Citing trademark concerns and objections to the author J.K. Rowling’s views on transgender issues, the sport’s leading groups officially distanced themselves from their “Harry Potter” roots.
Saudi Arabia is investing in sporting events, like an upstart golf tour, as part of a yearslong drive to turn the country into a hot spot for business and tourism and to blunt criticism of its human rights record.
After Title IX passed in 1972, administrators found soccer to be a cheap way to comply. And participation rates soared in high schools, universities and at club levels for girls and women.