Life after the CWHL: what the Furies have been up to
Around this time last year, the Toronto Furies were hearing the final horn for what they thought was merely their last game of the 2018-2019 CWHL season. After battling the last two minutes with a pulled goalie, they lost the best-of-three semi-final series to the Calgary Inferno. Little did anyone know, that final buzzer was […]
USWNT team wins fifth CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying title
Photo credit: U.S. Soccer WNT Twitter CARSON, Calif. (Feb. 9, 2020) — The 2019 World Cup-winning U.S. women’s national team came out on top in the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament for the fifth time, defeating Canada 3-0 in the championship on Sunday at Dignity Health Sports Park. While Canada held 54 per cent of […]
IIHF fails to give attention to women’s world junior championships
Photo courtesy of USA Hockey. Hidden behind the men’s World Junior Championship (WJC) over the holidays was the women’s equivalent U18 world championship. Starting in 2008, the IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship (U18WWC) has showcased up-and-coming hockey stars, just as the World Juniors have done for the men since 1977. In the tournament’s history, the […]
2019’s top moments in women’s sports
2019 was quite the year for women’s sports. Here’s a recap of the biggest moments in women’s athletics over the past 12 months: CURLING: The year started off in true Canadian fashion with Jennifer Jones being honoured by TSN as the greatest skip in Canadian History. To her name she has six Scotties titles, two […]
The broadcasting gap: where female athletes have to prove themselves, but males . . . don’t?
Photo courtesy of ESPN. It is no secret that women’s sports barely receive any media coverage, with a significant gap seen in the area of broadcasting. How come at a time when women’s rights are an increasingly relevant topic we still aren’t seeing any change? The argument that seems to repeatedly come up when this […]
An analysis of the competition in the Australian Open
One of the best parts of starting a new year is the Australian open, which may be the largest test of endurance on the WTA schedule. The first major of the year will leave ten women with a chance to leave as the top ranked player, along with Serena Williams continuing to search for her […]
Preview: AIBA World Boxing Championships
Mary Kom of India will be the favourite in this year’s AIBA Boxing Championships (Photo courtesy of The New Indian Express). Starting Nov. 15th and going until the 24th some of the top female boxers will face off across 10 weight classes in the biannual tournament which in New Delhi, India. The main attraction […]
New Zealand women’s soccer team now has same pay as men’s
Photo courtesy of Oceania Football Confederation. As one of the first countries in the world to sign this agreement, New Zealand puts equal pay first. The ‘Football Ferns’, are given the same pay and benefits as the men’s team, the ‘All Whites’. They will enjoy the same travel agreements and the same rights for image […]