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January 16, 2024 | Sarah Weichsel | Sports
Finding Empowerment Through Boxing

For me, what began out of curiosity and the search for a good workout blossomed into something that has encouraged me to grow more confident and demand more of myself than I thought possible.

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October 03, 2023 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
How Coco Gauff Is Building Her Legacy

On September 10 Gauff won her first-ever Grand Slam tournament after defeating Aryna Sabalenka.

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September 05, 2023 | Riya Janardhan | Sports
How the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Scored a Goal for Gender Equality

The tournament was not only a financial success, but also a success in terms of advancing gender equality globally.

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July 28, 2023 | Tauseef Ahmad and Abdul Basit | Sports
Kashmiri Teen Empowers Girls with Self-Defense through Kickboxing

In Indian-occupied Kashmir, where inequality and gender discrimination have been the norm for decades, a young talent has emerged as a beacon of hope.

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July 20, 2023 | Simran Panda | Sports
The Women’s World Cup Will Be Included in FIFA 23 Video Game

The Women's World Cup has finally secured its place within the prestigious FIFA video games.

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April 13, 2023 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
Women's College Basketball Is In Its Best Position Ever

Women’s college basketball didn’t only breathe comfortably this year; it was triumphant.

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November 14, 2022 | Sophie Hayssen | Sports
How This Sex Descrimination Case In Hawaii Could Affect Female Athletes Everywhere

After allegations surfaced that the school’s girls sports teams were significantly underfunded and undervalued, students claimed Campbell violated Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination in public schools or any program that receives federal funding.

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July 20, 2022 | Sheany | Sports
This Afghan-Born Karate Champion Keeps Hope Alive in her Indonesian Refugee Community

Afghan-born Meena Asadi has had to upend her life several times to survive.

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August 04, 2021 | Elizabeth Jones | Sports
The Tour de France Is Moving Against Its Sexist Traditions

The Tour de France is the most highly anticipated, popular cycling event worldwide.

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August 03, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
Osaka, Biles, and Choosing to Withdraw

On July 28, the greatest gymnast in history, Simone Biles, withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics

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July 13, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
The Treatment of Black Female Olympic Athletes

All of these cases elicit a similar feeling of Black women being treated cruelly and unfairly based on arbitrary rules.

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June 14, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Sports
A Teen Girl In Rural India Defies Tradition in Netflix’s ‘Skater Girl’

“Skateboarding is usually considered to be a boy’s sport, but we were meeting so many girls and boys who were taking to skateboarding and really thriving at it."

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April 12, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
Fighting for Equality in the NCAA

The obvious, enduring inequities between men’s and women’s college basketball were spotlighted last month when a 37-second video filmed by Oregon forward Sedona Prince went viral.

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January 20, 2021 | Maria Milisa | Sports
Female Athletes Still Deserve Equal Pay

The lack of television coverage of female athletes creates an illusion that there is not a significant number of female athletes worthy of admiration — that they are failing — when in fact, there are many who are very successful.

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January 13, 2021 | Anonymous | Sports
The Treatment of Caster Semenya Proves Sexism Is Alive and Well in Sports

Semenya is banned from competing unless she artificially medically intervenes to modify her natural condition.

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January 29, 2020 | Ashley Jordan | Sports, Violence against women
Why do we sanctify American 'heroes' even when they hurt women?

Bryant’s athletic prowess does not entitle him to the cultural benefit of the doubt, placing his protection over that of his alleged victim.

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October 16, 2019 | Gabriel Leão | Girls, Sports
Meet 13-year-old Japanese race car driver Juju Noda

There has never been a female winner of Formula 1 (F1) racing — the most prestigious category in the motorsport. But 13-year-old Juju Noda wants to change that.

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October 01, 2019 | Gabriel Leão | Sports
froSkate brings women of color and the LGBTQIA+ community to Chicago’s skate scene

froSkate is a Chicago-based skating group composed of women of color and LGBTQIA+ folks, led by Karlie Thornton, Maya Green, and Brianna Beckham. froSkate’s motto is “Falling is easier when it’s with friends.”

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September 23, 2019 | Gabriel Leão | Sports
An interview with teen motocross athlete, Tanya Muzinda

15-year-old Tanyaradzwa “Tanya” Muzinda is a motocross champion. The Zimbabwean teenager began competing in the dangerous sport at five years old with the support of her father, a former biker himself.

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August 26, 2019 | Gabriel Leão | Feminism, Sports
18-year-old Khadijah Mellah is the first jockey in the UK to compete while wearing a hijab

In the beginning of August, 18-year-old Khadijah Mellah from Peckham, Britain, became the first jockey in her country to compete while wearing a hijab. She also won the race, which was the Magnolia Cup at Goodwood — a charity event supporting the organization Wellbeing of Women.

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July 08, 2019 | Lucía Martínez | Sports
The U.S. team isn’t the only women’s soccer team fighting for equality

When the first Argentinian women’s soccer league launched in 1991, the athletes involved were considered amateur and not paid. Almost 30 years later, they’re still unpaid, but that might soon change:

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July 03, 2019 | Gabriel Leão | LGBTQIA, Sports
Trans racing car driver Charlie Martin is ready to make history

Charlie Martin is a British racing driver who was set to become the first trans woman to race as a support race in the world’s oldest sports endurance car racing contest: the 24 Hours of Le Mans, also known as “Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency.”

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June 28, 2019 | Mardiya Siba Yahaya | Sports
Where are the women in Formula One racing?

According to the BBC, as of 2012, the 62nd year of F1, only five women had ever entered the Grand Prix, the last of whom had competed in the 1990s.

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June 14, 2019 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
The WNBA is ready to thrive

The WNBA is ushering in its 23rd season, and, with it, huge changes

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April 10, 2019 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
This female college football player is making history

At 22 years old, standing at 5 feet, 7 inches and weighing 164 pounds, this year Harris became one of the only women to ever earn a scholarship to play college football.


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