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Breaking News: The IOC adds Women's Canoe to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games
by WomenCANIntl
posted May 29, 2012 at 12:57am

BREAKING NEWS: IOC accepts the inclusion of women's canoe to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing China!! The IOC decided to accept six new events to generate team atmosphere, promote gender equality and balance sprint and endurance events. The...more

Wishy, washy IOC ridiculousness
by After Atalanta
posted May 27, 2012 at 2:32am

Has anyone written about the highly problematic tenure of IOC president Jacques Rogge? I want to fast forward to a few decades from now and read about his legacy. I can't imagine it will be favorable. The inspiration for these frustrations? The IOC, as l...more

Sports Blog Karma: A Roundup of Favorite Bloggers
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted May 21, 2012 at 2:11pm

blog pic A new week and time to share the love for some of my favourite bloggers. Girlboxing  You've met Malissa here before - interviews here from August 2011 - but she's really being upping the ante lately on the boxing front. All down to th...more

Tiffany Weimer's Travels: Tell Them What’s Up
by Tiffany Weimer
posted May 8, 2012 at 1:12am

So many activities. So little time to blog about them. The cats have been coming over more than they’re welcomed to. I go through cartons of milk unnecessarily. And trying to give them leftover salmon or chicken is obviously just not classy enough ...more

Brunei to Send Its First Female Athlete to the Olympics
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted May 3, 2012 at 7:02pm

By Marc MCDONALD HONG KONG — The International Olympic Committee banned South Africa from the Olympics for nearly 30 years, until 1992, because of the repugnant official policy of apartheid that kept black athletes from competing. Nevertheless, the ...more

"Saudi Arabia turns deaf ear to Olympic women" by Eman Al Nafjan
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 30, 2012 at 11:57am

Last Friday Sheikh Al Fowzan, ironically a member of the Saudi human rights commission, stated that the thought that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) might be implemented in Saudi Arabia make...more

LA Sparks Announce Exhibitions With Olympic Hopefuls China, Japan
by Swish Appeal
posted April 27, 2012 at 7:05pm

Two Asian women's basketball teams will be making appearances in the United States in the month of May, facing off against the United States National Team and touring around the WNBA Western Conference. The Chinese National Team will start their tour o...more

Jessica Mendoza finds hope in Rwanda
by Jessica Mendoza's Blog
posted April 15, 2012 at 6:09pm

Jessica Mendoza finds hope in Rwanda Apr 13 5:36 PM ET | By Jess Mendoza   ESPN softball analyst Jessica Mendoza recently traveled to Rwanda as part of the Girl Effect, a project created by the Nike Foundation, NoVo Foundation, United Nations Foun...more

EuroSport – Women exercise right to fight in Singapore
by Wombat Sports
posted April 11, 2012 at 8:39pm

Courtesy EuroSports/Yahoo Jeet Toshi’s eyes glaze over as the blood flow to her brain begins to slow. She claws at the arm clamped around her throat but Nicole Chua’s choke is sapping her strength, and the rising panic in Toshi’s ches...more

Video: Girls & Football South Africa focuses on role of soccer in combating corrective rape
by Sonia @ Girls & Football SA
posted April 11, 2012 at 11:17am

The award-winning Girls & Football SA focuses on the development of girls and women through sport, media and education. In this short video, the role of football in creating a safe space for girls and women in South Africa is explored, with a specific...more

Qatar adds third woman to Olympic roster
by After Atalanta
posted April 10, 2012 at 11:24am

Photo: Reuters Qatar, like Saudi Arabia, has never sent a female athletes to the Olympics. That will change this summer. Two women had been scheduled to go after receiving wild cards from the IOC. A third has just been added. Bahia al-Hamad, who also...more

Fair Ball: The Orientalism of Canada going to Uganda to play baseball
by The Rabbit Hole
posted April 10, 2012 at 10:02am

Photo from the Toronto Star. Recently, Sportsnet aired a 30 minute documentary about the Canadian little league team flying to Uganda to play a World Series game that never occurred called Fair Ball.  The documentary and the team were sponsored by R...more

No Saudi female Olympians - now what will the IOC do?
by After Atalanta
posted April 7, 2012 at 11:07am

It seems that after some consideration (or not) Saudi Arabian officials, despite some positive encouragement from the IOC, have decided not to send women--or even a woman--to the Olympic Games this summer in London. The king of gender equality himself--J...more

Three Middle Eastern Countries to Exclude Women From Olympics
by Wombat Sports
posted April 6, 2012 at 8:33pm

Prince Nawaf bin Faisal - Courtesy Sport-ENews.com As the Olympics vastly approach with Judo, Tae Kwon Do, wrestling, and newly introduced women’s boxing on the schedule, don’t expect to see any female competitors from Saudi Arabia, Brunei,...more

Women from All Nations Heading to the Olympics?
by Women in Sport International
posted March 21, 2012 at 10:22am

By JoJo Rennie It was reported last week that there is a considerable chance that women from all participating nations will appear in the London 2012 Olympics for the first time ever. Exciting news indeed. According to theage.com it is Jacques Rogge (pr...more

Who makes the Olympic badges?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted March 17, 2012 at 12:40am

This post is taken from Playfair 2012. The writer based this information on their report "Toying with Workers’ Rights" (Play Fair, 2012) The Olympic movement states that it aims to “build a better world through sport”, but for  work...more

Write a post for Women’s History Month
by Pretty Tough
posted March 1, 2012 at 10:53pm

The month of March marks a global celebration of women’s talents, achievements and contributions to society. Every year, since the United Nations proclaimed March 8th International Women’s Day in 1977, organizations around the world host a va...more

Seeking sports equality for women, Human Rights Watch should target Doha Olympic bid
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 22, 2012 at 2:37am

By  Philip Hersh Human Rights Watch is beating the drum this week about Saudi Arabia's discrimination against women athletes, noting among other things it is one of three countries never to have sent a woman to the Olympics. That effort should be ta...more

Australia names their Olympic team finalists
by They're Playing Basketball
posted February 16, 2012 at 8:52am

Lauren Jackson, Penny Taylor, Suzy Batkovic, Kristi Harrower, Belinda Snell, Liz Cambage, Abby Bishop and Jenna O'Hea headline the list for Australia's prospective basketball team Olympians. It may be the strongest that list has been in many years. ...more

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