As we mark International Women's Day — let's do better in covering women's sport
10 months ago

As we mark International Women's Day — let's do better in covering women's sport

ABC  

New research by the Victorian government has revealed that just 15 per cent of media coverage is dedicated to women's sport. OWSR 's report found that women journalists are 62 per cent more likely to cover women's sport than men, and only 27 per cent of sport stories overall were written by women. Often those in senior positions, like coaches and executives, are men – so even when sports media is covering women's sport, the voices that are amplified, are those of men. The more media organisations normalise women's sport taking up space — on the front page of news websites, in big stadiums like Docklands, and on news bulletins across the country — the more we are changing cultural norms; sending the message that women's sport is worth just as much as men's, and perhaps even more, to some.

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Women’s cricket shake-up as franchise leagues get protected windows
2 months ago

Women’s cricket shake-up as franchise leagues get protected windows

The Telegraph  

For years, men’s cricket has been spiralling out of control. There are so many leagues vying for top players that it is possible for a men’s cricketer to play a few matches in one competition, then travel to a different continent for another. The Women’s Big Bash might have held its inaugural competition in 2015-16, but it was not until …

The sports where women outperform men
5 months, 1 week ago

The sports where women outperform men

BBC  

The sports where women outperform men Getty Images From ultrarunning to shooting sports, in some competitions women have the edge. It's also very difficult to separate biological and social aspects contributing to differences between women and men in sports performance, Sandbakk stresses. Sports journalist Mertens says that body fat is also "really helpful for these endurance races because after a …

Cricket Australia set out decade-long plan for massive increase in women’s game
8 months, 1 week ago

Cricket Australia set out decade-long plan for massive increase in women’s game

The Independent  

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Summer of female sporting events inspires millions of women to get back into the game
1 year, 3 months ago

Summer of female sporting events inspires millions of women to get back into the game

The Independent  

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Will 2023 be remembered as the year women’s sports went mainstream?
1 year, 4 months ago

Will 2023 be remembered as the year women’s sports went mainstream?

Live Mint  

The Ashes, the Tour de France, the Uefa Champions League, the T20 World Cup and the Fifa World Cup. Close to two million people watched the recently concluded Fifa Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in the stadiums. So impactful was the first WPL that Megan Rapinoe, a two-time women’s football World Cup winner, name-checked the tournament as …

UK government’s review calls for overhaul in top tiers of women’s football
1 year, 5 months ago

UK government’s review calls for overhaul in top tiers of women’s football

The Hindu  

A major independent review of women’s football in England has called for the top two tiers to become fully professional environments and for the women’s game to have a dedicated broadcast slot to boost visibility. The review, headed by former England midfielder turned pundit Karen Carney, was commissioned by the UK government in September following England’s triumph at the European …

No demand? WINS Research proves strong audience for women's sports content
1 year, 9 months ago

No demand? WINS Research proves strong audience for women's sports content

ABC  

In the past, women's sports events were unlikely filled stands with fans, and you could count the number of journalists present with your fingers. Women's sports content empowers fans – both male and female Through a partnership of Splice Media, a startup that helps build viable media businesses, WINS researchers distributed a survey to test the assumptions of sports media …

Women’s cricket must avoid mistakes of men’s game in club v country battle
1 year, 9 months ago

Women’s cricket must avoid mistakes of men’s game in club v country battle

The Telegraph  

For the international game, the WPL, and the growing prominence of other leagues including the Hundred, is both an opportunity and a threat. Victory for domestic leagues would, essentially, involve the structure of women’s cricket coming to look like that in football, with World Cups thriving but the club game otherwise dominating. “Whether that will be the case for younger …

WPL: RCB Believe Nation Can Grow With Woman’s Equity and ‘Sports for All’ Model
1 year, 10 months ago

WPL: RCB Believe Nation Can Grow With Woman’s Equity and ‘Sports for All’ Model

The Quint  

Build icons: Sports has iconic figures to inspire the next generation and we commit to building icons here at RCB to inspire the upcoming generation of women in India. Talent ID: RCB commits to identify talent from every corner of the country through its Hinterland Scouting System and grow talent from ground up and give them an opportunity to showcase …

Women’s Premier League: An idea whose time has come
1 year, 10 months ago

Women’s Premier League: An idea whose time has come

Live Mint  

India’s exit at the semi-final stage of the Women’s T20 World Cup last week has been the only blip in what has been an upward trend for women’s cricket in the country. The Indian team then reached the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2020 in Melbourne, losing this time to the Australian women by 85 runs. …

Eilish McColgan, Eve Muirhead and other stars of women’s sport pick favourite moments of 2022
2 years ago

Eilish McColgan, Eve Muirhead and other stars of women’s sport pick favourite moments of 2022

The Independent  

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It's Time To End The Sexist Scheduling Of Sporting Events
2 years, 4 months ago

It's Time To End The Sexist Scheduling Of Sporting Events

Huff Post  

Once upon a time, I was married to a basketball star — a woman who dribbled by age 4 and had been drafted, at 17, by one of the top three teams in college basketball. Sure, we’ve been talking about gender inequality in sports for decades, but precious little has been done to ensure that women’s athletics ever become more …

Fair play: The Hindu Editorial on bridging the gender pay gap in sports
2 years, 6 months ago

Fair play: The Hindu Editorial on bridging the gender pay gap in sports

The Hindu  

New Zealand Cricket striking a deal to remunerate its women cricketers the same as their male counterparts is a major landmark in the fight to close the gender pay gap in sports. It’s a massive step forward and will be a huge drawcard for young women and girls.” But victories in equal pay struggles have not come easy. In cricket, …

Danni Wyatt: 'CWG may help get more women playing cricket'
2 years, 6 months ago

Danni Wyatt: 'CWG may help get more women playing cricket'

The Hindu  

Danni Wyatt is a seasoned campaigner. An attacking strokemaker, she has featured in more than 200 hundred international fixtures for England’s women’s cricket team. Once they go back home, they can tell everyone how it was and it’s only going to benefit the women’s game. Everyone’s going to be watching the Commonwealth Games, so globally it’s going to be massive …

ICC CEO: Focus on developing the game across formats, growing women's cricket
2 years, 6 months ago

ICC CEO: Focus on developing the game across formats, growing women's cricket

The Hindu  

The last few years have been quite interesting for international cricket. Sportstar caught up with Allardice in Gandhinagar on the morning of the Indian Premier League final to know more about the ICC’s plan to grow the game, tournaments in the pipeline and more… The World Test Championship was a success in the last cycle. As we expand the T20 …

India should nurture women’s cricket
2 years, 10 months ago

India should nurture women’s cricket

Hindustan Times  

That’s India’s record at the Women’s One Day International World Cup. Despite not having won a trophy, the fact that the team has played two ODI World Cup finals — and a T20 World Cup final —is testament to the grit, ambition and skills of India’s women cricketers. The women’s team, for example, went an entire year without playing a …

Faster, better, richer: How women's cricket has changed since the 2017 World Cup
2 years, 10 months ago

Faster, better, richer: How women's cricket has changed since the 2017 World Cup

Firstpost  

In these five years, women’s cricket has enjoyed a rich growth spurt to become faster, more professional and more commercially lucrative. “Would you ask a male cricketer that?” Mithali Raj, India Women captain, had shot back at a reporter who wanted to know who her favourite male player was, on the eve of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017. …

Women's sport viewers in Britain increase with The Hundred, WSL: study
2 years, 11 months ago

Women's sport viewers in Britain increase with The Hundred, WSL: study

The Hindu  

The women's Hundred cricket tournament and Women's Super League football brought in nearly 11 million new viewers as women's sport attracted record viewing figures in Britain in 2021, the Women's Sport Trust said on Tuesday. The trust's "Visibility Uncovered" study found that almost 33 million people tuned in to women's sport last year, with cricket winning 41% of total viewing …

Women in sports broadcasting: Creating a space of their own
3 years, 7 months ago

Women in sports broadcasting: Creating a space of their own

The Hindu  

The Pakistan team had landed with the 1992 World Cup trophy and she had been assigned the task of getting an interview with skipper Imran Khan. The number of women sports anchors has grown a great deal in recent years – both for men’s sport, but also as women’s sports have gained greater professionalism and profile.” Aalia was the first …

Meg Lanning: Domestic cricket crucial in rebuilding women's cricket post pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

Meg Lanning: Domestic cricket crucial in rebuilding women's cricket post pandemic

The Hindu  

Meg Lanning’s aggressive approach that helped her lead Australia to 24 consecutive ODI victories, a world record, barely comes through when you sit down, albeit virtually with her for a chat. The women’s side’s record incidentally eclipsed another Lanning’s idol Ricky Ponting held as skipper with 21 victories on the trot in the format back in 2003. Women’s cricket, however, …

The shameful neglect of India’s women’s cricket team
3 years, 8 months ago

The shameful neglect of India’s women’s cricket team

Live Mint  

Players, administrators, fans, broadcasters, commentators — everyone agrees that the time to up the ante on women’s cricket in India “is yesterday”, as former Australian star Lisa Sthalekar recently said. Even BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly noted the record viewership and, in a media interview on November 8, 2020, said, “Women’s cricket all around the world has …

How the ABC News 50:50 project is transforming our coverage of women in sport
4 years ago

How the ABC News 50:50 project is transforming our coverage of women in sport

ABC  

I wanted to be just like Adam Gilchrist growing up. • Increase our coverage of women in sport • Grow our female audience • Produce more stories targeted to women • Achieve equal gender representation in our stories Making women more visible in our coverage We know women are seriously under-represented in sports news coverage, and it's just not good …

Clare Connor worried boards may struggle to fund women's cricket
4 years, 3 months ago

Clare Connor worried boards may struggle to fund women's cricket

The Hindu  

International women's cricket could struggle to attract enough investment due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, England's director of women's cricket Clare Connor said. READ: Australia beats New Zealand in first women’s T20I “It's worrying,” former England women's captain Connor told BBC Sport. “The worry is that other boards won't be able to invest the same level of …

'Please have patience with women's cricket': Shikha Pandey urges not to tinker with rules to attract audience
4 years, 6 months ago

'Please have patience with women's cricket': Shikha Pandey urges not to tinker with rules to attract audience

India TV News  

India women's cricketer Shikha Pandey has posted a series of tweets on the suggestions being made in recent times to help attract more eyeballs to women's cricket. During a recent webinar conducted by the ICC, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine and India's Jemimah Rodrigues had suggested that using a smaller ball and shorter pitches might help women's cricket advance in …

Can women’s sport survive in the post-pandemic world?
4 years, 6 months ago

Can women’s sport survive in the post-pandemic world?

The Hindu  

There are two aspects to it: women’s sport and women in sport. There will be a review of how and where money is invested in sports by brand and by media houses, but this is where I think women’s sport presents an excellent opportunity, both from a growth perspective and from the perspective of providing a brand with a purpose …

ECB: Momentum of women's cricket will be protected
4 years, 7 months ago

ECB: Momentum of women's cricket will be protected

The Hindu  

Plans for investing heavily in women’s cricket “will be protected” despite the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a top official at the England and Wales Cricket Board. “I remain really confident that the momentum we’ve built behind the women’s and girls’ game will be protected to the absolute best of our endeavors,” Connor told The Associated Press …

Foolish to neglect women’s cricket for the benefit of men: Surrey women’s bowling coach
4 years, 7 months ago

Foolish to neglect women’s cricket for the benefit of men: Surrey women’s bowling coach

The Hindu  

With no cricket in the UK until July 1, but a new roadmap from the government that progressively eases public restriction, women’s cricket is looking to go back to the basics. With a global conversation raging about concerns facing women’s cricket in light of COVID-19-related difficulties, Surrey Women’s bowling coach, Sam Lavery says it would be foolish to neglect the …

As long as we're not taking too big a hit, I'm okay: Megan Schutt
4 years, 8 months ago

As long as we're not taking too big a hit, I'm okay: Megan Schutt

India TV News  

Australia's World Cup winner Megan Schutt has said she is ready to play less games this season if it helps cricket get past the financial uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Schutt maintained women's cricket is in a good space after a world record crowd watched the World Cup final in March where the Aussie eves beat India. There might …

Sania Mirza feels women’s sport in India has come a long way but ‘cultural issues’ still are a major hindrance
4 years, 8 months ago

Sania Mirza feels women’s sport in India has come a long way but ‘cultural issues’ still are a major hindrance

Firstpost  

Sania spoke on a range of issues including the role of parents and attitude of coaches towards women players during a webinar organised by the AITA and SAI New Delhi: Path-breaking tennis ace Sania Mirza takes pride in the fact that many of India’s sporting stars, outside cricket, are women even though she believes that it will take a few …

Heather Knight concerned for women’s sport post-virus
4 years, 8 months ago

Heather Knight concerned for women’s sport post-virus

The Hindu  

England women’s cricket captain Heather Knight revealed on Sunday her “worry” that all women’s sport could get left behind once the coronavirus pandemic ends. But we’re making sure that the women’s game gets a bigger voice and we’re given the same sort of chance to get back playing as the men are.” Women’s cricket has made huge strides in recent …

Women players attracting brand endorsements
4 years, 9 months ago

Women players attracting brand endorsements

Deccan Chronicle  

November 2019 saw Indian women’s cricket team skipper Shafali Verma breaking the record of ‘the’ Sachin Tendulkar, by scoring a half-century in an international match. However, a comparison between those and the frequency of male sportspersons doing endorsements, and one begins to wonder if women in the same field get their fair share in brand endorsement deals. It has nothing …

Study shows women athletes still face barriers
4 years, 11 months ago

Study shows women athletes still face barriers

LA Times  

Nearly 50 years after the passage of Title IX, girls and women are flocking to sports in record numbers but still face an uneven playing field, according to a national report issued Wednesday. The 96-page study from the Women’s Sports Foundation found unprecedented participation at American high schools and colleges over the last two years. “From the playing fields to …

You go girl!
5 years, 4 months ago

You go girl!

Deccan Chronicle  

Today, we find more and more women in unsuspecting places - heads of giant conglomerates, as top officials in the police department, controlling and flying aircraft, etc. Mithali Raj became the first female cricketer to play 200 ODIs, Mary Kom became the first woman to win 6 gold medals at Women’s Boxing World Championships. “We have definitely gone to the …

Country needs to do lot more for women empowerment in sports: Sania
5 years, 8 months ago

Country needs to do lot more for women empowerment in sports: Sania

Hindustan Times  

Ace tennis player Sania Mirza Saturday said India still needs to do a lot more to bring women at par with men in sports, though the country has come a long way in this aspect. File image of Sania Mirza Sania, the first Indian woman tennis player to win a Grand Slam title in doubles and mixed doubles, said the …

Announcing expanded women’s soccer coverage from The Athletic
5 years, 9 months ago

Announcing expanded women’s soccer coverage from The Athletic

New York Times  

About 10 days ago I was sitting in a room with Brandi Chastain, Briana Scurry, Michelle Akers, Kristine Lilly, Kate Markgraf and Shannon MacMillan, listening to them tell the story of how they won the World Cup. I’ll be here full time starting today at The Athletic, writing about the U.S. women’s national team and the National Women’s Soccer League. …

Australia's major sports pledge to close gender-pay gap
5 years, 10 months ago

Australia's major sports pledge to close gender-pay gap

The Hindu  

Australia's major sporting organisations, on Monday, threw their weight behind a drive to close the pay gap between top male and female athletes, drawing on a landmark cricket deal in the push for more equality. The chief executives of cricket, golf, rugby union, tennis and swimming were among those to sign up to the “Pathway to Pay Equality” report by …

Wide Publicity Fuels Women's Cricket's Rise in India
7 years, 2 months ago

Wide Publicity Fuels Women's Cricket's Rise in India

India TV News  

Mithali Raj, the captain of the Indian women's cricket team, expresses her gratitude for the increased media coverage and social media presence of the sport in the country. She highlights the challenges women faced in the past, including limited opportunities and lack of visibility. Despite these obstacles, the ICC World Cup has transformed the landscape of women's cricket in India, …

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