beIN Sports signs PSG superstar Nadia Nadim to host Women’s World Cup show

beIN Media Group, the global sports and entertainment group, has announced that Nadia Nadim, one of the world’s leading female football players, will host an innovative and inspiring Women’s World Cup show across beIN’s digital platforms during this year’s tournament in France. In addition to Nadia’s behind-the-scenes digital shows, beIN is exclusively broadcasting every second of action at the Women’s World Cup across 31 countries worldwide.Nadim, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the Danish national team, has one of the most uplifting and inspirational stories of personal triumph through adversity – all thanks to the power of sport. For beIN, she will shine a light on her journey and search for other inspirational sporting stories during the World Cup, as she interviews and interacts with teammates, players, managers, staff and supporters throughout the tournament in France, which kicked-off on Friday and will go on till July 7.The ‘World Cup Show with Nadia Nadim’ will be available on beIN’s YouTube and Facebook channels, whilst fans can also follow her journey on Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #beINSPIRED19.Nadia was born in Afghanistan in 1988, and was raised by her mother and father along with four sisters.  When she was young, she received the heartbreaking news that the Taliban had murdered her father. With Afghanistan being an unsafe place for six women to live together, they were forced to flee the country for England. However, the truck that was supposed to take them to London – where Nadia had relatives – took them to Denmark instead, where they received refugee status.Having settled in a refugee camp, Nadia discovered a nearby training ground of local football team Gug Boldklub. After some time, Nadia – with her sisters in tow – plucked up the courage to ask the team’s coach if they could join in the session. The answer was yes, and so began the budding career of Nadia Nadim, which has taken her to the USA, UK and now France. She has represented Portland Thorns, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as winning more than 80 caps for the Danish national team. Incredibly, outside of football, Nadia has graduated from medical school and is a trained surgeon, and speaks 11 languages.Nadim, who has also represented Manchester City and Portland Thorns, has overcome the most astonishing challenges to compete at the top of the world game. While her national team, Denmark, did not qualify for the World Cup, Denmark’s loss is beIN’s gain as Nadia will be joining the global sports broadcaster for the carnival of football in France this summer. Nadia said: “I am incredibly excited to launch the new Women’s World Cup show with beIN SPORTS and I encourage everybody – from the biggest football fans to those who have never watched a women’s match before – to follow my journey across France. I will shine a light on truly inspirational stories of the World Cup and give a unique insider’s view of the tournament that you will not see with any other broadcaster.”