Tag: Women's Sport

“We were not sure what the response would be. We put out a flyer and advertised on social media and got 250 registrations in 24 hours,” says Hadeel Obaid, founder of Khelo Kricket. “The idea was to create a safe space for women to play cricket in a country ...

Making the female game more accessible has, for too long, focused on white women’s experiences – overlooking factors such as race and class that affect the South Asian community. There are currently no South Asian women playing for England, while recent figures from the England and Wales Cricket Board ...

It begins with an intake of breath and bad intentions. Long strides. Knees driving. Feet pounding the earth. Time suspended. The unraveling of limbs like a loosening trebuchet. The scything arm. The whiplash wrist. Thunderbolts unleashed across 22 yards in less time than a single heartbeat. There is nothing ...

Olympic hurdles champion Brianna Rollins-McNeal’s experience echoes Richards-Ross's claims. Rollins-McNeal is currently serving a five-year ban for “tampering with the results management process” connected with her missing a doping test two days after she had an abortion in January 2020. The 30-year-old, who faced a previous ban for missing ...

England (293-8) beat South Africa (156) by 137 runs Sophie Ecclestone, England’s master spinner, claims that Sunday’s World Cup final against Australia holds no fear for the defending champions because of the difficulties they have already overcome in the tournament.  Ecclestone, who took a career-best six for 36, and ...

Katherine Brunt delivered a masterful bowling performance, backed up by Danni Wyatt’s unbeaten 76, to help England secure a nine-wicket victory over Pakistan. It was textbook Brunt from the very first ball when her arcing outswinger forced an edge from Nahida Khan that flew to Heather Knight at slip. ...

South Africa (236-7) beat England (235-9) by three wicketsEngland has capitulated, once again, in New Zealand. What has gone so catastrophically wrong for the team that won the trophy so emphatically in 2017, and is there any possibility they can turn it around before facing India on Wednesday?Stumped at ...

On Wednesday, Popal received the 2021 “Hero Award” from world players’ union Fifpro, in recognition of her efforts to evacuate hundreds of people from Afghanistan. In an emotional acceptance speech, Popal, the Afghan women’s team’s first captain, recalled having to advise young female players to burn their football kit ...

The International Cricket Council is "concerned" about the fate of the women's game in Afghanistan after the Taliban confirmed that females will not be allowed to play cricket or any other sport in Afghanistan.  Ahmadullah Wasiq, the deputy head of the Taliban's cultural commission, said women could not play ...

On International Women’s Day 2020 everything seemed possible. India lined up on March 8 for a World Cup final in front of almost 90,000 spectators. Katy Perry, feminist pop idol, performed to rapturous applause. "Come on, show 'em what you're worth," boomed the global superstar. "If you only knew ...