gender equality in sport Tag

****** POSTPONEMENT ****** Women Who Like Sport will be taking a break throughout August. I'm lucky enough to have a job that allows me to travel the world and with some very exciting trips coming up, there just won't be time to continue the blog. To follow...

[caption id="attachment_719" align="aligncenter" width="506"] Monique Newton is aiming for her fourth title at the World Powerlifting Championships in Florida, USA in October (c) Monique Newton's Twitter page[/caption] About four years ago, Monique Newton scoured the internet for obscure sports. She needed something to focus her energy on;...

[caption id="attachment_335" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Why isn't Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce considered a "living legend" too? (c) Fraser-Pryce's Facebook page[/caption] 'Living legend' is a term reserved for a particular man in the world of athletics: Usain Bolt. The six-time Olympic champion declared himself so after his sprinting clean sweep at the 2012 Olympics. But,...