Nilla Fischer Reveals That Sweden Players Had To ‘Show Their Genitalia’ At 2011 Women’s World Cup
Sweden’s centre-back Nilla Fischer recently revealed in her new book, ‘I Didn’t Even Say Half Of It’, that Sweden’s women football team had to “show their genitalia” to a doctor at the 2011 Women’s World Cup to prove their sex. The UWCL title winner and former Wolfsburg captain described the process, which was carried out by a female physiotherapist on …
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Over One Million Tickets Sold For Women’s World Cup
This year has seen many triumphs for women’s soccer – the latest one being that the Women’s World Cup is on track to become the most attended standalone women’s sporting event ever with over one million tickets sold, according to FIFA. The forthcoming tournament is set to get underway on July 20, hosted in Australia and New Zealand, with an …
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Bronze For Ireland 7s At European Sevens Opener In Algarve
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June 12, 2023
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Ireland Women’s 7s team bagged a bronze medal finish at the Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series (Leg 1) Algarve Sevens in Portugal this past weekend. After back-to-back victories on Friday over Sweden and Germany, a draw on Saturday (June 10) with Spain followed by a quarter-final win over Czechia, Ireland 7s topped their pool and progressed to the semi-finals to …
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Williams Sisters And Ohanian Buy First Tiger-McIlroy Golf Team
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian, Serena and Venus Williams have purchased the first club in the new Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy-backed golf league (TGL). The new team, called Los Angeles Golf Club (LAGC), is one of the inaugural six that the league is planning to auction before it launches next year in January. The TGL, developed in partnership with the …
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Ireland To Host IFAF European Flag Football Championships 2023
Lead photo by Eoghan Connelly Ireland will host the 2023 IFAF European Flag Football Championships from 18-20 August at the University of Limerick. The tournament will see more than a dozen European national teams compete in Senior Men’s and Senior Women’s games to compete for the title of European Flag Football Champions. This will be the first time Ireland will …
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Kate Doherty – “I Am Who I Am Today Because I Did So Much Sport.”
Two-time National Indoor Champion and World Relay silver medalist Kate Doherty was named an ambassador for the upcoming DSD Games – the first ever games to take place at the new DSD multi-sport campus at Rathfarnham on Sunday 18th June. It’s a fitting achievement for the Olympic prospect, whose athletics training started with the host club, Dundrum South Dublin AC …
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Top Performances From Irish Athletes On The International Stage
A few of Ireland’s top athletes gave outstanding performances at international competitions this past weekend. On Saturday (3 June) Shona Heaslip and Ide Nic Dhomhnaill placed first and second in the women’s B race at the European 10,000m Cup in Pacé, France. Kerry’s Shona Heaslip finished second with a season-best time of 33:26.96 while Ide Nic Dhomhnaill placed first and …
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Maguire Set To Chase Glory At Mizuho Americas Open
Leona Maguire will be after a second career LPGA Tour title at this week’s Mizuho Americas Open (1-4 June) at Liberty National in New Jersey. The first day of the tournament has arrived! It's going to be a great day at @LibNatGolf.@LPGA @AJGAGolf pic.twitter.com/4Hil4IKZXf — Mizuho Americas Open (@MizuhoLPGA) June 1, 2023 So far, Maguire has been on top form …
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17-Year-Old Jana Koscak Makes Senior Heptathlon History
Jana Koščak made history at the Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis (27-28 May) when she scored 6293 points in the senior heptathlon, surpassing the tally of 5615 set by her sister Klara Koščak in May 2021. Her score set a new Croatian senior national record and was also the highest score ever achieved by an u/18 in a senior heptathlon. This was also her …
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Women’s World Cup Continues To Face TV Blackout In Europe
With 50 days to go until the tournament begins (20 July 2023), the FIFA Women’s World Cup continues to face a TV blackout across Europe. A number of the greatest soccer nations have yet to agree broadcast deals for their markets. Notable figures within the sport feel that the offers have been so small that they represent a “betrayal” of …
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