by admin | Apr 24, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The US Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100m to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by disgraced doctor Larry Nassar, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations has told The Associated Press. The deal has...
by admin | Apr 2, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Iowa has hired an independent investigator to look into the environment in the women’s gymnastics program after members of the team and staff brought forward concerns regarding head coach Larissa Libby, the athletic department announced Thursday night. Libby has...
by admin | Mar 12, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Female coaches are being left “exhausted” by a football culture still rife with sexism, new research has claimed. A survey of 115 UK-based female coaches conducted by Kick It Out found that 80% of respondents had experienced sexism in a coaching environment, while 60%...
by admin | Mar 1, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Spain’s Jenni Hermoso said it still hurts that she was dropped after winning the World Cup but that the past six months have made her stronger ahead of Wednesday’s UEFA Nations League final against France. Hermoso, 33, was not selected for Spain’s...
by admin | Mar 1, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Aitana Bonmatí has said Spain’s victory at the 2023 Women’s World Cup was “for nothing” as little has changed in the women’s football infrastructure in the country. Bonmatí, who holds the Ballon d’Or Féminin and the FIFA The Best...
by admin | Jan 18, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Maggie Nichols has a sense of pride when she sees pictures of herself as a teen, tiny and tenacious in her Team U.S.A. leotard. “I worked so hard to get so strong,” the gymnast says of the hours she trained in hopes of making the 2016 Olympics. But at the same time,...
by admin | Jan 3, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Jenni Hermoso, the Spain player kissed on the lips by her country’s football association’s president at the Women’s World Cup final in August, appeared in court on Tuesday to testify in the sexual assault case against the former official. Hermoso was...
by admin | Dec 29, 2023 | #MeToo, SEW
A California judge has dismissed two cases against former U.S. snowboard head coach Peter Foley, the national federation and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee because of lack of jurisdiction. “We acknowledge the Court’s recent decision...
by admin | Dec 22, 2023 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Sakshi Malik has announced her retirement from wrestling, as the Olympic medallist confirmed she would not compete under newly-elected Wrestling Federation of India president, Sanjay Kumar Singh – who she termed a ‘right-hand’ of former WFI...
by admin | Dec 4, 2023 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Thirty-two female athletes filed a lawsuit against the University of Oregon on Friday that alleges the school is violating Title IX. The plaintiffs, who are all either on the varsity beach volleyball team or the club rowing team, are accusing the school of “depriving...
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