by admin | Oct 7, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Once a dominant figure in girls’ and women’s soccer, Rory Dames in recent years has become a symbol of an abusive culture and dysfunctional regulatory system within both pro and youth sports. Articles in The Washington Post detailed former athletes’ allegations of...
by admin | Jul 31, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Olympics commentator Bob Ballard was dropped from Eurosport, the European pay TV company, on Monday after the veteran sportscaster made sexist comments about the Australian women’s swim team. Following the conclusion of Saturday 4×100 meter freestyle relay,...
by admin | Apr 26, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
a $138.7 million settlement deal with victims of the disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar to resolve their claims of wrongdoing against the FBI in its failures to investigate allegations of sexual abuse. “For decades, Lawrence Nassar abused his...
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...
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