Posts Tagged ‘Women’s football’

Profligacy and Olympic Soccer

By Jennifer Doyle • Aug 13th, 2008 • Category: Features

Jennifer Doyle finds herself mulling over the way the word “profligacy” was used in FIFA’s summary of Nigeria’s last Olympic soccer game.



Olympic Women’s Football: Day One

By Jennifer Doyle • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Women's football

Jennifer Doyle reviews the first day’s action from the Olympic women’s soccer tournament, and finds some fluid play and shaggy haircuts.



Sexism Hurts

By Jennifer Doyle • May 14th, 2008 • Category: Features

Jennifer Doyle looks at how the ingrained sexism in sports medicine is damaging to women’s football.



Arsenal Ladies Do the Double

By Tom Dunmore • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Features

Arsenal win the double, but it’s something of a disappointment. What does that mean for women’s football in England, and how will the new American Women’s Professional Soccer league impact on it?



Marta and the Beautiful Game

By Thomas Dunmore • Sep 12th, 2007 • Category: Video

Our open thread on the Women’s World Cup has certainly thrown up highly contrasting opinions, and this blog welcomes honest takes from all quarters. But perhaps the most interesting perspective on it I’ve seen so far comes from the Global Game blog, which features an interview with the biographer of Brazilian star Marta.
It’s very hard [...]