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Malaysian Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi: The only pregnant Olympian
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 27, 2012 at 5:50pm

By Patrick JOHNSTONKUALA LUMPUR, April 13 (Reuters) - When Malaysian shooter Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi takes aim with her rifle at the London Olympics it will not just be nerves she will be attempting to control inside her.The 29-year-old from Perak, situ...more

Saudi female athletes challenge Muslim norms
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 27, 2012 at 5:29pm

By Susan BerkDUBAI: Behind concrete walls and with no men in sight, Saudi women wearing shorts and short-sleeve shirts meet three times a week to play football in an all-female club in Saudi Arabia's port city of Jeddah.Cheering them on is Jeddah King's U...more

Saudi women walk very different paths to become Muslim country's 1st female Olympians
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 27, 2012 at 5:24pm

By Barbara SURKLONDON - The two women who will become the first female athletes to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympics have walked very different paths that will meet at the London Games.One is a distance runner raised in California who has spent lit...more

Women's Sport in Iran: Pre-Revolution
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 27, 2012 at 8:54am

This report is the first in a series on the situation of women's sport in Iran to be published by Small Media during the London 2012 Olympics. This piece gives a historical background, describing the status of women's sport in Iran before the 1979 Rev...more

Did Greece miss potential teachable moment at Olympics?
by Sports, Media & Society
posted July 26, 2012 at 8:47am

Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou was booted off her country's Olympic team after making a racist comment on Twitter, according to various media reports. The articles reported that Papachristou said on Twitter: “With so many Africans in Greece...more

Female Olympians still sit at the back of the (Air)bus
by Off The Court
posted July 24, 2012 at 5:47pm

The 2012 London Olympics will be the first time in history that women have been allowed to compete in every sport at the Games. Despite this milestone, all is not equal on a modern female Olympian’s trip to London.If a female athlete overcomes all t...more

Turkey sends largest number of women athletes to London 2012
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 24, 2012 at 5:38pm

 The Istanbul Olympic bid for the 2020 Gamesgets a big boost for women’s sports as Turkey’s Olympic team for London 2012 is now larger than the men’s team. The qualification of the women’s basketball...more

Sports under the veil
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 23, 2012 at 7:39am

Alvina Ledru (Originally published in French, automatically translated as below by google) Officially announced at a press conference organized by FIFA Thursday, July 5, the re-raise controversy. Is it necessary or not to allow headscarves in offici...more

London's High Court permits Female Canoeist's lawsuit to proceed
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 21, 2012 at 10:27pm

On Thursday, London's High Court granted permission for British National Sprint Canoe Champion Sam Rippington's lawsuit to proceed.  In addition, "The IOC and the Olympic Delivery Authority have been ordered to be joined as interested parties. The ca...more

LOCOG Deflects Equality Responsibilities
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 20, 2012 at 2:12pm

LOCOG continues to deflect equality responsibilities. See article in"The Guardian."  http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/19/london-2012-japan-australia-sexism.  British National Champion Canoeist Samantha Rippington is not asking for...more

Female Athletes Don’t Deserve Second-Class Treatment
by Pretty Tough
posted July 20, 2012 at 7:54am

A year ago the Japanese women’s soccer team won the World Cup, beating the United States in the final and giving a boost to the spirits of a nation that had been battered by an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster. They became internationa...more

FEMALE CANOEIST TAKES OLYMPIC INEQUALITY TO COURT
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 19, 2012 at 1:00am

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***   FEMALE CANOEIST TAKE OLYMPIC INEQUALITY TO COURT CLAIMS LOCOG IS IN BREACH OF EQUALITY ACT 2010 Samantha Rippington (Left in photo), an elite female canoeist from Reading, will today launch a High Court challenge to th...more

As the Olympics Approach, Brigitte Lacombe’s Stunning Portraits of Arab Lady Athletes
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 19, 2012 at 12:14am

by Eddie Rios Hayat Lambarki, athletics, Morocco. Nisrine Dandan, basketball, Lebanon. Brigitte and Marian Lacombe’s exhibition is accompanied by a photography book with essays from Egyptian-born author Gini Alhadeff and Qatari filmmake...more

Symbolism and female Saudi athletes
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted July 17, 2012 at 9:16pm

International pressure on Saudi Arabia to send women athletes to the London Olympics has paid off. But some working to improve the plight of females in sports and life in that country are skeptical it has more than symbolic value. Says Saudi sports websit...more

Meet the IOC
by Women in Sport International
posted July 17, 2012 at 9:06pm

Tweet Sports writers and activists Nikki Dryden and Andrew Jennings have put together quite the piece of work. A must read for anyone that wants to learn more about the International Olympic Committee members. Here is their press release. Want to know ...more

Saudi Sarah Attar Hopes Olympic Appearance Will Help More Women Get Involved in Sport
by Pretty Tough
posted July 16, 2012 at 11:21am

After a great deal of negotiation and speculation, Saudi Arabia has agreed to send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time. A judoka and an 800m runner will represent the ultra conservative kingdom in London later this month, t...more

Iranian Female Players' Right to Unveil
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 15, 2012 at 7:13pm

This is one of the few posts in MWS blog, authored by the blog owner. I have been sharing updated information on FIFA ban (recently lifted) and on Saudi Arabia both of which are related to Muslim women's right to play, in different aspects. However, by l...more

Why Isn't Women’s Canoe in the Olympics?
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 6, 2012 at 11:55am

Abby Hoffman, the famous Canadian sports icon wrote the following in the Ottawa Citizen in reference to the  1996 Olympic Games:           “There is no excuse for perpetuating the blatant sexism that persists at...more

2012 London Olympics Field Set After Five Qualify In FIBA World Tournament
by Swish Appeal
posted July 2, 2012 at 7:19pm

The knockout round of the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Ankara, Turkey, pitted the top eight from the four tournament groups against each other. The four game winners automatically advanced to the 2012 Olympic field. The fifth and final spot...more

Training Migration and National Identities
by The Rabbit Hole
posted June 18, 2012 at 10:24am

Photo from Xavier School.It is pretty much a given that if you become a professional athlete that you will not get to compete in your home town or country.  If you do, consider yourself one of the lucky ones but labour migration in sport is almost a ...more

Iran's First Female Canoeist Wins Silver at ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup #3
by WomenCANIntl
posted June 3, 2012 at 6:26pm

Russia’s Maria Kazakova dominates the Women’s C1 200 meter event to take Gold at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup #3, in Moscow. Following closely behind was Iran’s first female canoeist Nadyeh Talanak for the Silver. Russia’s Mar...more

Euro Cup 2012 & HIV/AIDS
by The Rabbit Hole
posted June 2, 2012 at 9:13pm

Photo from HDWallpaper.In 2005, the United Nations held the International Year of Sport and Physical Education and committed sport to assisting in Millennium Development Goal achievement.  Goal #6 is to help combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other disease...more

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