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Iran’s girls’ soccer team back in Youth Olympics
by Pretty Tough
posted May 5, 2010 at 4:31pm

With this summer’s inaugural Youth Olympics fast approaching, there was one group of young women who were facing exclusion. That is until this week when FIFA said they will allow the Iranian girls soccer team to compete at the Games as long as their pl...more

Everton defeat Arsenal in 2010 Women’s FA Cup Final
by All White Kit
posted May 4, 2010 at 2:56pm

(Photo courtesy of telegraph.co.uk) Natasha Dowie is going to bed a hero tonight as she scored the extra time goal that earned her Everton side the FA Cup. Her uncle is Ian Dowie (!), the beleaguered Hull City manager whose side is destined for ...more

European Soccer Update
by All White Kit
posted May 2, 2010 at 7:17pm

Well done to Turbine Potsdam for clinching the Frauen Bundesliga title with their 1-0 win today over Bad Neuenahr. Match highlights here Frauen Bundesliga Relegation-bound Tennis Borussia received two thumpings in just five days, losing 6-0 to Turbi...more

Turbine Potsdam Hold Nerve to Reach UWCL Final
by All White Kit
posted April 19, 2010 at 11:53pm

No doubt the biggest match of the weekend in the world of women’s football was the second leg of the UEFA Women’s Champions League Semifinal between German giants Turbine Potsdam and Duisburg. Duisburg had won at home 1-0 in the first leg. Here’s...more

Al Jazeera Story about Iran's women's team & a follow up to last week's post
by From A Left Wing
posted April 14, 2010 at 6:43pm

Watch this very informative story from Al Jazeera.Reaction to last week's post about football and hijab has been caught up in the veil (represented by some commentators as the first step in a "slippery slope to fundamentalism"). Some readers seem to hav...more

Hijab ban pushes women to the sidelines
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 14, 2010 at 10:10am

Sport is linked with education, employment and empowerment. So it’s deplorable that FIFA has banned the Iran girls’ football team from the Youth Olympics, says Katherine Azmeh. In a mind-boggling announcement, the girls’ football team of Iran has...more

Iran protests hijab ban for soccer team
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 14, 2010 at 10:09am

ZURICH, Switzerland, April 6 (UPI) -- Iran has asked the international bodies governing soccer and the Olympics to end a ban on the wearing of Islamic headscarves by female players. The Federation Internationale de Football Association, based in Zurich, ...more

Girls in the hood cry foul over hijab ban
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 14, 2010 at 10:02am

RACHEL OLDING April 7, 2010 FOOTBALL clubs fear that a decision by the sport's world governing body to ban Islamic head scarves will trickle down to the local level. The Iran girls' football team has been kicked out of the Youth Olympic Games because F...more

Hijab ban belongs in the sin bin
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 9, 2010 at 6:14pm

When soccer's world governing body FIFA banned Muslim headscarves from competition, a shudder went through Sydney's all-female football team, the Lakembaroos. The hijab ban has already this week forced the Iran girls' soccer squad out of the first summ...more

Apr 6, Basketball news: Time to remember Laure Ecard
by Women's Basketball in France - WBBIF blog
posted April 6, 2010 at 10:34am

Two years ago the basketball news headlines in France was about a road accident on the A 8 motorway that resulted in the death of 15-year old Laure Ecard and in serious injuries to three of her team-mates. Last year during a civic ceremony the town of Ni...more

Girls Assault with Deeny Suarez!
by SkaterGirl
posted April 5, 2010 at 7:09pm

Girls Assault is a girls only skate website over in Argentina, founded by Daniela Suarez (Deeny) and her friend Daniela Quintabani in October of 2007. The website was born out of a passion to skate, to meet new friends and have fun. The website aims to b...more

Apr 5, Poinonnet 2010: France U16 defend title
by Women's Basketball in France - WBBIF blog
posted April 5, 2010 at 1:40pm

France beat Spain (43-35) in the final match of the tournament. Poland beat Belgium in an exciting match game. Poland had the better start and led (18-9) after the first quarter. The Players from Belgium did not give in and with five minutes left to pla...more

This Week's Schedule: Euroleagues & Spanish Semi's
by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog
posted April 4, 2010 at 8:20pm

There's a slight change in the Spanish women's semifinals: since the finals of Euroleague are this weekend, the Ros Casares-Zaragoza opening round game was booted to next Wednesday. Valencia will be hosting the Euroleague Final Four, so Ros Casares will...more

LFB 26/2009 - Ros Casares 79, Estudiantes 58
by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog
posted April 3, 2010 at 9:23pm

For Ros Casares, there was nothing to fight for. They had already sealed up first place in the regular season. However, for Estudiantes, it was a fight for their lives to stay in the upper league. They also needed Hondarribia to lose, but if Estudiante...more

Apr 3, Poinonnet: Spain U16 beat Belgium U16
by Women's Basketball in France - WBBIF blog
posted April 3, 2010 at 6:13pm

Spain put together a 15-0 run to close the first period (28-13) and never looked back as they went on to win (87-51) with all 12 players scoring. France beat Poland (62-45). More details from these games and the rest of the other matches will be cov...more

Soccer Highlights, Friday, April 2nd
by All White Kit
posted April 2, 2010 at 9:52pm

which means Saturday will be two days long this weekend. Right. Well with no class and no work today (thanks JC) I give you April 2nd’s Notables: England defeated Spain 1-0 in WC Qualifying with a volley from Katie Chapman, the newest member of t...more

More reaction from the U.S./Mexico match
by All White Kit
posted March 30, 2010 at 1:42pm

USSoccer.com has posted match highlights Mark Zeigler of the San Diego Tribune entions Abby Wambach’s return to Torero Stadium Lauren Salter of The Bleacher Report has this to say about the match and Scott French reported on A-Rod’s return to ...more

European soccer results from the weekend
by All White Kit
posted March 30, 2010 at 1:39pm

Frauen Bundesliga March 28 Hamburger SV 1 (Zweigler 74″), Turbine Potsdam 5 (Schroder 4″, Nagasoto 7″, Draws 36″, Zietz 65″, Scwiehe 82″) Women’s Premier League March 28 Birmingham City 0, Leeds Carnegie 4 Doncaster Belles 2, ...more

Muslim, German, female – and a sports star
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 22, 2010 at 9:58am

BONN, Germany: Fatmire Bajramaj is the carefree young face of women’s football in Germany. A Muslim Kosovan, her eventful life story recalls the hit English film Bend it like Beckham, in which a girl footballer strikes out against ethnic prejudices an...more

Faezeh Hashemi award for excellence in sport
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 17, 2010 at 11:09pm

Muslim sporting heroes are rarely away from the public gaze. From the track to the boxing ring, from all over the globe, Muslims are setting sporting records. Few, however, have paralleled the achievements of Faezeh Hashemi and few receive so little publi...more

Dining in Doha
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted March 15, 2010 at 9:13pm

Eating in foreign countries is always an adventure. Coming to Qatar, many athletes weren't really sure what to expect, accept that we knew there would be no bacon served. Being that many of us had our prelims early in the morning, breakfast was a must. ...more

Should boxing be a male sport only?
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 14, 2010 at 9:46pm

SHOULD boxing be a male sport only? According to Amitabh Bachchan, ‘The ladies do not care much for it. Too brutal for them they say.’ That’s what he wrote on his blog after his recent meeting with British boxer Amir Khan. An old fashioned stereo...more

Quite Unfit - English women's football history on film
by From A Left Wing
posted March 11, 2010 at 4:36pm

From the British Film Institute, a short film about the 1921 ban against women playing football: You can watch another film about this period in English women's football history - a compilation of early film footage and photographs documenting the backgro...more

Lindsey Vonn and Ellen DeGeneres team to help Haiti
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 10, 2010 at 10:16am

Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) has teamed with TV host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres to continue the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti by auctioning a signed pair of skis and poles on eBay. The Head skis and Leki poles, which feature Ell...more

Around the World, Women Have Reason to Celebrate and Work to Do
by Womenstake
posted March 8, 2010 at 9:15pm

by Amy Quinn, Senior Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center As the 100th International Women’s Day is observed today around the world, women have much to celebrate. Today’s women and girls have inherited a path made smoother by the brave effor...more

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