major tournaments in Brazil, the 2022 Women’s Euros, and the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia. During the World Cup, she worked for GOAL Brazil, covering the competition specifically for its TikTok account and the Dibradoras website, The Guardian, and Sky Sports.

Mariana Zuaneti Martins is an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) in Brazil. She has a doctorate and a master's in physical education from the State University of Campinas. Her research experience includes the sociology of sport, sport pedagogy, and gender.

Gouri Sharma is an internationally renowned independent journalist from London living in Berlin writing for international media sites including Al Jazeera English and Deutsche Welle. Amid a career spanning nearly two decades, including five years on the production desk for Al Jazeera's flagship media critique show The Listening Post, Gouri now writes on issues such as race, culture, migration, history, and sexual health and wellness. With each report, she aims to draw out the individual story amid the wider political or historical context; centring the human story is a priority, in particular amplifying the voices of those from marginalised communities whose stories are not as visible.