by admin | Mar 9, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Brittney Griner’s return to the WNBA with the Phoenix Mercury will be the first of 25 regular-season broadcasts on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 this season, it was announced Wednesday. The networks will also air playoff games, and the WNBA All-Star Game will make its ABC...
by admin | Mar 8, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
In International Women’s Day it is important to celebrate and acknowledge the progress made towards equality and the achievements of women in sport. It is perhaps even more important, though, to look at how much more still needs to be done. After a phenomenal European...
by admin | Mar 8, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Alexandria Loutitt ski jumps best when she can get in her bubble where she says it feels like “someone has hit pause on the rest of the world.” It must have felt like an awfully long pause at the world championships in Slovenia last week, when she flew 136.5 metres,...
by admin | Mar 8, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
With less than five months to go until the Women’s World Cup, Fifa was facing a growing crisis. Three of the teams hoping to go into the tournament as contenders were instead in disarray. The France captain Wendie Renard, recognised by Fifa as one of the best players...
by admin | Mar 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW
“If males got boobs during puberty there would be a free sports bra in every locker and we wouldn’t even be having this conversation,” says Lauren Fleshman, laughing but not joking. “When teams issue uniforms a sports bra should be part of that uniform.”...
by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Canada Soccer and the country’s women’s national team struck a deal on interim funding for 2022, helping to resolve an issue that had the team threatening to strike last month. Canada Soccer said that the deal reflects that of the men’s national team with regards to...
by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The Washington Spirit has signed the youngest person to ever play in the National Women’s Soccer League, the team announced Friday. Chloe Ricketts, a 15-year-old midfielder and high school sophomore, signed a three-year contract on Thursday, with the option to...
by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Swimming star Katie Ledecky’s nine-year winning streak in the United States was snapped on Friday when Summer McIntosh won the 200-meter freestyle at the 2023 Pro Swim Series meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. McIntosh, 16, beat the seven-time Olympic gold...
by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin mathematically clinched her fifth World Cup overall title, the biggest annual prize in Alpine skiing, with seven races still to go this season. She tied for fifth in a downhill Saturday — her quest for a record-tying 86th World Cup win extended by at...
by admin | Mar 3, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The 2023 Women’s March Madness Tournament tips off on Wednesday, March 15 and concludes on Sunday, April 2 with the NCAA Championship Game at American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas. Find answers to all of your questions surrounding the women’s tournament as well as...
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