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Togethxr: Riding The Women’s Sports Rocket

It’s no secret that the key to building a successful business is filling a void in services. Before Uber, people could not get a taxi as readily on demand as we’re used to now, for example. For many ...
PRIDE

Trans women banned from playing soccer by UK Football Association amid Supreme Court ruling

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...
The New York Times

Trans Women Barred From Competing in Women’s Soccer in England

A Women’s Super League match between Arsenal and Leicester City in London last month.Credit...Peter Cziborra/Action Images, via Reuters By Lizzie Dearden Reporting from London Transgender women will ...
The New York Times

Women’s soccer fans support the brands that support their favorite players and teams

For years, brands’ default narrative for women’s soccer marketing was great stories, inspiring athletes, but commercially unproven. Sponsors stayed conservative, sticking with the NFL, NBA, MLB and ...
CNN

English Football Association to ban transgender women from women’s soccer

Transgender women will be barred from playing in women’s soccer in England from June 1, the English Football Association (FA) announced on Thursday. “We understand that this will be difficult for ...
NPR

Women's soccer saw a huge burst in popularity, and it's paying off financially

The soccer league capitalized on a groundswell of attention in 2024 thanks to a U.S. gold medal in the Olympic Games and a boom in interest in women's sports in general. Women's sports have seen a ...
NPR

The NWSL rides a 'rocket ship' of interest in women's sports to a record-setting year

WASHINGTON — The stands at Audi Field were packed. The lines for concessions wound down the concourse. And when the Washington Spirit scored the go-ahead goal, the roar was deafening. In all, 19,215 ...