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Australian Open: Women’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, No. 7 Coco Gauff eliminated
CNN — Coco Gauff broke down in tears just after her straight sets defeat in the fourth spherical of the Australian Open up on Sunday, although fellow American Jessica Pegula progressed to the quarterfinals. The 18-year-previous Gauff shed 7-5 6-3 to Latvian Jelena Ostapenko on Margaret Court docket Arena and could not disguise her disappointment when talking to reporters about the match later on. Requested to demonstrate her frustrations, a tearful Gauff explained: “I consider it’s mainly because I worked definitely tough and I felt genuinely excellent coming into the event and I however feel good. I continue to really feel like I’ve improved a whole lot. “But when you…
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Women’s advocacy group hand-delivers demand letter to NCAA ‘to keep women’s collegiate sports female’
On Thursday, a group of present and former woman athletes shipped a demand from customers letter to the NCAA calling to stop the practice of letting organic male athletes to compete on feminine teams. A petition and need letter was hand-delivered by former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines to the NCAA, demanding it “take direct and instant action to build rules to maintain women’s collegiate athletics female.” Previous College of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines speaks through a rally on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, exterior of the NCAA Convention in San Antonio. (AP Image/Darren Abate) “In the environment of school sports, it is unattainable to supply equivalent alternatives for equally sexes (as…
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Washington’s first women’s sports-focused bar opens in Ballard
Tough and Tumble Pub is just the 2nd bar in the U.S. devoted to showcasing women’s sports activities. SEATTLE — Sports provide folks alongside one another, but getting capable to view women’s sports activities in team settings, like bars and restaurants, is uncommon. “I are not able to say the total of moments I’ve been to sports activities bars wherever I’m like ‘There’s a enormous like championship women’s sporting activities match, why do we have this random men’s football rerun?” claimed Casey Cairo, a athletics supporter. Nevertheless, this battle with hoping to discover locations to observe women’s sports activities on Tv has now altered in Western Washington. Tough and Tumble…