by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Ariya Jutanugarn shot a 9-under-par 63 in the final round to win the LPGA Thailand by one stroke on Sunday and become the first home winner of the tournament in 14 years. Jutanugarn’s overall total of 22 under 266 just edged out her fellow Thai Atthaya Thitikul, 18,...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Barty and Sabalenka have already met three times in 2021 with the world No 1 winning their quarter-final at the Miami Open and the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final while Sabalenka turned the tables on Saturday to win in Madrid. Top seed Barty will face either Italian...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi is still looking for ways to improve going into her 17th WNBA season, but she feels confident about continuing to build chemistry with superstar teammates Brittney Griner and Skylar Diggins-Smith. Read More
by admin | May 9, 2021 | Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Naomi Osaka, who is expanding her athletic initiative to get more girls involved in sports. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Bela Karolyi who starved Nadia Comaneci at the height of her...
by admin | May 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
An image released this week showed Australian Olympians and Paralympians in sponsored outfits, but did not feature any athletes of colour. WNBA player Liz Cambage later said the photo had been “whitewashed”. The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has...
by admin | May 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
For all that was strange and unprecedented about the 2020 WNBA season in a bubble, one thing was standard: The team with the fewest questions won the championship. The Seattle Storm had all the pieces, led by WNBA Finals MVP Breanna Stewart. Even if coach Dan Hughes...
by admin | May 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The United States women’s national team will play a trio of June friendlies for preparation for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. The USWNT will play a pair of matches at Houston’s BBVA Stadium, the first coming against Portugal on June...
by admin | May 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Distance is rarely a problem for the No. 1 golfer at Broome High School in this upstate Carolina city. Hanna Webber can bomb it. That’s where the similarities to her competition ends, though. Webber, a junior who moved into the Centurions’ No. 1 spot this season,...
by admin | May 7, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has been open about being inspired by Venus and Serena Williams while on the road to becoming the tennis champ she is today. After partnering with Nike and Laureus Sport for Good on a Japan-based initiative to do the...
by admin | May 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If you took up tennis during the pandemic, you’re in good company. The sport boomed during shelter in place. At a time when gyms shuttered and many sports came to a halt, three million people started playing tennis — that’s a 44-percent increase over the...
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