Tag Archive | FIFA

The Iconic Sports Bra

Let’s discuss the sports bra for a moment.  After all, this is a website that focuses on gender on sports, we are women, and, well, I distinctly recall having a conversation with Lydia in July about how neither of us had worn anything other than a sports bra for over a month (it was a [...]

Soccer with Scarves

Last week marked a big win for Muslim women in the soccer world.  Soccer (football/futbol/le foot – we’re American, so we’re going to keep calling it soccer) has been grappling with a headscarf policy since the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the governing body of international soccer, banned them in women’s soccer in 2007.  After the officials of [...]