Sentences with phrase «of women in sports»

A compellingly written, well - documented history of women in sports features the efforts of many to remove sex discrimination in education by bringing Title IX into law in 1972.

I feel like I didn't see a lot of women in sports, because on TV, they show you the men's [team].

«Progress of women in sports is slow for the same reason that it's so slow in the business world,» says a male sports executive who asked not to be identified.

During the day the marquee will have an exhibit of the history of women in sport.

Athletes from both universities will be in attendance to reflect on the progress of women in sport and celebrate the strides forward that have been made.

It's Vitality's firm ambition to continue raising the profile of women in sport in the UK.

Not exact matches

That's a harder mission for brands, but Keeley says Getty Images seemed to pull it off during International Women's Day 2017, when it announced that it was launching a female - focused sports photography internship with the goal of adding more diversity to the field and contributing «to a more positive portrayal of sportswomen in the media.»

A fourth round is now being planned that specifically matches people looking for mentors, working parents interested in sharing tips, those in search of a wingman (or woman) for events, or sports fan hoping to connect with fellow enthusiasts.

Earlier this month, Nike suspended its sponsorship of Sharapova, the highest - paid woman in sports, after she said she had failed a drug test at the Australian Open due to a substance she was taking for health issues.

On the other hand, a step - in system might attract more older people and women to snowboarding, especially from the ranks of experienced skiers, thus sending the sport's growth rate even higher.

Yes, the year's biggest story was Serena Williams and her push to become the fourth woman ever to complete a calendar grand slam (win all four of the sport's Majors in one year) by winning this Open — a push that ended Friday in a crushing defeat that did not take away from the achievement of how close she came.

In ESPN's own suite at the Open, on Day Two of the tournament, the debate was a popular topic of discussion among writers and editors from ESPNW, the company's vertical focused on women in sportIn ESPN's own suite at the Open, on Day Two of the tournament, the debate was a popular topic of discussion among writers and editors from ESPNW, the company's vertical focused on women in sportin sports.

But Wambach is also making a point that other women have echoed, in a year of major achievements for women in leadership positions in professional sports: Eventually, they hope it will no longer be a big story when a female athlete, or a woman working in some other capacity in sports, reaches new heights.

While many viewers complain about NBC's tape - delay tradition, the network maintains that the practice is better for ratings as NBC claims female viewers (who actually make up the bulk of the Olympics» audience) watch sports differently than men do, with women investing more in coverage showing athletes» journeys to the games than in the actual results.

Compare this to breaking the color barrier in baseball or the emergence of women's professional sports leagues in soccer or basketball.

His specialty, however, is open - water swimming, the granddaddy of extreme endurance sports: since 2000, Bell has virtually owned the Bay Challenge, winning the individual category of the annual 10 - kilometre marathon across Vancouver's English Bay 10 times in competition with much younger men and women.

Egypt made their first Olympic appearance in women's beach volleyball on Sunday since the sport was added to the games in 1996 and the athletes of the moment, Doaa El - Ghobashy and Nada Meawad of Egypt, wore uniforms that upheld both their culture and their love of volleyball.

Alevtyna (Alya) Titarenko was just 17 years old when she won the 1995 title of world champion in sport acrobatics for the Ukraine as half of a women's pairs team.

Thweatt, who is sponsored by Saucony, is optimistic that the growing base of the sport can help fuel more sponsorships for elite women in the future.

The company is home to growing media platforms and extensions, including digital video, OTT, television, licensing, international markets, paid products and services and celebrated live events, such as the TIME 100, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women, PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's Sportsperson of the Year, the ESSENCE Festival and the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen.

The result, according to a person who saw a rough cut of the commercial and another who saw the final cut, featured few shots of the shoes and instead had a woman twirling on what looked like a stripper pole and male athletes in sports bras striking odd poses.

A sports trainer and cyclist turned humanitarian, Galpin wanted to get to the bottom of what permits widespread oppression against women — especially those in Afghanistan.

Early last year it began selling its first U.S. - made collection of apparel, including women's sports bras and leggings made at the UA Lighthouse in Baltimore.

Whether or not men should compete against women in contact sports is a different issue though, but it certainly shouldn't be brought out of historical context.

The problem is they're jealous of the «glory» men get because they're better at all these things and get more attention, so they ignore all the womens leagues in all thes various sports (which probably could really use their help) and try to force the males to let them compete.

But there is no industry I can think of — no sport, no science, no game, no writing, no legal system, no athletic ability, no engineering, no drug discovery, no awards for scientific achievement, no Fortune 50 companies (companies that actually make something in addition to money), no adventurism, no culinary art, no nothing in which a woman sits above all men in her field.

«As I read it, the message of the Christian Men's Movement is this: Following Jesus is not for women only, nor is it merely a spectator sport, which it tends to become for men in our domesticated, mostly female congregations.

It's all about self control and respecting the dignity of the other person during the most beautiful act a man and woman can engage in, not turning it into the most popular contact sport of our generation.

The Guardian: Sports hijabs help Muslim women to Olympic success London 2012 is the first Olympics where women will compete in all 26 sports on offer (although still in 30 fewer events in total), and Fifa is just one of several international bodies to relax clothing rules and so allow more Muslim women to compete in the Sports hijabs help Muslim women to Olympic success London 2012 is the first Olympics where women will compete in all 26 sports on offer (although still in 30 fewer events in total), and Fifa is just one of several international bodies to relax clothing rules and so allow more Muslim women to compete in the sports on offer (although still in 30 fewer events in total), and Fifa is just one of several international bodies to relax clothing rules and so allow more Muslim women to compete in the Games.

From hosting events including the NCAA Men's and Women's Final Four, Super Bowl and NBA All - Star Game to actually housing our local NFL and NBA teams that we are so proud of, there's no place like New Orleans to be a sports fan — and no place like Windsor Court Hotel to provide home - field advantage during a stay in The Big Easy.

Two of the main areas where Eagle is eyeing extra growth is in women's health and fertility, and in sports nutrition products.

Playing in the third annual Virginia Slims Championships, she upset King in the semifinals 6 - 2, 4 - 6, 6 - 3, upset Chris Evert in the final 6 - 3, 6 - 4 and walked off with a check for $ 32,000, equal to the juiciest cash prize in the history of women's sports.

In the setting of the Oxford Union sports men and women from 27 different sports, mingled and shared stories of their sporting success over champagne and canapés.

Given the Women's Blues exceptional performance last season, placing them as one of the best teams in the University, we were very proud and not too surprised to see them win the hotly - contested «Team of the Year» Award at the Annual University Sports Awards.

As a member of the FIA's Women in Motorsport Commission, I am committed to encouraging more women to become involved in our sport - both on and off the track - and celebrating those who are achieving great resWomen in Motorsport Commission, I am committed to encouraging more women to become involved in our sport - both on and off the track - and celebrating those who are achieving great reswomen to become involved in our sport - both on and off the track - and celebrating those who are achieving great results.

This award will be given to a woman who has shown excellence in their chosen sport but also contributed to the life of their club or to their sport in other ways.

Muriel Grossfeld, who succeeded Edwards for the 1968 and»72 Olympics (when it was felt by many women in the sport that a female coach should lead the women's team), says, «He is one of the better coaches in the country — among the four or five I would call the best.»

In her considerable spare time she went to work on her credentials: She enrolled at UCLA as a political science major; she founded the Women's Sports Foundation with King and served as its president for seven years; she worked on various Olympic committees; she lobbied for, and helped frame, the Amateur Athletic Act of 1974; and she got involved in the Special OlympicIn her considerable spare time she went to work on her credentials: She enrolled at UCLA as a political science major; she founded the Women's Sports Foundation with King and served as its president for seven years; she worked on various Olympic committees; she lobbied for, and helped frame, the Amateur Athletic Act of 1974; and she got involved in the Special Olympicin the Special Olympics.

Georgia Rosenbloom Frontiere, owner of the L.A. Rams, and Joan Kroc, owner of the San Diego Padres, can pick up a phone and alter the destinies of a certain number of people, but Frontiere and Kroc both inherited their power, along with their teams, from their late husbands; neither woman has a voice that counts in the owners» circle of her sport.

At a time when a record two - fifths of Olympic athletes are female, when women are competing in every sport that men do except boxing and wrestling, when IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch declares that «the problem of [women's] participation has been solved,» the problem is in fact unsolved.

But her motionless pose will contrast starkly with what sports have become for women in much of the rest of the world, where unfettered female movement constitutes a social movement in the same larger, transformative sense that the Olympics themselves claim to be.

Although Lauren is not the biggest sports fan, my sister considers herself a fan of soccer and of women's sports in particular (she played field hockey in college).

As maladies of plenty such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease afflict the developed world, and elite pro sports reek of excess, SDP is a sobering counterpoint, spreading health messages, pacifying communities in conflict, preparing refugees for resettlement and providing what experts consider the simplest means of promoting development: improved status for women.

THE MASCULINITY of the matador is sacred in Spain, but in the PBS documentary Ella Es El Matador (She Is the Matador) we meet two women trying to break that gender barrier and open the sport to all.

Sky Sports presenter Kate Abdo has been handed the role of studio host for Fox Sports ahead of the Woman's World Cup this summer in what is another elevation in her career, according to a press release from the network.

In 2005 one of them, Gian Franco Kasper, said he didn't think women should compete because the sport «seems not to be appropriate for ladies from a medical point of view.»

Although the sport has traditionally been viewed as a man's game, there is an increasing number of women that are partaking in football.

The first woman to win a gold medal in wrestling for the United States hopes that her perfect trip to Rio de Janeiro changes the landscape of the sport without the need to make a transition to mixed martial arts (MMA) to show how effective it can be.

Does the success of Arsenal's Ladies Football Festival prove that there is a future for women in the sport?

Neither could most of those assembled in Carmel, Ind., for the premier championship in women's golf — certainly not the sports psychologists, who left town with their coat collars pulled up over their faces.