http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'women' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/russian-players-on-two-girls-per-goal-bonus.html Daryl 2008-06-26 07:08:10 Now we know why Russia have been playing such an attack-minded game at Euro 2008. According to The Sun (motto: "all the boobs that's fit ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/sweden-needs-a-better-football-team.html Chris 2008-06-25 07:10:45 So you've got Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Olof Mellberg, Freddie Ljunberg and Kim Kallstrom (we think - he plays for Svenska, right?). Some pretty good talent there. ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/us-women-take-the-algarve-cup.html Laurie 2008-03-16 22:53:36 It wasn't so long ago that the US women were making headlines for their sorority-esque exclusion of outspoken goalkeeper Hope Solo after the team flamed ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/women-helped-keep-the-peace-at-world-cup.html WC Bob 2006-11-09 09:43:20 The Berlin Senate has issued a report that attributes the lack of fan violence at the World Cup in Germany in part to the large ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/associated-press-follows-world-cup-blogs-example.html Afshin Afshar 2006-05-23 23:16:49 Looks like Associated Press has subscribed to our cause! ;) Here is a nice article that kind of sums up what we have been campaigning for ... http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/group-d/the-world%e2%80%99s-most-beautiful-flag.html Luis Paulo 2006-05-20 09:42:18 The Portuguese players were amused when they got to the National Stadium yesterday. The FPF gathered over 20,000 thousand women for a human flag. Even ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/supreme-leader-says-no-to-women-in-stadia.html Afshin Afshar 2006-05-08 12:09:47 There was a major blow delivered to Iranian women’s hope to attend sports events. This one came from the very top. Apparently Islamic Republic’s Supreme ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/team-melli-lisbon-friendly-women-in-stadiums.html Afshin Afshar 2006-05-04 02:12:02 I can’t help but wonder at the irony of all this. In Iran the government and the football federation do whatever they can to keep ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/guess-who-is-coming-for-football.html Afshin Afshar 2006-04-29 03:04:10 Tehran’s unusual visitors. http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/no-no-no-say-iranian-harliners-to-women.html Afshin Afshar 2006-04-26 10:13:24 As expected Iranian hardliners reacted quickly to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s suggestion that women should be allowed in stadiums. The signs are that the civilian government is ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/ahmadinejad-says-let-women-into-sports-stadiums.html Afshin Afshar 2006-04-24 14:52:16 Hurray for all of you who were involved in this by spreading the word or signing the petition(s). According to a number of news agencies, ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/what-couldve-been.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-17 01:28:19 Three years ago an Iranian first division club took an extraordinary step; it allowed a small group of female fans to attend a game in ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/iranian-women-and-football.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-12 15:48:34 Many of you may not know this, but Iranian women do participate in organized football, which makes their ban from football stadiums even more puzzling. Anyhow, ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/online-petition-on-behalf-of-iranian-women.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-07 20:54:10 In light of what happened in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, a couple of friends of mine who happened to be big football fans put together an ...