Ireland women’s rugby team will make the switch from white to navy shorts this week in a move meant to combat the players’ “period anxieties,” the Irish Rugby Football Union announced Tuesday. The new uniforms will make their debut at the Women’s
JayCee Cooper, a transgender athlete, won a discrimination case against USA Powerlifting this week after the federation banned her from competing in female events. With Cooper’s victory comes a mandate the federation “cease and desist from all unfair discriminatory practices” because of
Tiffany Newell, a transgender female runner, placed first at the 2023 Canadian Masters Indoor Championships over the weekend after Newell’s previous record in the women’s 5,000-meter race was recently ratified. Newell, 50, beat out Catherine Weber, the sole opponent competing in the
Dozens of female students in Iran have been summoned to attend “mandatory counseling sessions” for failing to wear their hijab “properly” following months of women’s rights and anti-regime protests across the nation, reports said Monday. Though mass protests have largely slowed down,
Comment on this story Comment In the latest setback for CNN’s struggling new morning show, Don Lemon said he regretted his “inartful and irrelevant” comment on Thursday’s show about when women are “in their prime” that drew a quick backlash from colleagues
China and Iran have urged mutual neighbor Afghanistan to end restrictions on women’s work and education. The call came in a joint statement Thursday issued at the close of a visit to Beijing by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during which the two
The Department for Transport has said council bids for a £200million pot to increase cycling and walking “must take women’s safety into account”. The department is aiming to encourage more people to make fewer journeys by car and more on foot or
While playing against Florida State on Sunday, Duke women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson claimed both teams played the first half with a men’s basketball. Lawson made the claim following Duke’s win over Pittsburgh Thursday night, saying that her players complained about the
Legendary women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma was not pleased with the first-half officiating in Connecticut’s matchup with Tennessee Thursday night. The Huskies jumped out to a 33-17 lead over the Vols after the first quarter but allowed Tennessee to get back into
On Thursday, a group of current and former female athletes delivered a demand letter to the NCAA calling to end the practice of allowing biological male athletes to compete on female teams. A petition and demand letter was hand-delivered by former Kentucky