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Female Wrestlers Vie for Piece of Turkey's Heart
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted October 22, 2011 at 8:21am

Wrestling always reminds me of reading John Irving's The World According to Garp. Strange but true. And in the week of the European Boxing championships in Rotterdam, it seems like a good chance to look at another contact sport for women. Enjoy and have a...more

Alison Starnes: The Pan Am Shuffle
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted October 14, 2011 at 9:48am

< p>What does it look like shuttling 6000 athletes plus 6000 coaches, massage therapists, mechanics, etc., to Guadalajara? Crazy. That’s what. I was shuttled from a plane in Houston to join the most recent arrivals for team processing. All the at...more

Sport for Development and Peace - How much good are we doing?
by The Rabbit Hole
posted October 10, 2011 at 3:52pm

I was first introduced to the concept of sport for development and peace (SDP) in 2005. I stumbled upon the United Nations website at a time when I was struggling with reconciling the knowledge that people in this world suffer on a daily basis largely b...more

Portugal are Eurosurf champions
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted October 6, 2011 at 9:22am

Portugal are taking the Eurosurf title back home with them, 14 years after winning it the last time the competition was held in Ireland. Written in the stars maybe? The winners women's categories were Catarina Sousa in bodyboarding (Ireland's Ashleigh Sm...more

Big Turnout Projected for International Softball Federation Congress
by Women in Sport International
posted September 29, 2011 at 12:54am

Tweet I just received this Press Release from the ISF. Nice to see softball seems to be gaining steam outside of North America and Asia (of course, as a softball player, I am incredibly biased). Hopefully the delegates can get something useful accomp...more

Check it out: European Surfing Championships in Bundoran, Ireland
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted September 26, 2011 at 10:01am

Eurosurf 2011 is possible the only surfing competition this year to have been opened by a bagpipe band? Open to correction here but Saturday's parade in Bundoran, Donegal - below - leaves you in doubt where the contest is taking place. Surfer Easkey Brit...more

Irish Sports woman of the month: High Jumper Deirdre Ryan
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted September 22, 2011 at 10:48am

High jumper Deirdre Ryan was named Sportswoman of the month this week in Ireland for her great performance in Korea. Deirdre Ryan in KoreaRyan came 6th in the World Championships breaking the Irish record (her own) and qualifying for London 2012 on the wa...more

IWWF Wakeboard World Cup Malaysia Video Highlights
by WakeGirls Blog
posted September 21, 2011 at 10:52am

Found this video on YouTube of the last IWWF Wakeboard World Cup in Malaysia. Congrats to winner Raimi Merritt, as well as second place winner Amber Wing and third place winner Miku Asai. ...more

“Homophobic” Eucharia Uche To Be Investigated By FIFA
by Women in Sport International
posted September 20, 2011 at 2:00am

Tweet Op Ed By JoJo Rennie Fans of the Women's World Cup may remember the tournament as one that positively reflected the (ever) developing skill and passion in the Women's game. Despite coverage focusing heavily on a hard fought underdog tale that sa...more

Hillary Klimowicz: First basketballl match of the season
by Eat. Play. Love.
posted September 19, 2011 at 12:40am

Last night was the first game of our official season. I honestly can't remember the last time I was so excited AND nervous for a season to start. As most of you know, preseason was not easy for me at all...each day I felt like I was trudging uphill in the...more

Hockey: Team Canada Begins 456th Consecutive Training Camp
by The First Line
posted September 18, 2011 at 3:13pm

“I got home, fed the cats, watered the plants, and got on a plane to Calgary,” reports fictional forward Lauren Vicomte. “At least I had time to grab some clean clothes this time. I really hate playing poker against Wickenheiser for the last lau...more

Women's sport in Iraq
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted September 16, 2011 at 12:42am

This is something a little different for your Friday film - women's sports in Iraq. Yes, somehow in spite of almost constant war since the 1990s, there are Olympic athletes in training for London.This TransWorld report looks at Rand Saad, archer; Rasha Rf...more

UK Ladies Skateboard Series 2011
by SkaterGirl
posted September 11, 2011 at 10:24pm

After a very successful first year, the UK Ladies Skateboard Series is back again for 2011. Organised once more by Lois Pendlebury and Lauren Kate MacCullen, the format will remain the same with three separate comps in different locations giving female ri...more

Visa problems ground India’s amateur female boxers
by Wombat Sports
posted September 7, 2011 at 4:28pm

Amateur Boxer Mary Kom Courtesy TopNews.IN Courtesy DeccanHerald.com Visa problems have forced the cancellation of Indian women boxers’ participation in two events and could also jeopardise the male pugilists’ preparatory trip to France ahead of t...more

"I'm probably the only one who has run Copenhagen Marathon with a veil"
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted September 3, 2011 at 11:41pm

Direct copy of google translation from DanishShe's spent. Well used. When she crossed the line at Islands Brygge after 5 hours and 50 minutes. But she is also proud because she was the only woman with an immigrant background and the veil did must. Wit...more

Documentary on Iraqi women's basketball team: SALAAM DUNK!
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted September 2, 2011 at 12:09pm

STORY: Two years ago, most of the women on the basketball team at the American University of Iraq - Sulaimani (AUIS) had never been running before. Many had never played sports. None had ever been on a team with other women. They came from all corners of...more

All-Female Boxing Card with Nine Bouts in Japan!
by Wombat Sports
posted September 2, 2011 at 1:24am

By WBAN/SAMART This is one thing we do not see very often and that is NINE female bouts on one card. But on this night on August 28, 2011, there was an all-female card at the Yomiuri Bunka Hall, in Osaka, Japan… (Read the entire article and see photos...more

Turkish volleyball player verbally and physically attacked in Istanbul bus‏ for wearing shorts
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 31, 2011 at 1:25pm

Nineteen-year-old Turkish volleyball player, Nurcan İbrahimoğlu, has confessed that she was verbally and physically attacked in Istanbul last July 28th inside a bus because she was wearing basketball shorts. Following this, on 13th of August, A gr...more

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