Commonwealth Games netball is an intensely physical and competitive affair. It’s a far cry from netball’s roots – the game was designed to shape women into model middle-class citizens.
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Sportswomen still struggle for attention and too many girls are discouraged from taking sport seriously.
With its “Pro hijab” Nike has mainstreamed what is generally considered as an oppressive and marginalised garment.
And they are attracting record crowds: Lord’s is a sellout for England vs India in the World Cup Final.
The teams and players to watch ahead of the tournament’s kick-off on July 16.
The unpredictability of women’s tennis in 2017 should make us strongly question the performance of the official rankings – and not simply the players’ performance.
Women’s football was introduced in the Olympics a staggering 96 years after the men’s event – and some sports still struggle with gender inequalities.
Playing football demands full-contact physicality. How does celebrating women playing elite level football impact the way gender and sexuality is perceived, experienced and made possible?
There’s clearly a growing enthusiasm for the sport but our experts crunched the numbers to see if this is just more middle-aged men in lycra (Mamils).
Last week’s prestigious National Press Club address was delivered by the Australian Football League’s CEO, Gillon McLachlan, on the topic of “Australia’s game in a global environment”. This was an opportunity…
Thoughtless tweets and unfair conditions didn’t hold women back – but they still deserve better.
The players, matches and teams to watch for Canada 2015.
The progressive march of women’s football offers a refreshingly different FIFA story from that which has dominated the headlines over the past few weeks.
Conservative sport manifesto puts the elite ahead of the grassroots.
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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