#womens-sports

#womens-sports

I thought it was sort of a distasteful joke and unfortunately that is overshadowing a lot of the success, the success of just women at the Olympics carrying for Team USA and having amazing gold-medal feats. We're just focusing on celebrating the women in our room, the extraordinary efforts, and continue to celebrate three gold medals in program history as well as the double gold for both men's and women's at the same time.

Basketball and soccer have grown in popularity at exponential rates, athletes are finally being recognized worldwide for their efforts and leagues like the WSL, WNBA and NWSL have reached a level of cultural significance that many couldn't even imagine just 10 years ago. For major leagues and platforms, this shift in culture has been easier said than done. There never seems to be a proper balance between engaging a new audience and keeping the core fanbase happy.

female soccer stars "should get paid what they deserve" and that women's sports is a "massively undervalued asset."

🌏 The women's sports fan community is global, growing, and connected. Globally, 62% of all sports fans follow women's sports, with 56% of fans noting their interest in the women's game is growing. Additionally 57% of women's sports fans surveyed said following athletes and creators makes them feel like part of a community. ♥️ Fans notice and acknowledge sponsors. As seen in previous data, these women's sports fans appreciate sponsors in the space - 69% want to see brands support communities built around women's sports.

Sportswomen have been short-changed when it comes to their gear and equipment. But the days of 'pink it and shrink it' are being consigned to the past as sports products begin taking heed of female athletes, with data and made-to-measure design being applied instead of using male parameters and transferring them

Despite the significant achievements and astounding talent in the world's most popular female sports leagues, professional women's sports often receive less attention and resources than men's. From media coverage and salaries to sponsorship opportunities and promotional campaigns, female athletes are given short shrift. Though they get but a fraction of the resources and opportunities that their male counterparts receive, these ladies nonetheless give it their all, playing with spirit and passion.

Anne Soltow's glider was leading the field all day. Now it is in an actual field and a kilometre short of the finish. The single-seater sailplane looks like a giant alien bug: long slender fuselage, a canopy encasing the cockpit like a single eye, epic wings, 15 metres tip to tip. They were all that was keeping Soltow's engineless aircraft in the sky until 10 minutes ago.

A replay looked inevitable when Orlaith Cahalane found the back of the net, but it's almost fitting that Carrie Dolan's free won it for the Tribeswomen - she finishes the day with 0-7 to her name.

Henttala stated, "This will be my second child, and for me, I think it's a little bit too hard to come back again with two kids. I think it's my time to retire."

Donald Trump Jr. posted a photoshopped image of his father throwing a dildo off the White House roof, referencing a recent incident in women's basketball.

"I said to my wife this is going to be huge if the Lionesses win the Euros again. It's going to be so good for women's football and for women's sport because it gets everyone talking about it again."

"It means the world to me and I'm so grateful. [Three] years ago I was just a kid throwing the ball to some of these girls, and now I'm here playing with them."