The #AFLW #AFLWFinals are about to punish two teams by playing in 34+ degree weather, and one of the teams will have to back it up at the next #Final (prelim) next weekend. At a suburban ground with limited shade and shelter for spectators too
And, of course, no pre-show on TV, because it's important the women aren't treated equally, or they might start to expect a full home-and-away season or something.
#Chinese #Taipei #fans #hammer #TERF #JKRowling over #antitrans #comments aimed at #boxer
Author, a vocal #opponent to #trans #rights, calls #LinYuting part of the ‘insanity’ of #trans #athletes competing in #womenssport
The Role of National Sport Organisations in Informing Female Sport Uniform Design and Discourse - ‘an alternative viewpoint to existing studies … that primarily incorporate the athlete voice’ [pdf 22pp] #sport #athletics #WomensSport #WomensAthletics #BodyImage https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rachel-Batty-2/publication/379050712_THE_ROLE_OF_NATIONAL_SPORT_ORGANISATIONS_IN_INFORMING_FEMALE_SPORT_UNIFORM_DESIGN_AND_DISCOURSE_A_RESEARCH_REPORT/links/65f8f1a8286738732d5ceb5c/THE-ROLE-OF-NATIONAL-SPORT-ORGANISATIONS-IN-INFORMING-FEMALE-SPORT-UNIFORM-DESIGN-AND-DISCOURSE-A-RESEARCH-REPORT.pdf
Archery history: The sport that pioneered equality for women’s participation https://www.worldarchery.sport/news/178437/archery-history-sport-pioneered-equality-womens-participation #archery #WomensSport #WorldArchery #Olympics via @odddev @archery
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-17/matildas-stars-call-for-football-funding-after-world-cup-run/102740026 I was never any good at sports or athletics (& was teased mercilessly), but a desire to participate meant that I practised at home & sometimes played 4 square at high school. As a young adult, I actually started a workplace based women’s indoor cricket team. We weren’t very good, but our skills improved dramatically. We won the bottom grade final, were promoted, then smashed. My fitness, coordination & confidence all improved. As a young mum, I joined a running club, 5km once a week. Non competitive & social. I now play golf, not regularly, not very well, but we’ll enough to enjoy it & it’s something my partner & I can do together & on holiday. And I walk, do Pilates, have been a gym member etc. My oldest was similar to me as a kid, but played basketball in a church comp, & has gone on to kayak, run & cycle, all non competitive & just for the fun of it. (But Long Covid has been an issue lately.) Supporting girls & women to find something they enjoy & participate in sport is important. Too many don’t get involved if they’re not “good at sport”, retreat from the teasing, or drop out in adolescence. Fitness & confidence suffer & weight issues often follow. Whether it’s team sport, athletics or things like cycling, kayaking etc, physical activity & fitness are important & link to mental health. The days of ladylike women taking up embroidery (nothing wrong with embroidery!) while poor women slave in highly physical work are well behind us. Physical fitness & health should matter to everyone. (I’m aware that I’ve left disabled people out of this. I don’t know much about this space but I know that physical fitness is problematic & often ignored, even when it is possible.) #WomensSport #WomensHealth #Women
Australians are really getting into the Women's World Cup. Tonight our Matildas play England in the Semifinal to decide who plays against Spain. Gonna be crowded screens at parks, clubs, and homes across the country.
And our Matildas team is full of queers!! 
No one tell the cookers, okay!
See also: 'We always play with pride': How the Matildas helped pave the way for LGBTQIA+ visibility in football. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/how-the-matildas-helped-pave-the-way-for-lgbtqia-visibility-in-f/102318752
#fifaworldcup #fifawomensworldcup #womenssport #lgbtqia #prideinsport #australia #soccer #football
RT from Telegraph Women’s Sport (@WomensSport)
Lauren Hemp has pace to burn, but she needs to find her spark, writes @LukeEdwardsTele in Sydney.
#TelegraphSport #TelegraphFootball #WomensSport #WomensWorldCup
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/WomensSport/status/1683807138194378753
RT from Telegraph Women’s Sport (@WomensSport)
'We are disappointed that a resolution has still not been achieved'
The Lionesses hit out at FA on the eve of the Women's World Cup
@TomJGarry
#WomensSport #WomensWorldCup #Lionesses
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/WomensSport/status/1681261788342394880
I love this! (Especially the name)
43-year-old used her life savings to open a bar that only plays women’s sports—it brought in almost $1 million in 8 months
Jenny Nguyen: How The Sports Bra became haven for women's sports fans
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/27/jenny-nguyen-how-the-sports-bra-became-haven-for-womens-sports-fans.html
The final of the first ever women's tournament in #WorldChaseTag (WCT6 USA tournament cycle).
Needed a chilled Saturday. Spent the afternoon watching #WomensSixNations and #WomensFACup on #bbc2 Just loving the coverage of #womenssport. It's been a long time coming but thank you.
POV #1 "We shouldn't pay womens teams more because the revenues are a fraction of what the mens teams bring"
POV #2 "That is not how any business (savvy) person would think about a business"
Bottom line? It takes investment in a product to get it to the next level!
Quotes from Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee from the After Hours #podcast
Women's Ski Touring Workshop in the Cairngorms.
"The closer we get to the summit, the harder the wind blows. When it fills the sky fills with tiny ice pellets picked up from the upper slopes, we seek shelter beneath a bank of snow. We have a decision to make. "
"This is for women's sport and women's sport heading in the right direction. Let's keep pushing girls, let's keep doing the right thing."
Congratulations to Beth Mead on winning BBC Sports Personality of the Year! 
#SPOTY
#Football
#Lionesses
#WomensSport
#RepresentationMatters
Today's #DecRecs are the really wonderful Grand Prix Final skates by Kwon Minsol and Kim Chaeyon!
They're my new favorite juniors to watch:
Love how women's sport is driving change thanks to commonsense and courageous women. From the netball team refusing to wear a sponsor's logo to support an indigenous teammate and now the AFL W saying teams will no longer have to wear white shorts to 'away' games as competitors don't need any extra stressors such as worries about menstrual bleeding. This is great news for teen girls playing sport too!
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/an-awesome-outcome-white-shorts-ditched-for-aflw-players-to-ease-period-stress-20221207-p5c4lb.html
#WomensSport #AFLW #Netball #Women #Australia
“Women’s sports are drawing in younger, more affluent viewers from every corner of the nation.” Indeed, 39% of Gen Z sports fans say they’re watching more women’s sports than they were a year ago.
#wnba #nwsl #ncaawomensbasketball
#womenssport #investinwomen
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2022/11/28/the-fastest-growing-audiences-on-tv-are-for-womens-sports/
And let's do another reply to throw in some hashtags I probably should have used in my earlier two posts:
In no particular order: #sport #WorldChaseTag #WomensSport #WCT5 #parkour #gender
