Coronavirus pandemic is an ‘almost existential threat’ for women’s football, warns FIFPro report

FIFPro’s report highlights the vulnerability of female players, with just 18% having professional contracts as recognised by world governing body Fifa in 2017.

AFP

· Apr 16, 2020 · 06:24 pm

A question of logic: How many of us think men’s sport truly requires more skill than women’s sport?

In the equal pay lawsuit, US Soccer said the women’s national team – current world champion – is less skilled and has less responsibility compared to the men.

Zenia D'Cunha

· Mar 19, 2020 · 12:30 pm

Alyssa Nakken hired by San Francisco Giants as first full-time female coach in MLB history

The 29-year-old Nakken joined the Giants as an intern in the baseball operations department in 2014.

AFP

· Jan 17, 2020 · 10:04 am

How toxic sport cultures are damaging women athletes’ long-term health

There is a lack knowledge about the condition known as low energy availability, which is becoming increasingly common among sportswomen.

Holly Thorpe, Katie Schofield, and Stacy T Sims, The Conversation

· Dec 26, 2019 · 12:56 pm

From training secretly to KO record on MMA debut, Myanmar’s Bozhena Antoniyar is making her mark

Bozhena picked up Myanmar’s brutal martial art of lethwei when she was 16 and is slowly gaining fans, including within her once-disapproving community.

AFP

· Oct 07, 2019 · 11:05 am

‘Cholitas luchadoras’: The indigenous women revolutionising male-dominated wrestling in Bolivia

Despite their popularity, some critics still say the women have degraded the skill level of the sport and are ‘all show, no ability’.

Nell Haynes, The Conversation

· Jul 08, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Dutee Chand, a trailblazer: From challenging gender norms to being India’s 1st openly LGBTQ athlete

The 23-year-old sprinter does not shy away from using her voice to call out the sport’s sexism and her country’s double standards for women.

Zenia D'Cunha

· Jun 15, 2019 · 11:00 am

Fifa World Cup: How a legislation change paved the way for the USA team to dominate women’s football

Since the first women’s World Cup in 1991, the USA has won the tournament three times and finished runner-up once.

AFP

· Apr 27, 2019 · 05:13 pm

She became Iran’s first female boxer to win an international fight and now she can’t go home

An arrest warrant had been issued against Sadaf Khadem in Iran because she was bare-headed and wearing shorts during the fight.

AFP

· Apr 17, 2019 · 11:21 pm

Athletics: Why Caster Semenya v IAAF ruling will be critical for women’s participation in sport

Arbitration case between athlete Caster Semenya and the IAAF centres on eligibility to compete based on testosterone – but there are other factors in play.

Sheree Bekker, The Conversation

· Apr 17, 2019 · 06:05 pm

Best of women's sport in 2018: Osaka’s breakthrough win over Serena, Hegerberg’s Ballon d’Or

Some of the great moments from women’s sport in 2018.

AFP

· Dec 25, 2018 · 09:03 pm

First, let’s celebrate Ada Hegerberg and then talk about how casual sexism clouded her historic day

Hegerberg is a deserving winner of the first woman’s Ballon D’Or and the “twerk” incident clouded, but didn’t overshadow her historic day.

Zenia D'Cunha

· Dec 04, 2018 · 02:00 pm