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Female players' 'safety at risk' due to poor pitches

The PFA says the safety of female footballers is being put "at risk" by substandard playing conditions in major matches.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Poor pitches put female players' 'safety at risk'

The PFA says the safety of female footballers is being put "at risk" by substandard playing conditions in major matches.

BBC News - 1d

Women’s players face stark pay divide with average salary less than $11,000, Fifa reports

Female player annual salary across globe averages $10,900 USD One in five head coaches at professional clubs are women The average annual salary for a female professional football player ...

The Guardian - 2d

How a Female-Led AI Startup Achieved a Successful Acquisition

Female founders building AI startups can redefine the space.

Inc. - 4d

Best-in-Class Business Advice From Famed Female Founders

This year’s Female Founders board of advisers share their top hard-won tips, from failing up to following your north star.

Inc. - Mar. 11

Vote in a best-of-the-best poll for Erie County's female winter athletes

The Erie Times-News is running a special ballot to determine Erie County's best female winter athlete among its past poll victors.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Report finds that Stanford football coach mistreated female staff members

Stanford football coach Troy Taylor mistreated female staff members and tried to have an NCAA compliance officer removed after she warned him of rules violations, according to documents obtained by ...

Yahoo Sports - 20h

Female students mark International Women's day by leading protests in Serbia against corruption

Female students have marked International Women's Day in Serbia by leading protests against corruption and sending a message decrying widespread violence against women in the country

ABC News - Mar. 8

Coe targets Musk and Zuckerberg talks over ‘pond life’ abuse of female athletes

IOC presidency candidate wants discussions if elected ‘It is vital that women feel that sport is a safe space’ Sebastian Coe will demand urgent talks with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to stop ...

The Guardian - Mar. 8

The male blue-lined octopus injects females with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, study shows

Tetrodotoxin immobilises the female – who is about two to five times bigger than the male – so mating can occur, researchers observed. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get ...

The Guardian - Mar. 11

Meet Inc.’s 2025 Female Founders

The pandemic drove women out of the workforce—and then spurred an entrepreneurial explosion.

Inc. - Mar. 11

Female-led start-ups are increasingly starved of funding

Investment decisions in the UK follow the same outdated patterns — even in booming AI

Financial Times - 1d

Coventry elected as IOC's first female president

Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the role.

Yahoo Sports - 4h

Female founders in the U.S. VC ecosystem: the good and the bad | Pitchbook (updated)

Women founders and investors raised $38.8 billion in funding in the U.S. in 2024, up 27% from the year before, according to PitchBook.

VentureBeat - Mar. 6

WATCH: How social media helped fuel a female mechanic's business

ABC News' Will Ganss is here with the story about Desiree Hill who found a massive online community when switching from nursing to auto work.

ABC News - Mar. 8

Reshma Saujani’s Advice for Female Founders? Build Your Own Door

The founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First joins ‘From The Ground Up’ this week.

Inc. - Mar. 10

Biased laws and poverty driving huge rise in female prisoners – report

First such study finds laws on abortion, debt and dress help increase rate of women being jailed twice as fast as for men. Poverty, abuse and discriminatory laws are driving a huge rise in the ...

The Guardian - Mar. 12

Too fat, too thin – female athletes cannot win

“You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin. You have to say you want to be healthy, but also you have to be thin.”

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of International Olympic Committee

Kirsty Coventry succeeds Thomas Bach, whose term ended after 12 years in the role.

Yahoo Sports - 6h

Kirsty Coventry becomes first female president of International Olympic Committee

Kirsty Coventry, 41, of Zimbabwe becomes the first woman to lead the IOC. She is eligible to serve up to a 12-year term.

Yahoo Sports - 6h

Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of IOC as Coe routed in vote

Zimbabwean former swimmer won majority in first round Sebastian Coe is third; Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr second The Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has become the first woman to lead the ...

The Guardian - 5h

Zimbabwe sports minister elected first female Olympics president

Kirsty Coventry defeats Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch in secret ballot

Financial Times - 5h

Coventry elected first female IOC president as Coe beaten

Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the role.

BBC News - 3h

The sobering new state of feminism

Support for female equality is edging up but going backwards among young men

Financial Times - Mar. 9

The Players Championship: Every winner through the years

Here's a look at the players who have won The Players, since 1974.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Wholly Women-Led Companies Attracted Just 1 Percent of VC Funding in 2024, Tanking an Already Abysmal Stat

Thirteen female-founded companies became unicorns in 2024. But early-stage funding took a hit and anti-DEI efforts could make things worse for female founders.

Inc. - Mar. 7

What is The Players Championship playoff format?

Here's the playoff format for Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun at The Players Championship.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Female founders in game companies got 12.1% of game VC deals in 2024 | The DeanBeat (updated)

In the male-dominated landscape of game startups, women were only 0.11 percent of the game VC deal value in 2024.

VentureBeat - Mar. 7

With most male actors at war, a small Ukrainian theater reinvents itself with an all-female cast

The Chernihiv Regional Youth Theater in Ukraine has adapted to the war by having women perform traditionally male roles, after many men left the troupe to fight on the front line

ABC News - Mar. 8

F1's first female race engineer praised by Haas team after debut

German Laura Müller was hailed by her Haas team after becoming the first woman to operate as a race engineer in Formula One. She was the voice in driver Esteban Ocon's ear during the practice ...

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Celtics Lab 310: On all-female broadcast crews and covering the Celtics with Abby Chin

Don't miss this special episode - and if you have ideas what Abby should use for a signature call (think Gorman's 'Got it!'), be sure to let us know.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

2 investigations found Stanford head coach Troy Taylor bullied and belittled female staffers: Report

Taylor reportedly signed a letter last year acknowledging he could be fired if his conduct continued.

Yahoo Sports - 20h

Kirsty Coventry wins seven-way battle to become first female IOC president

The five-time Olympian was known to be the preferred candidate of the outgoing president, Thomas Bach, and required just one round of voting to assume his mantle

Yahoo Sports - 5h