Refugee breaker Manizha Talash disqualified at Olympics for ‘Free Afghan Women’ cape
Breakdancer Maniza Tarash was disqualified from the Olympics after demonstrating in support of the liberation of Afghan women during a competition. After the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, Tarash fled the country and was granted asylum in Spain. She is representing the refugee team at the Paris Olympics in B-girl breaking, wearing a cape that […]
Olympic Committee President Suggests There’s No Scientific ‘Way’ To Differentiate Between Men And Women
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach suggested at a press conference on Friday that there is no scientific way to distinguish between men and women. Gender eligibility rules have been a point of contention at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with Italian boxer Angela Carini withdrawing just 46 seconds into her bout with Algerian boxer […]
2024 Olympics: Are any of Team USA Women in contention, best Rd. 1 quotes
Welcome to Playing Through’s daily ritual, Golf Talk Today. Each day, the crew will discuss a different element of the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf and more. The women’s golf competition at the 2024 Olympic Games is in full swing with the second round underway. Celine Boutier played a stellar first round, shooting a 7-under […]
2024 Olympics: Team USA women detail their complete experience in Paris
The U.S. 2024 Olympic women’s golf team is made up of three players. World No. 1 Nelly Korda will be looking to defend her gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. World No. 2 Lilia Vu and world No. 9 Rose Chan will be making their Olympic debuts. When Korda made her debut, COVID-19 […]
Feminist to white women: ‘You can’t CORRECT BIPOC people’
If you thought the “White Men Supporting Kamala” Zoom call was terrible, you’re going to have a really good time with the even more embarrassing “White Women Answering the Phone.” Former public teacher and feminist influencer Ariel Fodor spearheaded the movement, telling other white women on the call that “BIPOC women have called on us, […]
Ranking the Top 10 women golfers competing for gold at the 2024 Olympics
Are you ready? The women’s golf competition at the 2024 Olympics gets underway this week. Last week the men competed for gold, silver and bronze at Le Golf National, producing some of the best competition for golf fans this season. For many of the 60 women competing, it will be their first time starting on […]
Texas megachurch pastor steps down over ‘sexual’ messages to women
The pastor of a megachurch in Texas has been forced to resign over a “concerning pattern of behavior” that included unwanted “sexual” communication with women. When senior pastor Josiah Anthony’s resignation was announced late last month, elders at Cross Timbers Church in Argyle cited “overly personal and intimate” inappropriate communications with women, which were not […]
2024 Olympics Golf: How to watch Team USA women, streaming, preview, tee times, more
With regular LPGA competition on pause this week in preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics, Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Chan will represent Team USA in France. The women’s competition begins three days after the men’s competition, in which American Scottie Scheffler won the gold medal, Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood won the silver medal […]
US women stars take center stage at Olympics on Saturday
Team USA has a great game coming up on Saturday at the Paris Olympics, with a ton of gold medals potentially up for grabs. And it’s led by three women: Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky and Shakyari Richardson. Biles will compete in the women’s artistic gymnastics vault final at 10:20 a.m. Simone Biles led the U.S. […]
Claressa Shields: ‘Women should fight against women’
Two-time Olympic gold medalist in boxing, Claressa Shields, has criticized the International Olympic Committee for previously allowing boxers who failed gender eligibility tests to compete against women. Shields is undefeated in professional boxing, having won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. The 15-0 Shields won multiple titles, including a TKO victory just […]