Women in Sport

Female referees for men’s games are still rare - but Franziska Wildfeuer ist one them who’s changing the game

On this day in 1991, the first FIFA Women's World Cup kicked off! ⚽️🏆 Back then Germany finished fourth place but have won two World Cups since. Germany became the first nation to win the tournament back-to-back (2003, 2007). 🇩🇪 #FIFAWWC #OTD

Did you know? 54 years ago, 20-year-old Kathrine Switzer lined up to run the Boston Marathon at a time when women weren’t permitted to compete. At mile two a race official tried to stop her, but Switzer went on to finish the race runnersworld.com/uk/training/mo…

Lucy Charles-Barclay is part of the Ironman elite. She went from never having ridden a racing bike to world number two in just two-and-a-half years. An inspiring story and a great read. redbull.com/int-en/theredb…

#EllieSimmonds retires from Paralympic Swimming. If you want to hear more about #ParalympicSwimming, listen to our episode on it anchor.fm/women-in-sport…

The #TokyoParalympics are starting today: What you need to know about Paralympic classification⬇️ bbc.co.uk/sport/disabili…

For the first episode of this season, we talked to #HellenBaleke, the first Ugandan woman to win #medal in #Boxing, and with Dr. Paige Schneider (@univofthesouth) about her research in female boxers in the #GlobalSouth.

The second season of #WomenInSport is out! Do you want to hear about the first Ugandan woman to win an international medal for boxing? About sports reporting in #Lebanon? Join @Soph_Timmermann and @ThessMostoles for season two! anchor.fm/women-in-sport…

The report revealed that supply-side issues are the main factors in deterring consumers from engaging in women’s sport, like low levels of media coverage & a lack of knowledge. People would watch more women’s sport if there were more of it on TV.

Cricket isn’t big where I come from so it’s been fascinating to learn more about some of the incredible women who drove women’s cricket forward + the sacrifices they made to play the game they love. Thanks @rich_thomas99 for talking to us @WomenInSportPod anchor.fm/women-in-sport…

Thanks to you both for having me on to talk women's cricket - really glad for the chance to highlight the sacrifices made by women to play the game, and how old inequalities and discriminatory traditions are slowly being unpicked and reversed - a great @SUMediaComm production!🏏

Who’s your favourite female cricketer of all times? Someone else? Comment 👇🏽

#WomeninSPORT #RollerDERBY PodCAST "Roller derby - #RUGBY on skates #CHESS on stage with The Lovely Biertrix! WITH: @Soph_Timmermann @ThessMostoles LISTEN: anchor.fm/women-in-sport… MORE: #WomeninSPORT&Health NEWS WSNet.co.uk/WSNews247 Results players teams articles . . .

The 30-year study found that 80% of the televised sports news and highlights included zero stories on women’s sports with the only exception being US women's football. You can read the journal article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21… niemanlab.org/2021/03/most-t…

⚽️ The 12 teams headed to the Women's Olympic Football Tournament #Tokyo2020: 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇳 China PR 🇬🇧 Great Britain 🇯🇵 Japan 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 USA 🇿🇲 Zambia 👀 Official Draw on 21 April at 10:00 CET

“Blackmore had already achieved a landmark success at last month's Cheltenham Festival when becoming the first woman to be the meeting's leading jockey.”