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Pink offers to pay fines for Norway women's beach handball team fined for wearing shorts.

Pink is speaking out against sexism in sports and has offered to pay the fines for the Norwegian women&#39;s beach handball team who were fined for wearing shorts to a game in protest of &quot;sexist&quot; uniform rules.The team was fined 150 Euros per player, 1500 in total, last week, after they wore shorts instead of bikini bottoms at the European championships earlier this month. The European Handball Federation issued the fines on the grounds that their shorts were &quot;improper clothing&quot; and went against International Handball Federation regulations.This is what they wore:         View this post on Instagram            A post shared by Beachhåndballjentene🇳🇴 (@norwaybeachhandballwomen)And this is what they&#39;re required to wear:         View this post on Instagram            A post shared by Beachhåndballjentene🇳🇴 (@norwaybeachhandballwomen)On Saturday, the singer Pink posted this tweet, praising the team for taking a stand and offering to pay their fines, which add up to about $1700.  TwitterIn the replies, many people pointed out the double-standards in uniform regulations for the men&#39;s and women&#39;s teams.Here are the rules for the men’s vs. women’s uniforms. Ridiculously pic.twitter.com/8wDXG22sTd&mdash; KT SLP (@MrsThornSLP) July 25, 2021 Agreed @EHFEURO should be ashamed of themselves for the clear double standard when it comes to the dress code for men&#39;s vs women&#39;s beach handball pic.twitter.com/jwKTDBCBAv&mdash; Allan Straarup 🌍🇩🇰🇬🇱🇫🇴🇪🇺🖤 (@Allan_Straarup) July 25, 2021   TwitterAfter the news about the fines got viral attention online, European Handball Federation President Michael Wiederer said he&#39;ll try to change the rules regarding the women&rsquo;s uniforms.In a statement, he said: I can confirm that the EHF will do all it can to ensure that a change of athlete uniform regulations can be implemented. Significant efforts will be made in order to further promote the sport in the best way possible for everyone, regardless of gender. The Norway women&#39;s beach handball team shared this Instagram thanking people for their support:         View this post on Instagram            A post shared by Beachhåndballjentene🇳🇴 (@norwaybeachhandballwomen)

Pink is speaking out against sexism in sports and has offered to pay the fines for the Norwegian women&#39;s beach handball team who were fined for wearing shorts to a game in protest of &quot;sexist&quot; uniform rules.  The team was...