{
  "id": 7526474,
  "title": "Female athletes accuse Sydney Sweeney ad of sexualizing women in sports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/female-athletes-accuse-sydney-sweeney-ad-of-sexualizing-women-in",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T09:46:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/15/sydney-sweeney-novig-sports-ad-controversy-female-athletes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An advertising campaign featuring American actor Sydney Sweeney has sparked widespread backlash from female athletes who say it is sexualizing women in sports. In the ad for the sports prediction market platform Novig, Sweeney appears with little or no clothing, covering parts of her body with strategically placed footballs and other sports apparel. Many female […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Athletes accuse Sydney Sweeney’s ‘mostly naked’ ad of ‘sexualising women’ in sports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/athletes-accuse-sydney-sweeneys-mostly-naked-ad-of-sexualising-women",
        "published": "2026-09-15T07:37:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Sweeney ad a barrier for girls in sport, sprinter Hunt says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/sweeney-ad-a-barrier-for-girls-in-sport-sprinter-hunt-says",
        "published": "2026-09-15T09:22:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "'Is this sport?': Sydney Sweeney faces backlash from female athletes over nude advert",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/is-this-sport-sydney-sweeney-faces-backlash-from-female-athletes-over",
        "published": "2026-09-15T12:17:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}