by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had to fix her wig halfway through her women’s 200m heat as she suffered a surprise defeat to Niger’s Aminatou Seyni. The incident occurred as the Jamaican flew around the bend and felt her electric turquoise wig slipping –...
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In 2015, Jenny Simpson, arguably the greatest U.S. female miler in history, slapped a label on a budding runner from Kenya named Faith Kipyegon. “I call her the sniper,” Simpson said then, three months after the then-21-year-old Kipyegon won her first global 1500m...
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
As American women seethe over the loss of their rights and full standing in society, the WNBA and the NWSL have an opportunity to make a strong statement on their behalf. Both leagues plan to add two expansion teams over the next three years, and at least a dozen...
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Daria Kasatkina, Russia’s highest-ranked female tennis player, has come out as gay in a video interview posted online on Monday. The current world No 12 told Russian blogger Vitya Kravchenko that she is in a relationship with a woman and found “living in the closet”...
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Belgium knocked Italy out of the 2022 Women’s Euro and reached the knockout stages of a major tournament for the first time thanks to a 1-0 win over the Azzurri on Monday. Tine De Caigny struck the decisive goal four minutes after half-time, collecting the ball...
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin is used to steering through twists and turns. But nothing could have prepared the champion Alpine skier for the last two years: the sudden death of her father, a debilitating back injury, and a positive COVID-19 test that forced her to miss some World...
by admin | Jul 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Las Vegas Aces announced Sunday they have signed Kelsey Plum to a contract extension: Rachel Galligan of Just Women’s Sports reported it’s a two-year extension for the guard, who was set to become a free agent at the end of the year. Read...
by admin | Jul 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Washington Spirit held a lot of the ball and created the majority of the shots, but a breakthrough couldn’t be found at Audi Field in a 0-0 draw with Orlando Pride. Tara McKeown was bright, and Taylor Aylmer kept the ball moving through midfield, but a goal never came...
by admin | Jul 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Minnesota Lynx Coach Cheryl Reeve was less than thrilled with the WNBA after her team faced an array of travel issues to get to Washington for Sunday’s 3 p.m. tip-off, which the Mystics claimed, 70-57. Mystics Coach Mike Thibault wasn’t sympathetic. Read...
by admin | Jul 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
With the last pale-yellow traces of sunrise hanging over the track at St. Christopher’s School, Keira D’Amato prepares to run. It’s 6:37 a.m. on a Thursday in June. The surrounding streets have yet to wake, save for a local running group logging laps around the track...
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