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Women’s World Cup players will receive $30K each, winners get $270K

by admin | Jun 8, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

The details confirmed Wednesday by FIFA fulfils a promise made in March to financially reward the 732 players taking part in the July 20 – Aug. 20 tournament hosted by Australia and New Zealand. It means more than half of FIFA’s total prize money fund of...

There are no winners in the Women’s World Cup broadcast fiasco, only losers

by admin | Jun 8, 2023 | Representation, SEW

If a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound? If a World Cup kicks off on the other side of the world but no one can watch it, does it really happen? We are 43 days out from the Women’s World Cup starting in Australia and New Zealand but, with Fifa threatening a...

Are reigning WNBA champ Las Vegas Aces even better in 2023?

by admin | Jun 8, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Tuesday’s showdown between the undefeated Las Vegas Aces and then one-loss Connecticut Sun was among the most hyped games in the young WNBA season, a rematch of the 2022 Finals and a meeting between the top two teams in the league standings. But before the...

‘I like being different’: Amina Hanif on playing football with the hijab

by admin | Jun 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Amina Hanif remembers the day she turned up for her first football trial. She was 14 and eager to impress the coaches at Watford with her nimble footwork and sheer pace. But, as she made her way from the car park to the training ground, she asked herself some serious...

Becky Hammon: Aces ‘not playing our best basketball’ amid 7-0 start

by admin | Jun 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW

The Las Vegas Aces are off to a franchise-best undefeated start to the season, but if you ask head coach Becky Hammon, they’re not yet playing up to their potential. “We’re starting to put the pieces together. I don’t think we’re playing our best basketball,” she said...

‘Not a normal rookie’: Aliyah Boston off to historic start for Fever

by admin | Jun 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Aliyah Boston has been everything as advertised and more in the first weeks of her rookie season in the WNBA. On Tuesday, Boston recorded 25 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks, a steal and an assist while shooting 80 percent from the field in the Indiana Fever’s 108-103...

Coco Gauff looks to reclaim the magic of last year

by admin | Jun 6, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Coco Gauff has been on a journey of self-discovery in Paris. She’s figuring out what she calls her “transition into adulthood,” in a city she calls her second home. She’s trying to find the form that guided her to the final here last year. And...

Regan Smith breaks American record in 200m butterfly

by admin | Jun 6, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Regan Smith broke one of the longest-standing American records in swimming, lowering the women’s 200m butterfly record that stood since 2009. Smith, a former world record holder in the 100m and 200m backstrokes, clocked 2:03.87 in the 200m fly at a meet at her...

Faith Kipyegon smashes women’s 1500m world record in Florence

by admin | Jun 5, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Kenyan Faith Kipyegon smashed the women’s 1500m world record, clocking 3 minutes, 49.11 seconds at a Diamond League meet in Florence, Italy, on Friday. Kipyegon, a two-time Olympic champion and two-time world champion, took 96 hundredths of a second off Ethiopian...

Sky come back from 19-point second-half deficit to top Liberty

by admin | Jun 5, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Kahleah Copper scored 27 points and Courtney Williamsadded 12, including 10 in the fourth quarter, to help the Chicago Sky rally to beat the New York Liberty 86-82 on Sunday in the second meeting between the teams in three days. The teams played Friday night in...
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