International handball relents on clothing rules, allows women to wear shorts in beach version

There was a furore in July when the European Handball Federation fined Norway after their women’s team wore shorts at the European Beach Handball Championship.

AFP

· Nov 02, 2021 · 02:44 pm

Australia women set to get pay rise in domestic cricket but gap still remains

Cricket Australia CEO Hockley said the increase was a step forward but admitted that there’s ‘still a really big gap, as compared to their male counterparts’.

AFP

· Oct 13, 2021 · 09:54 am

Football: US women’s league commissioner resigns over handling of sexual misconduct allegations

Baird’s resignation comes a day after the North Carolina Courage fired head coach Paul Riley for what the team called ‘very serious allegations of misconduct.’

AFP

· Oct 02, 2021 · 11:13 am

Indian cricket: Why a movement towards equal pay for men and women is important

The responsibility of getting fans, sponsors and revenue flocking to female sportspersons is on those running and marketing the game.

Karunya Keshav

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Sidhanta Patnaik

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Snehal Pradhan

· May 21, 2021 · 09:30 am

Representation doesn’t end exploitation: The rise of female UFC fighters obscures inequality

The UFC’s interest in promoting women has been rare in a male-dominated sporting landscape, but it’s important to look beneath the sheen of gender parity.

Jennifer McClearen, The Conversation

· Apr 18, 2021 · 01:45 pm

Basketball: NCAA slammed after video of unequal tournament facilities for men and women goes viral

NCAA vice president for basketball Dan Gavitt apologised but veterans said the discrimination in weight rooms captured on video was just the tip of the iceberg,

AFP

· Mar 20, 2021 · 12:35 pm

How female coaches can add a different dimension to men’s professional sport

The qualities female coaches can bring – and the differences to what men may currently provide – might just be the ingredient some elite sport has been missing.

Pete Holmes, The Conversation

· Mar 11, 2021 · 02:45 pm

Achieving more with less: What pro sports can learn from women athletes in a post-pandemic world

Women athletes are putting on a master class in resilience – because for the past several decades, that’s how they’ve been conditioned to do business.

Katie Lebel, The Conversation

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Ann Pegoraro, The Conversation

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Dunja Antunovic, The Conversation

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Nancy Lough, The Conversation

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Nicole M LaVoi, The Conversation

· Dec 23, 2020 · 07:00 pm

The invisible summer: How sportswomen were affected more than men during the coronavirus shutdown

The coronavirus pandemic has merely exaggerated the gender inequalities that already existed in elite sports culture.

Ali Bowes, The Conversation

· Oct 24, 2020 · 01:15 pm

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