Top: Pauline Curley INPHO???????????????? Bottom: WBC Superbantamweight via Alicia's Twitter What a week for older women in sport+ADs the fastest Irishwoman at the Dublin marathon was 46, and last night two women in their 40s battled for a WBC world title. This week's video is dedicated to … [Read more...]
Yes, Women are Sports Journalists Too.
It???s 2015 and women have made tremendous strides in the??sports industry. ??They???re in the front??offices of major teams+ADs they???re coaches, anchors, referees, administrators and??much more. ??You name it+ADs women are doing??it in sports. ??But apparently an usher at??Lucas Oil Stadium … [Read more...]
Anne-Flore Marxer surfing a tidal bore
+ACY-nbsp+ADs You know how there are some sports you've never mastered but you really wish you could? Surfing is like that for me. Instead I watch with envy as people like Anne-Flore Marxer switch between surfing and snow-boarding without any apparent effort. She sent out this great video and pics … [Read more...]
Can MuayThai change girls’ lives?
Mod, trainer at Elite Boxing, Thailand kicks pads - inspiringYou know how so many boxing films are set around the mean streets of some nasty city and our hero gets saved by the ring? Well, this week's video is a real-life version of that with a Thai twist.Plus heroines of course ...Elite Boxing Gym … [Read more...]
Lupita Nyong’o Promotes New Film “Queen of Katwe” at #D23Expo
Earlier this year it was announced that a film based on a book about Uganda???s chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi ??? Queen of Katwe ??? is in the works with Disney. The story follows??a young girl that comes from nothing to??become a national chess champion. From living in the streets in the slums of … [Read more...]
Laila B - an actress gets in the boxing ring
Laila B PIC via Facebook How often have you heard about an actor who really?? beefed-up and took on a huge physical challenge to play a boxer? A lot, right? How often do those boxers actually fight? Hardly ever. In this latest Kickstarter project on women???s boxing, the team at ???Laila … [Read more...]
Women in sport and online media
PIC via action photographer Mira Geh Facebook page The internet is such a dark place for many women but for women in sport it???s become the place to go for information and support. Online journalism speaks to us in a way pages of men-only sport in magazines or newspapers just … [Read more...]
Polish boxers are "Down but not Out"
A group of worried looking young people sit on a bus driving through the night, they try to play with their phones and chat nervously.+ACY-nbsp+ADs Only one man looks relaxed, slightly older than the others, he tries to joke but no-one is listening. They are boxers heading to a tournament in their native … [Read more...]
Surf and social change Bali
Easkey Britton Waves of Freedom Iran PIC via Indobarrels Surfers have the life really don't they? Bali, Hawaii, Australian beaches and the west coast of Ireland+ADs what great places to ply your sport. But for a growing number of surfers led by Irishwoman Easkey Britton that chilled … [Read more...]
Cuba’s only female boxer leaves
Namibia Flores in action PIC via BBCA few weeks ago I posted about 'Boxedora' a documentary on a woman who wants to box but she lives in Cuba where it's stricly men only. A reader (thank you+ACE) sent me a link this week to an interview with Namibia Flores on her last day in Cuba. Yes, she is leaving … [Read more...]