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League Notes: Australia's Top Sevens Players Want To Play In Women's Rugby World Cup

A number of Australia's "high-profile" Olympic Gold Medal sevens players -- including co-captains Sharni Williams and Shannon Parry -- "have expressed a desire to play in the Women's Rugby World Cup in August." And while the Australian Rugby Union said that it is "open to the idea," it will treat requests on a case-by-case basis and "will not allow any sevens players to jump ship before the World series concludes in late June." Williams and Parry, as well as several other "big names" in the sevens squad, "want the opportunity to play for the Wallaroos at the upcoming World Cup." Rugby Union Players' Association CEO Ross Xenos said that Australia "should be trying to field its best side in order to strengthen the image of women's rugby as a whole. " He said, "If there are some young players in that group who are going to make the Wallaroos more competitive, I think it's got to be on the player to make that decision" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 2/9).

Former Great Britain Fed Cup captain Judy Murray is behind a new U.K.-wide campaign to promote gender equality in tennis. Murray is running "She Rallies" in partnership with the Lawn Tennis Association, which aims to encourage more girls into tennis by providing more female coaches. The project launched last weekend with a conference in Birmingham attended by key figures from sports and business. Murray: "We have now trained a team of female ambassadors to go out and empower women and girls to play, compete and deliver tennis" (WTA).

Some Kenyan athletes hope the IAAF will come up with laws "that will not infringe on athletes' rights when it comes to change of nationality." Athletics Kenya athletes' representative Milcah Chemos, who defended athletes who have changed their citizenship, said that they "only need to be guided on their contractual agreements and rights to avoid exploitation." Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge hailed the move by the IAAF to come up with "strict rules on change of citizenship" but cautioned that they should not be "dictatorial" (DAILY NATION, 2/7).

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