News & Views ‘A landmark improvement’: AFLW players just got a 94% pay rise AFLW players are set to receive a pay rise, with a new collective bargaining agreement that will see salaries increase by 94 per cent.
sport ‘That time of the month’: Golf star Lydia Ko leaves male reporter speechless Leading golfer, Lydia Ko left a male reporter floundering for words when she candidly explained the reason for her physiotherapy session.
sport Peres Jepchirchir wins Boston Marathon; Madison de Rozario takes third place in wheelchair division Kenyan Olympic runner Peres Jepchirchir wins the women’s division at this year’s Boston Marathon, making history.
Profiles 5 things you might not know about Aussie Gold winner, Jakara Anthony We we celebrate our sixth ever Winter Olympics gold medal, let’s find out more about skiing champion Jakara Anthony.
News & Views Hundreds of athletes call on US supreme court to protect abortion rights A group of prominent athletes have urged the supreme court to protect abortion rights ahead of an upcoming Mississippi case that threatens to overturn Roe v Wade.
News & Views Afghan women’s taekwondo team granted protection visas by Australian government The Australian government has granted protection visas to eight members of Afghanistan’s national women’s taekwondo team.
sport Who are Australia’s most widely searched female athletes? According to Google data, tennis champion Ash Barty’s name is searched, on average, 365,600 times annually in Australia.
sport At 44, Sinead Diver’s Olympic debut ends with a triumphant result At 44, Sinead Diver has finished 10th place at the Tokyo Olympics, and sets new records for Aussie women runners.
News & Views COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on the Tokyo Games but female athletes are being hit hardest There’s no excuse for sidelining the needs of athletes with disabilities and women at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
News & Views What pro sports should learn from resilient women athletes post-pandemic As the sports market reemerges in a post-pandemic world, women’s sport may be positioned to adapt to the changes brought about by COVID-19.
News & Views #LetNoorRun: Teenage athlete disqualified from race for wearing hijab A sixteen-year old athlete Noor Alexandria Abukaram was disqualified because she needed a waiver to wear her hijab, and she didn’t have one.
News & Views Let’s celebrate, not denigrate, female athletes who push for equality They put everything on the line, the female athletes pushing for pay equality and risking their place in sporting history in the process.
