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Arizona women’s basketball climbs to program-high No. 4 in AP poll

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Last time Arizona women’s basketball reached No. 6 in the Associated Press poll, it stalled there. This time, the program kept winning and took another step forward, climbing to No. 4 in this week’s poll to reach a program high. The Wildcats first rose to No. 6 on...

Injury-Hit UConn Falls to Lowest Women’s Top 25 Spot Since 2007

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

UConn dropped four spots to No. 7 in the women’s AP top 25 released Monday, its lowest ranking in 14 years after losing its first game against an unranked team since 2012. The Huskies fell to Georgia Tech last week in their first game without sophomore star Paige...

Worrying legal loophole sees Chelsea Women pitch invader avoid punishment

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The supporter who ran on to the sphere through the Ladies’s Champions League conflict between Chelsea and Juventus on Wednesday has averted any authorized punishment attributable to an outdated legislation which doesn’t recognise ladies’s matches as official video...

Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater, to become oldest female Winter Olympian

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

German speed skater Claudia Pechstein will become the second person to compete in eight Winter Olympics, and the oldest woman ever to compete at the Winter Games at nearly 50 years old. Pechstein, a nine-time Olympic medalist, qualified for the Beijing Olympics in the...

Aliona Kostornaya, star Russian figure skater, to miss national championships

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Aliona Kostornaya, the world’s top figure skater before the pandemic hit, will miss next week’s Russian Figure Skating Championships, denting her hopes of making the three-woman team for the Beijing Winter Games. Kostornaya is out due to an injury that the Russian...

Emma Raducanu tests positive for Covid-19 and withdraws from Mubadala exhibition event

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Emma Raducanu hopes to “get back soon” after testing positive for Covid-19 and withdrawing from the Mubadala World Tennis Championships. The US Open champion was due to play Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic in the exhibition event in Abu Dhabi. Read...

U.S. Soccer, USWNT players union reach short-term deal to avoid strike

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The U.S. Soccer Federation and the union for the U.S. national women’s soccer team have agreed to a short-term deal that will keep players from going on strike but offer them new freedom of movement in their club careers. The memorandum of understanding, or MOU,...

U.S. wheelchair basketball coach resigns after players allege emotional misconduct

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

After the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) announced on Tuesday that Lawrence “Trooper” Johnson would continue in his role as head coach of the women’s national team through the 2022 season, multiple current and former members of the team spoke out on...

‘I could see the change in her face’: Inside Julianna Pena’s historic upset of Amanda Nunes

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Julianna Peña’s face was blank, and emotionless. On her knees, she reached over to hug Amanda Nunes. A Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) inspector came over and pointed Peña to her corner, where a ringside physician tended to her bruised left eye. Peña had...

USWNT’s Megan Rapinoe among unprotected stars in NWSL expansion draft

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

United States women’s soccer team stars Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Kristie Mewis are among those who have been left unprotected by their teams and are available to be taken in next week’s National Women’s Soccer League expansion draft. The...
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