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“Football Under Cover”: Documentary about women’s football (soccer) in Iran

Posted in Feminism, Soccer, Sports Programs, Sportsmanship, inspiration on Nov 18th, 2008

A new documentary (released this year) discusses the reality of women’s soccer players in Iran.
The plot: An amateur female soccer team from Berlin goes on a nerve-wracking journey trying to carry out the first female soccer match in the history of Iran. And it happens in front of over 1,000 cheering female fans.
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WNBA Sees Second Slam Dunk

Posted in Basketball, Famous Women in Sports, Sports Headlines, Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2008

I know I’m a little late reporting, but I find this to be a marked place in the history of women’s basketball. On June 22, 2008, Candace Parker slammed the second women’s dunk in the WNBA. She’s been dunking since high school, but this marked only the second time someone has done it professionally, and [...]

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