Women In Sport
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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
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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
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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
Trending
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US charges Indian man for alleged plot to murder Sikh separatist in New York
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Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu likely to receive very heavy rainfall amid possible cyclone
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J&K: NIT Srinagar student booked for alleged derogatory post about Prophet Muhammad
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Pithora is for the gods, not for products, say Adivasis
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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, Sidhanta Patnaik & Snehal Pradhan
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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
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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
Video
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Watch: Journalist-satirist parodies TV newsroom discussions on election results day
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Watch: Australian teacher explains how to master English pronunciation and talk like Shashi Tharoor
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On TV: Reporter crawls through roadside pipe to show how trapped workers were rescued in Uttarakhand
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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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
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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, Ann Pegoraro, The Conversation , Dunja Antunovic, The Conversation , Nancy Lough, The Conversation & Nicole M LaVoi, The Conversation
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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
The Reel
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A new Annapurna Devi film could be the last word on the recluse – or the start of a new quest
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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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
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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
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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
The Field
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England tour of India: Shreyanka Patil stars as India A beat England A in first T20I
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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal cruise into quarter-finals on day four
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Badminton, Syed Modi International: Unnati Hooda, Priyanshu Rajawat advance; Kidambi Srikanth exits
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Cricket: India head coach Rahul Dravid and other team support staff’s contracts extended by BCCI
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Australia tour of India: Glenn Maxwell century keeps visitors alive in T20I series