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A few days ago Netball Australia’s CEO, Kate Palmer, argued that female athletes need to stop blaming the media for lack of coverage of female sports and look to their sport’s governing body to redress the problem. Her comments follow an article by Melissa Barbieri, captain of the Australian Women’s soccer team (aka the Matildas), [...]
→ September 2, 2010
The modern day game of rugby evolved from a form of football played at a school called Rugby. There is a commemorative stone at this school about William Ellis, a 16 year old student, which says: “with a fine disregard for the rules of football…first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, [...]