Shireen Ahmed

Many women say women's only spaces has encouraged them to take a leap into the health and wellness world.

In sport, we see coaches commit errors, flagrant missteps, and continue to work and move to the next club or team. In the case of the Canadian national women's soccer team drone-spying scandal, Shireen Ahmed writes that one person whose proximity to accountability remains a huge question mark is the team's former coach John Herdman.

In addition to the skyrocketing prices of hotel rooms, inflated Uber rates and hysteria around her presence, Taylor Swift hugely affects the sports ecosystem around her. Whether or not skeptics want to admit it, her connection to sport creates a cultural impact that can not be denied.

Since women started playing organized sport, and through the different iterations of many leagues, women have not only fought for their right to play, they have fought to be paid fairly, to not be abused, and for their identities to be respected. The latest battle is with FIFA and its sponsorship deal with Saudi Arabia's Aramco.

Knowing and learning about your subjects is a basic tenet in journalism. But it hasn't always been done well for people in the margins.

One of the Paralympians leading his own revolution is 39-year-old Fadi Aldeeb, a shot putter from Gaza. Aldeeb is the only member of the Paralympic team from Palestine in Paris.

The International Olympic Committee has touted its gender parity at the Paris Olympics, but it's treatment of an Afghan refugee shows its support of women comes with conditions.

Being a sports journalist doesn't mean I stop caring about the Olympics or turn to stone. It means I love where I live and am grateful to be able to participate in sports recreationally and cover them professionally.

The reality of the Paris Olympics is that gender parity doesn’t necessarily mean open to all women. Athletes who wear hijabs have been dreadfully left behind in all the excitement about women athletes and by the hosts who claim to be celebrating their existence.

As Canada, the reigning Olympics champions, head back to defend their title, there are nerves, excitement, and confidence. But the mood among Canadian fans and some in the soccer community is more tense.