London 2012 needs to set a precedent for the coverage of women’s sport
We can only hope that scheduling Team GB’s women’ footballing debut to coincide with opening day hysteria will challenge past records on poor coverage.
We can only hope that scheduling Team GB’s women’ footballing debut to coincide with opening day hysteria will challenge past records on poor coverage.
In the wake of the Andy Gray/Richard Keys controversy, Shamik Das looks at the lack of coverage of women’s sport and asks if the media is institutionally sexist.
No one likes the idea of segregation, but practicality has to come first
After nearly a decade of chronic underfunding, our public services are in crisis – and women have been hit hardest.
The party will focus on equal pay, childcare and ending violence against women
Today, to coincide with International Women’s Day, Women 2012, a new women’s sports channel, is being launched, reports Shamik Das.
Many have been outraged by BBC attitudes towards women from sports personality to nominating a panda as a female face of 2011 but Hollywood does little better.
Shamik Das profiles some of the leading British sportswomen, asking why not one of them was nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 2011.
Sports minister Hugh Robertson today denied any responsibility for the school sport cuts – yet claimed credit for the school games, reports Shamik Das.
Shamik Das looks back at the past week’s big political stories, including David Cameron’s welcome rethink of government plans to slash school sport funding.