Triumphant Journey of Minnu Mani: From Tribal Girl to Cricket Star
During her school days, she engaged in the game secretly, keeping it hidden from her parents. However, today, the tribal athlete has become a celebrated figure not only in Kerala’s Wayanad but also beyond its borders.
Minnu Mani, the cricketer from Kerala, has come full circle in her life. Over the span of just a few months, the 24-year-old versatile player has traversed a range of emotions.…
The 22-year-old MVP of the Palestinian women’s basketball team Mirna Sayeh has made history by being the first female Palestinian player to join the Israeli Premier League.
The Bethlehem native reported, “the bar is much higher in Israel, I really wanted to play here.”
It is incredible to see sports bridging the political divide in Israel.
this is for ppl who can’t access certain sports/teams due to a paywall or vpn being blocked :)))
i just want to put it out there that i have access to yt tv and if anyone wants/needs a footy game or an f1 race (or anything else really) i can most likely get it and record it for you to to put on youtube or upload it for downloading
just let me know if anyone wants anything (even if it’s not footy or f1 related i can still look and see if it’s available) it really isn’t any trouble, i typically record shit in the background as i do my college work anyway.
what is currently available:
women's world cup 2023 [every game] - games expire 1st jan 2024
f1 - sprints, practices, gran prix
men's premier league
men's champions league
you can send me requests via dm, inbox or in the replies to this post, i really don’t care where. i can make an archive post of all the shit i’ve uploaded to either a google drive or unlisted youtube link afterward for more people to access them when they like.
please note: if a game has happened in the past and i didn’t record it on yt tv it might be difficult for me to be able to rewatch it to screen record it. BUT! if you send me teams to follow, yt tv automatically records those events live so i can go back and screen record them! also it can be quite limited it what women's footy games are actually being aired (no wsl and only certain nations league games). i cannot make any promises but i will try my best :)))
okay so a league of their own has been everything that i’d hoped it’d be and more.
girls in baseball, nick offerman, and lesbians, it’s wonderful.
and while all of that is great, it’s also just so heartbreaking, harrowing, and painful, to watch the portrayal of how much effort closeted queer people had to put into just living. just blending into the regular crowd. hearing how much you’re hated and how strange you are even if it isn’t knowingly being directed at you.
obviously i don’t have to tell you that queer history being told is incredibly important, just as educating yourself on the topic is, too. but it’s still vital to remember and appreciate that the impact this community has left is larger than life and the entire reason we’ve reached the point we’re at today, with still a ways to go.
but it’s also just so unbelievably moving to me, to see how women in sports have grown and evolved since those times. it’s genuinely soul wracking to see how drastically different things are, and just plain emotional today to see all the women playing professionally who get to live their dream while also having wives and girlfriends.
sue bird making headlines as she leads seattle into the first round of the WNBA playoffs during her final season, while her fiancée, megan rapinoe, plays in the NWSL for the reign.
former league MVP, candace parker and her wife welcoming a baby months after candace won the 2021 WNBA Finals with the chicago sky, only to go back to work three months later for the start of the regular season.
there’s so many others too in different leagues but the WNBA playoffs are just beginning so they’re up to bat, metaphorically. i’ve watched more baseball than basketball so i don’t know what the equivalent of that expression would be but you get it. women belong in sports, gay women belong in sports.
from a personal aspect, as a lesbian teenager who’s passionate about both men’s and women’s sports, it’s wild sometimes to see the inclusion and support that leagues and teams alike make an effort to show towards the LGBTQ+ community, some more than others, but still. and remembering that it took a long time to get to this point, and who we have to be grateful for is both humbling and inspiring, still today.
it’s also amusing to look at any girl on a WNBA, NWSL , or PHF (women’s hockey) roster, or any other women’s league for that matter, and know there’s a pretty good chance she’s gay. yearning so badly to be a WAG is part of the fun imo
but yeah thanks if you read i just had a lot inside after watching and wanted to just let my heart type it all out for a sec.