The esteemed playwright offers a funny and thought-provoking look at how the AFL women’s competition became a reality.
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Fifa’s new rule boosts women coaches. But without structural change, inequality in football may remain.
As a producer, I often meet with resistance when it comes to putting female athletes, pundits and presenters front and centre.
From the moment players leave the pitch, the recovery process begins.
‘Cycle syncing’, an increasingly popular practice among elite female athletes, involves aligning your training schedule to the phases of your menstrual cycle.
The tournament could provide another boost to engagement and participation.
Cold and flu symptoms could knock players out of the Euros but targeted nutrition could help keep the Lionesses on the pitch.
From burnout to body shaming – the hidden pressures for female footballers are mounting. The game may be thriving, but are the players?
Qualifying for the tournament has the potential to reshape the future of women’s football in Wales.
Women were banned from playing football in many countries, but that’s just one of many barriers they have overcome.
Inter Milan become the latest elite European football club to be taken over by a US investor.
Decades of unequal coverage in traditional media has prompted women’s sport to use social media to increase visibility.
Thousands of fans packed out stadiums for the 1971 women’s World Cup, but it has been virtually erased from history.
Imagine what female athletes could achieve if they were free from body pressure.
Women’s Super League clubs face troubling levels of debt.
To maintain the Lionesses’ achievements go one step further at future world cups, English football needs to invest in girls playing at academy level.
We’re experiencing a great sporting and cultural moment. But the Women’s World Cup needs to be more than a four-week football festival.
Like the rest of Australia, we have been following the world cup with growing emotional intensity. From the group chat to TikTok, the online alt-commentary on the game has been a joy.
Fans of women’s sport around the world are rejecting traditional masculine norms of sports fandom, and developing a counter fan culture.
Have you found yourself liking sport for the first time and wondering how you got here? Here’s what might be going on – and why it might be the best thing for your wellbeing.
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Football Consultant & Visiting Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Governance in Women's Football, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor in Accounting and Sport Finance, University of Portsmouth
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Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Sports Business, Leeds Beckett University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer of Communication, Sports Media, Deakin University
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Associate Professor Social Sciences, Gender& Sexualities, Bournemouth University
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Principal Lecturer in Sport Studies, Sheffield Hallam University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University
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Lecturer in Film and Media, University of Stirling