European Handball Federation fined players \u20ac1,500 for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottomsPop star Pink has offered to pay the \u201csexist\u201d fines handed out to the Norwegian women\u2019s beach handball team after they refused to wear bikini bottoms while playing.The European Handball Federation, the sport\u2019s governing body, fined the team \u20ac1,500 (\u00a31,295) last week for \u201cimproper clothing\u201d at the European Beach Handball Championships.The American singer voiced her support for the women\u2019s team for refusing to follow the official rules forbidding female beach handball players from wearing shorts like their male counterparts.She tweeted \u201cI\u2019m very proud of the Norwegian female beach handball team for protesting the very sexist rules about their \u2018uniform\u2019. The European handball federation should be fined for sexism.\u201d She added that she would be \u201chappy to pay\u201d the team\u2019s fines.According to uniform regulations in the rules of the game, women must wear bikini bottoms and a sports bra when playing official games. Men can wear shorts and a vest shirt.The Norwegian Handball Federation subsequently said that it was prepared to cover the fines, backing their players\u2019 kit choices in a post to the team\u2019s Instagram page.\u201cWe are very proud of these girls who during the European Championships raised their voices and announced that enough is enough!\u201cWe at NHF stand behind you and support you. Together we will continue to fight to change the rules for clothing, so that players can play in the clothes they are comfortable with.\u201dIn an Instagram post on Sunday, the Norwegian team thanked Pink and wrote: \u201cWow! Thank you so much for the support.\u201dPlayer Katinka Haltvik told the Norwegian media outlet NRK that her team\u2019s decision to wear shorts instead of bikini bottoms was \u201cvery spontaneous\u201d and that they \u201cfelt threatened by the regulations\u201d.\u201cHandball should be an inclusive sport, not an exclusive one.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
European Handball Federation fined players \u20ac1,500 for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottomsPop star Pink has offered to pay the \u201csexist\u201d fines handed out to the Norwegian women\u2019s beach handball team after they refused to wear bikini bottoms while playing.The European Handball Federation, the sport\u2019s governing body, fined the team \u20ac1,500 (\u00a31,295) last week for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-1","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3661,"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions\/3661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swost.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}