Showing posts with label Sexism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sexism. Show all posts

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Too Many Clasicos? How Can You Have Too Much Of This?



By Shane Thomas

When Real Madrid and Barcelona were set to play in the quarter-finals of the Copa Del Rey, the howls of lament could be heard from fans and pundits; "Too many clasicos!", "I'm sick of seeing Real & Barca all the time!", "What's next, are they going to play each other every week!?"

Monday, 24 January 2011

Keys & Gray Caught Offside With Sexist Jibes



By Shane Thomas

Wolves against Liverpool on a Saturday lunchtime. Unless you're a fan of those two sides, it's pretty mundane fare. So much so, I decided to head up to Central London rather than stay in to watch it. But before leaving my home, commentator Rob Hawthorne made mention that one of the assistant referees for the match was a woman. I sighed, rolled my eyes & turned the television off.