1. Alaina C. Zanin, Emilee T. Shearer & Laura V. Martinez (2020). Toward a typology for negotiating layered identities: An oppositional discourse analysis of girls’youth sport, Communication Monographs, DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2020.1729993
2. Andersson, S. (2020). Women’s sports :A discourse analytic investigation into the representation of women in sports media (Dissertation). Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve? rn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:d iva-47891
3. Angelini, James R. Paul J. MacAuthur, & Andrew C. Billings. (2012). “What’s the gendered story? Vancouver’s prime time Olympic glory on NBC. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media56:261-279.
4. Bruce, T.(2013). “Reflections on communication & sport: On women & femininities. Communication & Sport1(1- 2):125-137.
5. Castellani F-L (1997). Sport & women [in Portuguese]. Esporte e Mulher. In: Tambucci P, Oliveira J, Coelho Sobrinho J. (Eds). Sport & Journalism [in Portuguese]. Esporte e Jornalismo. São Paulo: Cepeusp/eca-usp. Pp. 91-100.
6. Coakly, J (2003). Sport in society issue & controversies. New York: Mcgrowhil Emeka. A. Anaza.Meungguk, Park. Taeho,
Yoh. (2009). "An Examination of Constraints that Influence Spectators’ Attendance in Women’s Intercollegiate Sporting Events". North American Society for Sport Management Conference. p: 450.
8. Eydi, H. BakhshiChenari, A. Fadaeiidehcheshmeh, M. (2019). The Role of the Media on the Attitude of Iranian Women toward the Participation of Muslim Women in the Olympic & World
Championships. Communication Management in Sport Media, 7(1), 43-50. doi:10.30473/jsm.2019.42463.1278(Persian)
9. Farahani, A; Hosseini, M & Moradi, R. (2017). Prioritization of obstacles facing women working in sports activities in Alborz province. Journal of the School of Health & the Institute of Health Research. first issue, pages 23-24. (Persian)
10.Fairclough, N. & Wodak, R. (2008). ‘The Bologna process & the knowledge-based economy: a critical discourse analysis approach’. In Jessop, B. Fairclough, N. & Wodak, R. (Eds), Higher Education & the Knowledge Based Economy in Europe. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 109–25
11. Fink, J.S.(2014).Female athletes, women’s sport, & the sport media commercial complex:Have we really ‘‘come a long way, baby’’?Sport Management Review.
12. Fitzgerald, M. Sagaria, M. & Nelson, B. (1994). Career patterns ofathletic directors: Challenging the conventional wisdom.Journalof Sport Management, 8,14–26
13. Gee, J. P. (1990). Social Linguistics & Literacies: Ideology in Discourses. London: Falmer Press.
14. Glanz,K. & Bishop,B.(2010).The Role of Behavioral Science Theory in Development & Implementation of Public Health Interventions. Annual Review of Public Health. 31, 399 -418. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.012809.103604
15. Gregg EA, Gregg VH. (2017). Women in Sport: Historical Perspectives. Clinics in Sports Medicine. 2017 Oct;36(4):603-610. DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2017.05.001.
16. Haseena, V. A (2015). The Ways for WomenEmpowerment through Sports. Journal of Culture, Society & Development, 10, 66-70.
17.Hekmati, M. Dinani, M.M. & Hosseini, R.N.S. (2020). Designing a model for development of women sports with an emphasis on sports as a social phenomenon: What do we need? Journal of Human Sport & Exercise, in press. doi: https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2022.171.11
18. Heywood, E & Ivey, B. (2021).Radio as an empowering environment: how does radio broadcasting in Mali represent women’s “web of relations”? Feminist Media Studies 0:0, pages 1 17.
19. Hoeber, L. & Frisby, W. (2001). Gender equity for athletes: Rewriting the narrative for this organizational value. European Sport Management Quarterly, 1, 179–209
20. Jordan J. K. Matthews (2020). The Brighton Conference on Women & Sport,Sport in History, DOI: 10.1080/17460263.2020.1730943
21. Kane, M. J. (1995). Resistance/Transformation of the oppositional binary: Exposing sport as a continuum.Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 19, 191–218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019372395019002 006
22. Knijnik, J. D.& Soares de Souza, J. S. (2011). Brazilian women in the sports press: a case study. Journal Of Human Sport & Exercise, 6(1), 12-26. 23. Knoppers,(2008). Annelies; Anthonissen, Anton. Sex Roles;NewYork Vol. 58, Iss. 1-2, 93-103. DOI:10.1007/s11199-007-9324-z
24. Jones, D. (2004). Half the story? Olympic women on ABC News Online.Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy, 110,132–146.
25. Jones, D. (2010). Women’s sports coverage: Online images of the 2008 Olympic games. Australia Journalism Review, 32(2), 89–102
26. Krech, M, (2017). To Be a Woman in the World of Sport: Global Regulation of the Gender Binary in Elite Athletics (2017). Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL), Vol. 35, No. 2, 2018.
27. Lumby, K. Caple, H. & Greenwood, K. (2010). Towards a level playingfield: Sport& gender in Australian media, January 2008July 2009. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission.
28. Laucella, P. C. Hardin, M. Bien-Aimé, S. &Antunovic, D. (2017). Diversifying the Sports Department & Covering Women's Sports: A Survey of Sports Editors. Journalism & Mass Communication
Quarterly, 94(3), 772792.
29. Maleki M, Hosseini, M, Ostadi, Z &Mardani F. (2015). "Study of sports challenges for female employees in Birjand", Strategic Studies of Youth Sports, 14 (30). (Persian)
30. Mason, Karen Oppenheim (1986). The Status of Women: Conceptual & Methodological Issues in Demographic Studies, Sociological Forum, 1(2): 284-300.
31. Miryousefi, S. (2019). The Mass Media Role in the Development of Championship Social Culture. Communication Management in Sport Media, 7(1), 97-109. doi: 10.30473/jsm.2019.45353.1317
32. Murali A, Bagchi A (2020). Study on the broadcast of women’s sports in India, Ann Trop Med & Public Health; 23(S17): SP231711.
33. O'Reilly, N; Brunette, M &Bradish, Ch (2018). "Lifelong Female Engagement in Sport: A Framework for Advancing Girls’ & Women’s Participation," Journal of Applied SportManagement: Vol. 10:Iss. 3. Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/jasm/vol10/iss 3/6
34. Organista, N.. & Mazur, Z. (2020). Strażniczkihegemonicznejstrukturysportu ? Postrzeganiesportukobietprzezpolskiedzie nnikarkisportowe. PrzeglądSocjologiiJakościowej, 16(1), 48-64.
35. Rahman, T. (2020). “Women Empowerment. Empyreal Publishing Hous. ISBN: 978-81-936264-1-2
36. Rasekh, N. Zareian, H. Ghasemi, H. Rezaie, Z. (2019). Championship Sports for Iranian Women: Challenges, Opportunities & Solutions. New Approaches in Sport Sciences, 1(1), 99-116.
37. Sadeghipour, H, Jahanian M & Mousavi S R. (2016). "Challenges & Opportunities for Women Sports in Bushehr Province & Strategies for Its Development", Strategic Studies in Sports & Youth, 14 (29). (Persian)
38. Sagas, M. & Cunningham, G. (2004). Does having the right stuffmatter? Gender differences in the determinants of career successamong intercollegiate athletic administrators. Sex Roles, 50,411–421.
39. Sapkota, S. Bowles, H. R. & Ham, S. A. (2006). Adult Participation in Recommended Levels of Physical Activity: United States, 2001-2003. Journal of American Medical Association,
54 (47), 1208-1212.40. Schneider, A. (2020). Women in Sport, Sport, Ethics & Philosophy, 14:4.
41. Shehu, J. (2019). “African Women in Sports”, Journal: The Palgrave Handbook of African Women's Studies, 2019, p. 1-18
42. Sherry, E. Osborne, A. & Nicholson, M. (2016). Images of Sports Women: A review. Sex Roles 74, 299–309
43. Tulshiram, P. khadke. (2020). The Role & Effect of Mass Media in Sports. MuktShabd Journal. Volume IX, Issue VI, JUNE. ISSN NO: 2347-3150
44. Vincent, John et al. (2007). “Analysing the print media coverage of professional tennis players: British newspaper narratives about female competitors in the Wimbledon Championships.
”International Journal of Sport Management & Marketing 2:281-300.
45. Warburton, D. B. R. Nicol, C. W. & Bredin, S. (2006). Health Benefits of Physical Activity: the Evidence. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 174 (6), 801- 809.
46. Zakai M. S. & Siddiqui S. (2016). "Femininity & Sports", Social & Psychological Studies of Women (Former Women's Studies), Volume XIII, 2 (43). (Persian)
47. Mozaffari, M. (2015). The role of mass media in sustainable development with a women's empowerment approach. Social Development Studies of Iran. Summer 2015, 3 (27), 137-123. (Persian)
48. Moradi, M. Ahmadi, A. H. Henry, H. &Rahmani, M. (2012). Journal of Physiology & Sports Management Research, Fourth Year. (Persian)
49. Nozari, H. Jamshidiha, G. Gholamipoor, E. Irani, U. (2013). The usefulness of critical discourse according to Fairclough in analyzing the concrete texts: the analysis of media text focusing on current social & economic crisis in Europe & the U.S. Quarterly of Social Studies & Research in Iran, 2(1), 153-176. doi:
10.22059/jisr.2013.36581. (Persian) 50. hamidpour, H. ShetabBooshehri, S. (2015). The role of mass media in the development of women's sports championshipPrincipals Office of Youth
& Sports has been in Khuzestan Province. Communication Management in Sport Media, 2(4), 48-60. (Persian)
51. Salab Sayadi, L. Sheikhi Musa, M. Mohammadzadeh, F. &Hejbari, A. (2019).Analysis of the role of media in the development of women's sports, Second National Conference on Social Injuries,
Ardabil, ://civilica.com/doc/1035630. (Persian)
52. White, A. & Brackenridge, C. (1985). Who rules sport? Genderdivisions in the power structure of British sport organizations from 1960. International Review for the Sociology of Sport,20,96–
107.
53. Whisenant, W.Pedersen, P.&Obenour, B. (2002). Success andgender: Determining the rate of advancement for intercollegiate athletic directors. Sex Roles, 47, 485–491.
54. Younis Khan. M, Ali Khan,U, Kareem, U & Imran, G. (2012). International Journal of Academic Research in Business & Social Sciences September 2012, Vol. 2, No. 9 ISSN: 2222-6990