Archive of posts filed under the Women’s Sports category.
Golfing call to action
The 2017 USGA Women’s Open golf tournament has been scheduled at a golf course owned by the President-elect of the United States. According to columnist Christine Brennan in USA Today The USGA has made a visible effort over the past few years to try to start digging out from decades of discrimination against women and …
World Cup Final
Live blog here. 4-1 in only 27 minutes? What sport is this?
Tuesday’s Women’s World Cup results
Australia played Sweden to a 1-1 draw, meaning the Aussies finished second in Group D with a 1-1-1 record. Cameroon defeated Switzerland 2-1 to advance to the knockout round from Group C, Japan beat Ecuador 1-0 to advance, also from Group C, and oh yeah, the Americans beat Nigeria 1-0 to finish first in Group …
Alternate route to Winnipeg
If you wanna see soccer in Winnipeg, here’s another way to get there rather than going with an escorted tour: Road Trip! From: Vancouver, BC, Canada To: Winnipeg, MB, Canada 22 h 35 min (2,293.4 km) via Trans-Canada Hwy And you get to drive through some of the most scenic parts of the entire North …
Women’s World Cup tix
Plus accommodations! Yep, there are travel companies which put together soccer tours for the World Cup. Here’s a 7-day 6 night deal for $1,190 which has a trip leader, match tickets for four Group D games (okay, you’ve missed two that were played today, but still), guided tours around Winnipeg, and all ground transportation. If …
As usual, FIFA sucks
What is it about the international football association that makes it think it’s more infallible than the Pope? The Women’s 2015 World Cup is to be played in Canada, and right now it’s scheduled to be played entirely on artificial turf. The top women in the world object to this, saying the turf causes injuries …
Sports news
Hard as it may be to believe, the biggest sports news of the day here in Hawai’i was unquestionably Michelle Wie and her first LPGA major tournament win. She’s won several other tournaments, but the US Ladies Open is one of the five majors on the ladies’ tour, and it’s a huge win for her. …
Congrats, Ms. Wie!
Michelle Wie won the LPGA’s Lotte Tournament here on Oahu today, her third career win and first in four years. This made her local fans very very happy, and she was pretty pleased herself. I’m so happy I can’t think straight,” Wie said. “I love everybody here in Hawaii and celebrating tonight is going to …
On to the finals!
SA’s Alex Morgan (R) celebrating scoring the fourth goal over Canada to win the women’s semi final soccer match at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Old Trafford. Photo: REUTERS/David Moir Look at The Guardian’s headlines and subheads: Olympic women’s soccer 2012 – USA 4-3 Canada – as it happened Morgan’s 122nd minute goal wins …