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Required to cheer for your assailant? Whose rights count?
by Fair Game News
posted May 10, 2011 at 12:29pm

By Susan McGee Bailey The U.S. Supreme Court last week remained silent in the case of a Texas cheerleader, but the message was alarmingly loud: It may be 2011, but high school girls don’t have the same rights as high school guys. The Court declined to...more

Press Release: CAAWS and AthletesCan on Manditory Skirts for Women's Badminton
by Women in Sport International
posted May 7, 2011 at 3:44pm

CAAWS and AthletesCan have released the following joint press release for immediate circulation. The statement is just the latest voice in the criticisms against the World Badminton Federation's decision to force women to wear skirts. Please forward to yo...more

What are Female Badminton Athlete's Saying about "Mandatory Skirts?"
by Women in Sport International
posted May 7, 2011 at 2:05pm

The World Badminton Federation's decision to make skirts mandatory is getting a lot of ink in the press and in the blog-o-sphere. What I am most interested in is what the actual athletes of the WBF have to say about the decision. Below is an assortment of...more

Women's Lacrosse scores big at Vail shootout
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted May 6, 2011 at 5:57pm

Women's lacrosse is growing by leaps and bounds, as is the sport in general as it moves west. The most prestigious lacrosse event in the country happens in Colorado every summer. For the last 39 years, the Vail Lacrosse Shootout Presented by Harrow brings...more

I want a girl with a short skirt...
by After Atalanta
posted May 6, 2011 at 11:07am

...and a loooooong badminton racket.Yep. New rules for female badminton players. Skirts are now required. REQUIRED. Despite my occasional equivocation over skirts because I wear them myself when playing tennis, this is just wrong.The official peeps at the...more

An Upcoming Battle: The Badminton World Federation Comes Under Fire for Requiring Female Athletes to Wear Skirts
by Women in Sport International
posted May 3, 2011 at 9:47am

We have seen the sexualization of women's sports in a variety of different sports over the past few decades and it now seems like no sport is safe. The World Badminton Federation (WBF) has introduced a new dress code that would require female badminton pl...more

From Karate to MuayThai with Denise O' Connell, Ireland
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted April 25, 2011 at 12:49pm

Denise O’ Connell started her sports career with Shotokan Karate but after watching one session of MuayThai knew that was her real passion. Denise O Connell, Sitjaipetch GymDenise trains in Ireland – along with some of the other Irish fighters profile...more

Lauren Froderman: Living the Dream
by anngaff
posted April 25, 2011 at 10:20am

At the Gatorade G Series FIT launch party in Beverly Hills, I caught up with 2010 So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) winner Lauren Froderman who talked about what she's been up to since her win, how SYTYCD changed her life and why she tried out in the fi...more

Minnesota's Mankato cutting sports
by Title IX Blog
posted April 22, 2011 at 2:38pm

Somehow it flew under our radar last fall that Minnesota State University Mankato was planning on cutting four sports: men's swimming/diving, women's bowling, and men's and women's tennis.But they indeed were. And then the student-athletes and their suppo...more

Caley Reece Australian MuayThai fighter
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted April 14, 2011 at 11:51am

On Saturday two of Australia's best MuayThai fighters Caley Reece and Heather O' Donnell square off again. The Domination event features some great fights but this is the one I'd love to see. I had a cyber-meet with Caley - thanks for making the time! ...more

Surfing and MuayThai with Vicky Chan
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted April 10, 2011 at 12:44pm

Surfing sells itself as the mellow sport while MuayThai screams full-contact. On the surface they don't have much in common but Vicky Chan uses one to prepare for the other and loves both. Vicky Chan winter surfing Ireland She says: “I enjoy boxing, I l...more

Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League Open finals: Co-ed Teams Compete in Surrey BC April 8-10
by Women in Sport International
posted April 7, 2011 at 11:05pm

Canada's best wheelchair basketball players will be in South Surrey, British Columbia this coming weekend.A local British Columbia website is reporting that the co-ed teams will be competing starting Friday April 8 until Sunday April 10. The winning team...more

Women's First World U25 Wheelchair Basketball Championships: July 15-21
by Women in Sport International
posted March 31, 2011 at 6:45pm

The inaugural world championships for young female wheelchair basketball players will take place from July 15-21 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The tournament will feature teams from eight nations: Canada, Australia, Germany, Grea...more

Irish Muay Thai fighter Siobhan Foley
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted March 26, 2011 at 12:20pm

On Saturday March 19th I caught up with five Irish MuayThai fighters and asked them about their love for boxing. This is the first of the interviews from that show. Competing at 57 kgs, Irish MuayThai fighter Siobhan Foley has been training for five yea...more

A muscular history for women
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 18, 2011 at 9:00pm

March is Women's History Month. Right in line, literally and figuratively, with this year's theme ("Our History is Our Strength") is David Chapman and Patricia Vertinsky's new book, Venus with Biceps: A Pictorial History of Muscular Women. I can't review...more

Soccer + Skates = Roller Soccer…Who Knew…
by RunLikeAGirl
posted March 18, 2011 at 11:54am

June Solomon grew up in Trinidad & Tobago, which, in case you have geography holes in your knowledge, as I did, is two islands under one government, controlled at various times in history by the French, Spanish, Dutch and British; and is one of the riches...more

Finding beta: Confidence in my own path
by Byline to Finish Line
posted March 17, 2011 at 3:01pm

It probably wasn’t the best time to ask a question, with a forkful of pancakes being shoveled into my mouth (and these were an unusual find — cranberry oat Irish soda pancakes as part of a local diner’s pre-St. Patrick’s celebration) but I had bee...more

Mush: Following the 2011 Iditarod
by Pretty Tough
posted March 4, 2011 at 10:41pm

Since 1973, the world’s top mushers have gathered in Alaska to tackle the Iditarod’s 1,150-mile trail, which stretches from Anchorage to Nome, across mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, desolate tundra and windswept coastline. The Iditarod...more

Why I Yoga
by Run Girl Run
posted March 4, 2011 at 5:16pm

After four days of hard workouts, with three of those days being two-a-days, yoga was just what my body needed last night. It was a calming, restorative class that helped clear my mind after a busy week at work and helped loosen my legs after a week of h...more

Weekend report: snow shoes, ice climbing and cake
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 28, 2011 at 3:11pm

It was one of those important moments in life, one which becomes defining and should be accompanied by the appropriate crescendo of movie-theme music. As I sipped my morning coffee, the realization hit me. Today’s adventure may seriously injure or kill...more

Angela Mao: "the world's first major female action film star"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 24, 2011 at 10:37pm

I couldn't resist sharing this wonderfully done tribute to Angela Mao. A star in many 1970s martial arts films, Mao is sometimes regarded as the first world-famous female action star. It may only be the movies, but prodigious martial arts skills are on di...more

Surfkayak: Best Newcomer 2011
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted February 21, 2011 at 10:19am

Warning: this post contains nepotism!Aisling Griffin WatertechSurf kayak and waterski company Watertech give away a surf-kayak to PaddleSurf Ireland's Best Newcomer. This year Aisling Griffin took the prize. She won a funky new boat on the back of solid p...more

Is high school ready for girls’ wrestling?
by Pretty Tough
posted February 19, 2011 at 10:56am

For high-school wrestlers across the country, February is the stuff of dreams. Sectional meets leading up to state tournaments begin this month, and thousands of hopes will be realized while thousands more wind up dashed. Megan Black, a sophomore wrestle...more

British Muay Thai fighter Julie Kitchen combines motherhood with inspiring career
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted February 17, 2011 at 10:01am

Julie Kitchen pic - Adam Gibbard British Muay Thai fighter Julie Kitchen combines motherhood with an inspiring fighting career. Her record of 50 fights over the last 10 years counts 42 wins, 8 losses and has clocked up 22 belts ... so far. Kitchen has m...more

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