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The Women鈥檚 World Cup is underway and global attention is once again on women in sport.

Host James Reynolds brings together Preeti Singh, a national and international basketball player for India, lawyer and former England netball player Eboni Usoro-Brown and Jennifer Jones, one of Canada鈥檚 most successful female curlers.

They compare notes on the progress in their respective professions. We also get into the challenges for a sports woman after having children. Jamaica footballer Cheyna Matthews is currently playing in the World Cup and adds her thoughts to the discussion.

鈥淢y children have made me a better soccer player because I don鈥檛 complain as much when I鈥檓 on the pitch,鈥� says the mother of three. 鈥淭hey don鈥檛 care if you have a million things going on. They don鈥檛 care if you鈥檙e sick. They have needs and those needs have to be met and so I adopted that same mentality on the field. I think that helps my mental toughness.鈥�

We also hear the view from the commentary box: three female journalists from Russia, Germany and Kenya discuss women鈥檚 sports and overcoming professional challenges.

鈥淚 was never directly told that you can鈥檛 do this,鈥� says Kenyan sports broadcaster Carol Radull. 鈥淏ut there were questions of 鈥榳hat is she doing? What is a woman doing on air talking about sport?鈥欌�� In fact, in Africa, I can鈥檛 even say I have a female sports journalist role model because there was none before me.鈥�

(Photo: Vivian Bahlmann Credit: Vivian Bahlmann)