US women football star Carli Lloyd. King said her early goals for women’s tennis were to make sure all girls would have a place to compete, that women would be valued more for their accomplishments than their looks, and to ensure female athletes earned enough to make a living. [REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann ]“Right now the professional landscape of women’s hockey is a disaster,” said Coyne Schofield, an Olympic gold medalist who played for NWHL’s Minnesota Whitecaps. The formation last year of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association is a good step that will help the players speak with one voice as they fight for a sustainable professional women’s league that pays living wages, she said. U.S. national football team midfielder Carli Lloyd said her World Cup-winning squad’s ongoing lawsuit against their federation over allegations of gender discrimination and lower wages is already having a positive ripple effect.

Source: Standard Digital April 13, 2020 12:00 UTC