Tag: womens
History made on Tiwi Islands after first women’s footy grand final
The Muluwurri Magpies have won the first Tiwi Islands Football League women’s premiership, defeating the Tapalinga Superstars by a single point in front of a…
Women’s sport is rising faster than ever before — but which sports are keeping pace with wages?
Never before have women’s sports been so prominent in Australia. The success of the Matildas at the FIFA World Cup gave Australians a moment to…
The ‘Matilda’s effect’ borne out of the Women’s World Cup is rippling into grassroots sport
Taking to the field in the Darwin midday sun, eight-year-old junior soccer player Indi has a look of determination in her eyes. Key points: Female…
Want more women’s sport now the Matildas’ run is over? Here’s all you need to know about AFLW season eight
Could AFLW be the beneficiary of the new-found momentum for women’s sport generated by the record-breaking FIFA Women’s World Cup? That’s the question many are…
Major events are rarely accessible to disabled people. Is the Women’s World Cup any different?
Going to cheer on your favourite sports team should be fun and easy to do, but when you have a disability it’s rarely that simple….
AFLNT accused of reneging on pledge to ‘revise’ women’s footy matches to prevent clash with netball
Footballers and netballers across Alice Springs’ women’s competitions have accused AFLNT of reneging on an undertaking to “minimise overlap” between the two codes, forcing some…
Meet the team using the power of fantasy football to grow women’s sport
Ben Dunlop describes playing fantasy AFL football as an “obsession”. Each week, the 34-year-old, who is based in Melbourne and works in financial services, watches…
Ainslie football club commits to funding men’s and women’s programs equally
When Allyson Flynn and Zoe Skyrianos heard that Lewes Football Club had made a commitment to paying their women’s team the same as their men’s…
Club calls on council to submit funding application to upgrade women’s facilities
With all eyes on women’s football as the AFLW draft takes place today, one club in Rutherglen, in Victoria’s north-east, says it has to deal…
Racism, sexism claims at South Bunbury Football Club leads to withdrawal of women’s team
An embattled Western Australian country football club has taken the “unprecedented” move of withdrawing its three-time premiership women’s team amid claims of racist and sexist…