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Hello, Pot? This is the Kettle...
by After Atalanta
posted October 10, 2009 at 12:36pm

...you're black.The pot in the title is Jacques Rogge who, along with other IOC members, are engaging in "quiet diplomacy" with three countries who the IOC does not feel is doing a suitable job supporting Olympic female athletes. Part of the quiet is the ...more

Afghan women to train for Olympic boxing
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 5, 2009 at 3:10pm

Twenty-five women from Afghanistan are training to box at the 2012 Olympics; the International Boxing Association has approved the wearing of hijabs beneath their headgear and clothes that cover their bodies in order to meet Islamic religious requireme...more

Muslim angered by "unjust" headscarf sport ban
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted September 27, 2009 at 2:26pm

Apparently, the veil becomes the most symbolic issue when it comes to "Muslim Women" even in sports news. I am not very comfortable with this situation as it makes the unveiled Muslim women less and less visible. -SSK A Muslim basketball player is set to ...more

Las Fútbolistas (Great Grandma on the Left Wing)
by From A Left Wing
posted September 17, 2009 at 4:42pm

"Las Fútbolistas" Ángel Zárraga (Mexico, 1886-1946)A friend recommended this painting to me - amazing, given the year it was painted and the commonly held view that women's football is a recent phenomenon spearheaded by post Title IX generations of Ame...more

Russian women’s team CSKA Moscow in jeopardy of folding
by HoopFeed.com
posted September 16, 2009 at 3:25pm

WNBA players with plans to play overseas this winter may face the unfortunate prospect of squads in economic turmoil. Women’s basketball team CSKA Moscow announced today that although it is premature to say the team will cease operations, they are curre...more

Examples of Sport Rarely Seen
by One Sport Voice
posted September 16, 2009 at 1:42pm

This morning I was doing some “warm-up activities” (aka getting ready to do real work by surfing the Web) and came across the most interesting video of Synchronized Cycling posted on the Pretty Tough website. I had to post this spectacular sport! I ...more

UEFA Euro 2009 Group Hug
by Cool Adventure Girls!
posted September 10, 2009 at 8:13pm

Germany’s women national soccer team celebrates after winning their UEFA Euro 2009 final soccer match yesterday against England. (Photo credit: REUTERS/Bob Strong) Share on Facebook ...more

Tomorrow: European Championship match England v Germany
by From A Left Wing
posted September 9, 2009 at 5:00pm

Tomorrow England and Germany will compete for the European Championship. Germany rules the hen house and has for far too long - having won every European Championship since 1995.The annoyingly titled Die Besten Frauen der Welt (subtitled in English) show...more

The ‘New’ Look of Caster Semenya
by One Sport Voice
posted September 9, 2009 at 4:55pm

Much has been written about the controversy regarding the sex verification testing of Caster Semenya following the IAAF Championships in August 2009 (to read more go here, here, here, & here). Given all Semenya has endured, I can’t say I was surprise...more

Editorial linking the stories of Semenya and Simelane
by From A Left Wing
posted September 8, 2009 at 4:15pm

To follow up on posts about Caster Semenya and Eudy Simelane: Mark Gevisser writes a great editorial in South Africa's The Times calling attention to the links between the two stories, "Celebrated and Castigated." Gevisser asks if the conversations about...more

Latest fallout in Semenya mess: Coach resigns in protest
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 7, 2009 at 1:37pm

A top South African track coach has resigned over what he says were dishonestly presented gender tests for the athlete. When will the IAAF join the 21st century? ...more

Aluko scores twice to send England to Euro Semis
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 6, 2009 at 9:19pm

WPS alum Eniola Aluko proved her elite status in helping her team attain its best result ever in the European Championships. England can look forward to the easier semi, against the Dutch, while either Norway or Germany will be eliminated in the other.�...more

India's Muslim girls box their way out poverty
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted September 5, 2009 at 1:18pm

By POH SI TENGKOLKATA, INDIA -- As the sun dips below the horizon, roll call begins at a boxing club in southeast Kolkata.Standing tall, soldier-style in three lines, are 47 students -- some as young as 8 years old, a few as old as 23 -- who hold their po...more

Swiss basketball body forbids Muslim headscarf
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted September 5, 2009 at 12:37pm

REITNAU, Switzerland (AP) -A Muslim woman has been told by the Swiss basketball association that she can't wear a headscarf when she plays in league games.Sura Al-Shawk, a 19-year-old Swiss citizen of Iraqi origin, is making her debut in a regional women'...more

Ramadan and Sports: To fast or not to fast - that is the question
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted September 4, 2009 at 2:05pm

Soccer NewsBy Kristina Puck and Peter Auf der Heyde Sep 3, 2009Hamburg- When Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho, who has referred to himself as a Special One, substituted Ghanaian international Sulley Muntari after just 30 minutes of their game against Bari,...more

England-Russia - from UEFA Women's Champions Tournament 2009
by From A Left Wing
posted August 28, 2009 at 7:14pm

England fought their way back - are slugging their way through the tournament. Knowing a little about how shabbily they are treated by the English FA, I'm pulling for them. Kelly Smith has a crazy-good goal here. Enjoy. Commentary is in Russian. Their...more

Caster Semenya returns home
by Athletic Women Blog
posted August 26, 2009 at 12:52pm

It's amazing when you think about it. In less than 20 years South Africa has gone from racist regime to one of our planet's most enlightened countries. It's questionable how many other countries would have embraced and defended Caster Semenya the way the ...more

Why police the border between men's and women's sports? (repost w/ comments about Caster Semenya)
by From A Left Wing
posted August 21, 2009 at 2:18pm

The topic of gender testing in sports has become a headline again. South African sprinter Caster Semenya became a news story when she went to Berlin and claimed the world championship in the 800, crossing the line at 1:55.45, two seconds faster than her...more

More on Semenya
by After Atalanta
posted August 20, 2009 at 3:33pm

It appears that some are being somewhat sensitive to the investigation of South African Caster Semenya's gender. No one is accusing her of cheating or that she has knowledge of her condition. Note however that one, there is still an investigation and two,...more

African National Congress: "Such comments can only serve to portray women as being weak"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted August 20, 2009 at 2:36pm

Seldom have I seen a rejoinder as plain-spoken and incisive as the ANC's to accusations that women's 800-meter world champion Caster Semenya is not a woman. I could not find or conjure up a better title for this post. Caster Semenya earned a gold medal i...more

Gender Controversy: A debate
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted August 19, 2009 at 12:51pm

Any big event is going to be with its fair share of controversy. That’s just the way things work. The World Championships in Berlin are no different. Today a story has emerged that has the word written all over it. The women’s 800 meter final is t...more

Sanya Richards finally wins individual gold
by Athletic Women Blog
posted August 19, 2009 at 12:32pm

The consensus for some time has been that Sanya Richards is the world's fastest woman in the 400 meters. Still, she had never been able to prove as much in a big race. That proviso was finally put to rest in Berlin yesterday. Congratulations, Sanya! ...more

Notes from Berlin and the World Championships...
by JHayes
posted August 15, 2009 at 1:57pm

I have been in Berlin for 11 days and finally Day 1 of the IAAF World Championships has begun. For the first time, I am at the World Championships and not competing. It is certainly a strange feeling. However, it is not one of sadness or disappoin...more

Happiness...with no strings attached.
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted August 14, 2009 at 6:02pm

I sat in the very front. Front and center to be exact. You know that kid back in school who would sit in the front of class and raise their hand eagerly at every question that was asked? Well that was me today. Total geek. Except I didn’t answer any...more

Female Iraqis take on tradition in wrestling ring
by Athletic Women Blog
posted August 10, 2009 at 7:10pm

Not all traditions are bad. But some—born of an antediluvian thirst to subjugate others—are rather evil. An article at NYTimes.com brings this to mind. The female athletes it calls attention to deserve admiration, simply for doing what they want to do...more

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