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Summary
Gender pay gap in sports looks into the persistence of unequal pay in sports, particularly for female athletes who do not receive equal revenue compares with their counterparts. Gender pay gap in sports and its associated issues are noteworthy. According to the research conducted by BBC, ‘a total of 83% of sports now reward men and women equally’. However, it does not mean that the gender pay gap in sports has narrowed or disappeared. In 2018, Forbes released the list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes, and they are all male athletes. The similar situation has also occurred in 2017 which there is only one female athlete — tennis player Serena Williams — joined the listed and ranked at No.56. In 2016, all members of the United States women’s national soccer team ‘file an ongoing lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation over pay discrimination’. There are also other news coverages which show that the gender pay gap in sports is still evident.