The Super Subs: Women's Sports

The Super Subs is back for a second season with Assile Toufaily ! The show was created in November 2022 to fill a gap in the Arab world: the absence of women’s sports dedicated platforms.   For Episode 2 of Season 2, I welcomed one of my idols growing up in Lebanon, Shada Nasr , the goat of Lebanese women's basketball.   At age 13, Shada Nasr Ghosn became the youngest player to ever play...

The Super Subs is back for a second season with Assile Toufaily! The show was created in November 2022 to fill a gap in the Arab world: the absence of women’s sports dedicated shows.   For this first episode of the new season, I was joined by two special guests: Myles Smith (assistant coach) and Haya Al-Jamal (team manager) from Al-Ittihad Club in Saudi Arabia.   Women’s football in Saud...

HELP US GROW BY SUBSCRIBING AND INTERACTING WITH THE EPISODES.One year after winning West Asian's Club Championship (WAFF) and the team's dissolution, I look back at these events with Nour Ghadban, Safa Women team's manager, to better understand what really happened. What were the REAL reasons behind the team's downfall? Get in touch with The Super Subs | @the.supersubsInstagram: https://www.insta...

The FIFA 2023 Women's World Cup starts on July 20th.32 teams will be competing for the title in Australia and New Zealand. In this episode, I welcomed Leen Abou Hamzeh, a former Lebanese Women's NT player and a Women's Football enthousiast, to talk about the World Cup's group stages, our tops and flops, USWNT's new blood, Morocco's run, and France's chances with their new coach, Hervé Renard.حلقة...

After more than 20 years of playing football, time has come for Sarah Bakri to hang her shoes. To thank her, I welcomed Sarah on the show to talk about her career, her best moments, the impact of the ACL injury on her retirement decision, the situation of women's football in Lebanon and many other topics. If you liked the episode, please help us out by following, sharing, liking, and subscribing!...

No way to develop women's football in a country if the whole system is broken! In this new episode of the podcast, and after recent disappointing performances by the Lebanese Men's National Football Team, I had the pleasure to welcome the journalist, Ali Zeineddine, and the football agent, Fayez Fadda, on the show to discuss the current situation.حلقة عبارة عن فشّة خلق!اخفاق بعد اخفاق... شو الاسبا...

In this new episode of the podcast, I welcome coach Wael Gharzeddine, Head of Women's Football department at Etihad Club in Jordan. With experiences in different countries around the globe, ranging from Australia to Lebanon, passing by Brazil, Spain and England, coach Wael is a football methodology expert. Listen to The Super Subs Podcast on Podeo, Spotify, Anghami, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts...

In recent years, Women's Football in Lebanon has immensely developed. The youth national teams have won many regional championships, and many players have taken the pro step and are now playing abroad. But where did it all start? When was the first ever team created in Lebanon? when did we first participate in a regional tournament? who holds the record for the most leagues won? why were we forced...

On April 8, 2023, which marks her 25th birthday, Aya El Jurdi , the Lebanese football player , decided to hang up her boots .Why this early? What pushed Aya to take this decision? How did she announce it? How did her teammates and friends react? In this 17th episode of the podcast, Aya finally gave us an explanation .We also talked about her future plans at PSG Academy, her two ACL injuries and if...

In the last couple of years, more than 90 ACL injuries were recorded in the top tier of women's football. This is definitely a worrying number .In episode 16 of the podcast, I had a very informative talk with Elie Metni , the Lebanese national team physiotherapist , on the ACL injury , how it happens, the differences between female body and male body, the importance of mental coaching during A...

In Lebanon, right before Covid, Women's Futsal was gaining popularity. The Women's national team took part in the Women's Asian Futsal Championship in 2018. Then, it all went down the hill. No more national league and no more participations for the national team? Why? What exactly happened? In episode 15, coach Maroun El Khoury gave us his version of what really happened. As the current coach of t...

Back when women's football was still building itself, only few journalists were there to cover the game and give credits to the female footballers. One of those journalists, the most devoted between them all, is Riad Omeirat. In this episode with Riad, we discussed the current situation of women's football in Lebanon. We talked about his favorite moments as a Lebanese women's football...

I had the honor to sit down and chat with Dima Krayem, one of those intelligent football players I looked up to when I first started playing in Lebanon. From IC and AUB's football teams, passing by Al-Ansar over to captaining Athletico Sports Club, Dima Krayem was aiming for the stars. But her repetitive knee injuries and her belief that living out of football is impossible in Lebanon forced her t...

In this episode (#12) of the podcast, Fayez Fadda and I dug into the heart of Lebanese Football and try to analyze why is the game slowly dying. Sports in Lebanon largely depend on politics and religion , but here we are months away from Lebanon's fourth participation at the Basketball World Cup while Lebanese football is struggling to survive. Why? What makes the difference between the two sports...

In this 11th episode, Riyan Al-Jidani , a Women's Football expert , shared with me the reasons behind the game's fast growth in Saudi Arabia. During the episode, many subjects were discussed:- Is the Saudi Arabian society changing? is women's football now accepted in the society?- The Saudi Women's Premier League: the importance of having foreign players, the impact on the national team and the fu...

In this tenth episode of the podcast, we had an awesome talk with Nathalie Jbeily , a Sport Psychologist and a former Basketball Player. We discussed many topics such as the importance of mental preparation for athletes, how to deal with burn out, the actual situation of mental health and performance in Lebanese sports, how athletes handle social media's stress these days, as well as other in...

If Women's Football in Lebanon is passing through what might be considered as a development phase, Women's Volleyball is struggling to exist. In Episode 9, I sat down with Andrea Abi Saab , a member of the Lebanese Women's National Volleyball team and had a very pleasant and informative talk about the situation of women's volleyball in the country. Andrea is currently playing in France with ASC Du...

In this eighth episode, I had the opportunity to sit down with Natalie Ghabayen and discuss both women's football and women's basketball in Lebanon. Natalie is considered one of the few to have played both sports in Lebanon. In Basketball, she was an important member of many teams such as Sagesse, Champville, Antranik and Homentmen. In Football, she started her career as the main goalkeeper for At...

Rana Mokdad is without any doubt one of the most dedicated and hardworking girls in the Lebanese Football Community .From a young age, and unlike the majority of female footballers in Lebanon, she worked on the physical aspect of her game. She took it to a whole new level when she decided to do a masters in " Sports and Exercise Science " at the Technical University of Munich. In this episode, we...

The 2022 Qatar Men's World Cup was considered by many as the best ever Men's World Cup. But what about Women's Football in Qatar ? How's it going there? Where does the Qatari Women's National Team stand in the FIFA Ranking ?In this sixth episode, I share with you the history of Women's Football in Qatar and its lack of development.-------------------------------You can listen to the Podcast on Ang...

After dedicating most of her life for football, Samira Awad had a decision to take: to stop or not to stop playing football? Due to the lack of opportunities/funding/visibility in the women's game in Lebanon, playing football cannot but remain a hobby for most of the girls. They find themselves obliged to mix football with their studies or their work (or both!)During this fifth episode, Samira exp...

From Pilar Khoury in France , passing by Nancy Tchaylian and Dima Kasty in Saudi Arabia to Haneen Tamim in the US , Lebanese female footballers are finally building a career for themselves abroad !How can these recent transfers benefit Women's football in Lebanon? What can we expect from them? In this fourth episode, I share with you my opinion on this very exciting achievement.-------------------...

December 1st, 2022 : a day Stéphanie Frappart will remember forever... and us, too, women's football fans! She will become the first ever female referee to officiate a match in the Men's World Cup. It is a group stage match between Costa-Rica and Germany. You can listen to the Podcast on Anghami , Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other Podcast platforms.-------------------------------Follow the Podc...

On 25 October 2022, Joanna Hamzeh ticked a special item off her bucket list. She won the U18 West Asian Football Tournament as the Lebanese National Football Team's Head Coach. In this episode, we talk about this triumph, but we also talk about the start of women's football in Lebanon and the role of Al-Ansar FC and Al-Sadaka club.-------------------------------في 25/10/2022، حقق المنتخب اللبناني...

Aged 8, Lili kicked her first ball. Little did she know that 10 years later, she would be heading to a new country, all by herself, to play football on a professionnal level.