Soccer

Sports legend Billie Jean King has defended the U.S. women's soccer team after they were slammed for wildly celebrating every goal in their 13-0 defeat of Thailand.  Tennis star King insisted that the criticism is 'ridiculous', hitting back at trolls saying: 'I don't think they would be doing that if they were men.'  King says she's 'ticked off' over the situation and feels that there are double standards regarding the way female and male soccer stars are treated. The 75-year-old also believes that the women's team have 'a lot of responsibility' on their shoulders so celebrating is a way of releasing the pressure. She told DailyMailTV: 'First of all, I think the criticism is ridiculous. I don't think they would do that if they were men. I think they would be celebrating them making all of those goals, so let's just put that in perspective.  Billie Jean King tells DailyMailTV that she supports the U.S. women's soccer team after they were slammed for wildly celebrating … [Read more...] about EXCLUSIVE: ‘The criticism is ridiculous!’ Billie Jean King defends the U.S. women’s soccer team’s ‘disrespectful’ World Cup celebration, saying there would be no backlash ‘if they were men’

A recreational league soccer match in Mexico City has ended in tragedy after one of the players was shot dead. Witnesses told the police that the victim, identified only as Carlos, was sitting alongside his teammates during the championship game's halftime interval, when two male suspects shot him at the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City. According to Mexican outlet El Grafico, the assailants arrived near the pitch on a red motorbike at approximately 11.30am. One of the men subsequently withdrew a gun with a silencer to fire multiple shots at Carlos, who was in his 40s, while his accomplice stood by brandishing his weapon. WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT A man identified as Carlos (pictured) was shot dead during a soccer match in Mexico City on Sunday before his assailants escaped on a motorcycle Sunday morning's deadly shooting at a recreational league soccer championship match took place on the site of the old Olympic Park that hosted the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games The gunman struck … [Read more...] about Gunman on motorcycle unleashes hail of gunfire on a soccer match in Mexico City leaving one player dead

Sign up for The week in patriarchy, a newsletter​ on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. Area woman has haircut I regret to inform you that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Derangement Syndrome (AOCDS) has struck again. The condition, characterized by an unhealthy obsession with the New York congresswoman and an inability to stop foaming at the mouth, claimed reporters at the Washington Times this week. On Wednesday, the conservative outlet published an “EXCLUSIVE” story, headlined “Self-declared socialist AOC splurges on high-dollar hairdo.” In actual fact, as the internet swiftly pointed out, Ocasio-Cortez’s $80 cut and $180 coloring were not actually that “high-dollar”. Women’s haircuts are incredibly expensive. Being a woman is incredibly expensive. Dunno if you’ve heard of this little thing called the “pink tax”? What’s more, spending money on a haircut is not incompatible with being a socialist. … [Read more...] about The uproar over AOC’s hair is a reminder that women can’t win under the patriarchy

An Iranian female football fan has died a week after setting herself on fire outside a courtroom, after learning she may face six months in prison for trying to enter a stadium, a news agency reported on Tuesday. Sahar Khodayari’s death immediately ignited an outcry in Iran, where women are banned from football stadiums, although they are allowed to watch other sports, such as volleyball. Khodayari, 29, died at a hospital in Tehran on Monday, according to the semi-official news agency Shafaghna. She was known as the “Blue Girl” on social media after the colours of her favourite Iranian soccer team, Esteghlal. She set herself on fire last week, reportedly after learning she may be imprisoned for trying to enter Tehran’s Azadi (freedom) stadium, in March, to watch an Esteghlal match. She was reportedly posing as a man and was wearing a blue hairpiece and a long overcoat when the police stopped her. She spent three nights in jail before being released, pending the … [Read more...] about Iranian female football fan who self-immolated outside court dies

One of Felicity Huffman's former co-stars insists she is 'an admirable woman' even though she faces jail for pleading guilty in the college admissions scandal, he exclusively told DailyMailTV. Desperate Housewives actor Charlie Carver praised his on-screen mother Huffman for being 'sincere' as she confessed to paying $15,000 to have a Harvard graduate improve her 18-year-old daughter Sophia's SAT results.   Carver added he is 'really proud of how she's taken ownership of what happened' and said he feels her mea culpa 'came from the heart.' The 30-year-old also revealed to DailyMailTV he hopes for a Desperate Housewives show reunion, despite Huffman potentially facing a prison sentence.   Desperate Housewives actor Charlie Carver praised his former co-star Felicity Huffman (pictured) for being 'sincere' after confessing to the college admissions scandal. Huffman could spend four months in jail as part of a plea agreement in the high-profile college admissions … [Read more...] about EXCLUSIVE: ‘Her mea culpa came from the heart.’ Felicity Huffman’s Desperate Housewives son insists she is ‘an admirable woman’ even though she faces jail for pleading guilty in the college admissions scandal