Kicking Off

ISBN: 9781472913838 出版年：2016 页码：305 Sarah Shephard Bloomsbury Publishing

There's a battle being foughon the sports fields, in the newsrooms and behind the scenes at every major broadcaster. Women in sport are fighting for equality withan ever, but are they breaking down the barriers that stand in their way? Sarah Shephard looks behind the headlines to see whether progress is really being made and tells the storilonger be ignored. It's time for women to switch their focus from the battlefield to the sports field, once and for alland revealing book asks the questions at the forefront of the debate about women in sport:the most successful female athletes earn less than their male counterpartsso few elite sportswomen have the profile their talent deserves?· Why are girls still growing up believing that sport With contributions from women involved in sport at the highest level, including Chrissie Wellington, Maggie Alphonsi, Kelly Smith and Nicole Cooke, who reveal their personal experiences of being at the top of their game.