by admin | Dec 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lashinda Demus will now get a gold medal for the 400-meter hurdle race from the 2012 London Olympic Games due to Russian Olympian Natalya Antyukh being stripped of her gold medal proof of doping 10 years later. On Wednesday, Dec. 21, the Athletics Integrity Unit...
by admin | Oct 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. Women’s National Team fell to England 2-1 at the iconic Wembley Stadium in front of an electric crowd of 76,893, making it the highest attended friendly match in USWNT history. The result ended the USWNT’s 13-game winning streak that dated back to the team’s...
by admin | Sep 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
As 50,000 London Marathon runners take to the capital’s streets on Sunday, spectators may notice a few more grey (or purple, see above) hairs poking out from under the caps and beanies. Analysis has revealed the number of female runners aged 50 and older finishing the...
by admin | Aug 8, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation
A new women’s football team in west London’s “Little India” hopes to encourage diversity in football. It follows UK government research in 2020 that suggested Asian women were the least physically active group. The players of Southall Athletic...
by admin | Apr 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Soccer fans were shocked when during a weekend game state television broadcasters allegedly “censored” the program by cutting away every time the female referee’s bare legs were caught on camera. Iranian viewers of Sunday’s London match...
by admin | Apr 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After four World Cup titles and four Olympic gold medals, “failure” isn’t a word often associated with the U.S. women’s national soccer team — unless, of course, the topic is the 2016 Rio Olympics. After winning gold at the 2012...
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