By OlympicTalk, NBC Sports
The United States started a Paralympic gold-medal streak in women’s sitting volleyball on the final day of the Tokyo Games, successfully defending its gold medal from Rio five years ago. Continue reading U.S. women successfully defend sitting volleyball Paralympic gold over rival China
By Nikara Johns, Yahoo! Life.
It’s confirmed: USA Basketball Women’s National Team is one of the greatest sports dynasties of all time. Continue reading Nike Declares USA Women’s Basketball Team the Greatest Sports Dynasty of All Time
By Hannah Ryan, CNN
Naomi Osaka discovered what it’s like to be at the sharp end of a sporting governing body’s regulations this summer. Continue reading How misogynoir is oppressing Black women athletes
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN
Singer-songwriter Pink has offered to pay fines handed out to the Norwegian women’s beach handball team after they refused to wear bikini bottoms while competing. Continue reading Pink is offering to pay the Norwegian women’s beach handball team’s fine for wearing shorts
By Emily Leiker, USA TODAY
Elena Delle Donne knows the impact sports can have on a girl’s life. Taller than most of her peers and struggling with her sexuality at a young age, Delle Donne wasn’t comfortable in her own skin. Continue reading Two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne wants to help keep young girls in sports
By TMZ
For the very first time, a transgender athlete will compete in the summer Olympics … and shocker, there’s already controversy. 43-year-old Laurel Hubbard — who transitioned from male to female in 2013 — has been selected to the New Zealand women’s weightlifting team to compete in the women’s 87-kilogram division. Continue reading TOKYO 2020 TRANSGENDER WEIGHTLIFTER TO COMPETE IN GAMES … On New Zealand Women’s Team
By Christian Spencer, The Hill
Layshia Clarendon, former shooting guard for the New York Liberty, is returning to the league with the Minnesota Lynx as the league’s first openly trans and nonbinary player, Star-Tribune reported. Continue reading WNBA’s first trans player signs with new team
By WTA Staff
Naomi Osaka has been named Sportswoman of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards for her achievements on and off court, and Billie Jean King was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Laureus Academy. Continue reading Osaka named Sportswoman of the Year, King honored at Laureus Awards
By Alexander Kacala, Today
Today would have been Gianna Bryant’s 15th birthday. Last January, the daughter of late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, died alongside her father and seven others in a helicopter crash. Continue reading Vanessa Bryant launches clothing line in honor of late daughter Gianna
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc, News- Medical/Life Sciences
The University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Rigshospitalet, and the University of Copenhagen have come together to study the effects of Football Fitness on various health parameters and self-rated health following treatment for breast cancer. Continue reading Football Fitness improves balance, muscle strength and bone density in women treated for breast cancer
