For most elite women athletes, professional sport still doesn’t pay enough to make a living. But strategic investment will grow their visibility and earning power.
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An Afghan women’s cricket team is set to play its first match in years. It could put pressure on the International Cricket Council to do more for Afghan women.
The Bodyline summer of 1932-33 tilted the cricket world off its axis. Cricket’s reputation was well and truly tarnished. And these teams of women were the good news story that fixed it.
Kicking off the cup with three straight wins, South Africa is ranked 2nd in the world in one day internationals.
A trailblazing group of women sports reporters were early advocates for women’s sport in the 1930s, particularly during the first Ashes test series against England.
Women’s sport has made leaps and bounds but there is still a lot of work to be done.
During the break in competition caused by COVID-19, sportswomen lost wages, trained less and had poorer access to equipment than their male counterparts
Women’s sport makes up about 4% of all sports coverage. But during the lockdown, that has shrunk to almost nothing.
Women have been playing cricket as long as men have. However, getting to the 2020 Twenty20 World Cup has involved a lot more fundraising and organising
One of the highlights of the 2019 men’s cricket World Cup is the Afghan national team and their global support.
And they are attracting record crowds: Lord’s is a sellout for England vs India in the World Cup Final.
The former England captain was a towering figure in sport, but her mission to reduce inequality in cricket remains unfinished.
England retained the Ashes in 2014. That’s not a wistful statement from a parallel universe, it’s a fact. A fact relating to women’s cricket, though, not men’s. As crestfallen fans will know, the men lost…
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Bournemouth University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Sport Ethics, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Football Consultant & Visiting Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Governance in Women's Football, University of Portsmouth
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Adjunct Professor of Journalism, La Trobe University
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Associate professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
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Head of Education and Sociology, School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Southampton Solent University
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Lecturer in Sport Management and Sport Science, Lincoln University, New Zealand; University of Southern Queensland
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