Pink offers to pay Norwegian beach handball team’s ‘sexist’ uniform fine

Last week’s European Beach Handball Championships were followed by controversy. In a stand against ‘sexist’ uniform rules, the Norwegian team traded bikini bottoms for shorts and were consequently fined 1500 euros.

This elicited widespread criticism from members in and outside of the handball community. US pop star Pink joined critics in expressing her outrage at the fine.

Billie Jean King and Abid Raja were amongst those to accuse the European Handball Federation of double standards.

US pop singer Pink lobbied a criticism of her own in recent tweet.

“I am very proud of the Norwegian female beach handball team for protesting the very sexist rules about their ‘uniform’.” She went on to suggest the Federation itself be fined for sexism.

Last week the Norwegian Handball Federation announced it was prepared to pay the fines. This did not prevent the team from expressing their gratitude towards those who showed their support.