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Peak Performance: Mental Training Techniques of the World’s Greatest Athletes

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By Charles A. Garfield, Hal Zina Bennett — 1985

A leading sports psychologist and a veteran sports writer examine the new mental training techniques of Russian and Eastern European athletes and detail exercises that allow everyone to benefit from those techniques.

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#LetHerRun Campaign Calls to End Discrimination against Female Athletes

The criteria that define a woman in high-level sports still blocks women and trans people from competing. @KierJunos reports on the #LetHerRun campaign, and an SFU professor’s connection to the international movement.

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2020
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U.S. Women’s National Team Sues U.S. Soccer for Discrimination | SI Now | Sports Illustrated

The entire United States women’s national soccer team has filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. SI legal analyst Michael McCann unpacks the players’ case and how he expects it to play out.

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2019
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Five Times US Women Athletes Advocated for Equality in Sports

On Friday, the US Women’s National Soccer Team sent a powerful message, using the backdrop of International Women’s Day and filing a lawsuit that accused the governing body for US soccer of gender discrimination.

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Dakin Andone
2019
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Japan Pressed to Tackle Discrimination, Abuse in Sport

Japan should use the Olympics as a chance to commit to tackling discrimination over gender identity and sexual orientation in sport and prevent physical abuse of youth athletes, activists said on Monday, just days before the start of the Tokyo Games.

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Reuters
2021
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Megan Rapinoe Calls Out Sports Illustrated During Speech

Megan Rapinoe calls out Sports Illustrated; Rick Strom breaks it down.

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Megan Rapinoe
2019
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Fighting Sex Discrimination in Sports

Noriana Radwan lost her scholarship for “unsportsmanlike behavior” commonly accepted from male athletes. What happened? How do we make sure that all athletes, female athletes, trans athletes, LGBTQ+ athletes, belong in sports?

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2020
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US Women’s Soccer Players Speak Out on Gender Discrimination Suit | TODAY

Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan of the U.S. women’s soccer team join TODAY to talk about teaming with 26 other players to file a gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, calling for equal pay and better treatment.

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Megan Rapinoe
2019
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How Billie Jean King Changed Gender Equality in Sports

Former tennis star Bobby Riggs bragged that he could beat any female tennis player. In 1973, he met his match when he faced top-ranked Billie Jean King in a televised event dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes.”

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Billie Jean King
2017
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It Starts on the Court: Gender Equality in Sports and Beyond | Sarah Du | TEDxDeerfieldAcademy

Sarah Du shares ideas on how gender equality in sports can drive equality off the court. Drawing on examples from the US and China, in both amateur and professional outlets, Sarah challenges us to think more intentionally about sports programs and participation.

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2016
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Calls for Pay Equality in Sport

Matildas earn a fraction of Socceroos match fees—but why is it so?

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2015
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