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Sport-Global initiative for female athletes expands to nine nations
Aug 21 : The Global Alliance for Female Athletes (GAFA) has expanded from four to nine members with Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland joining the initiative, the Australian Sports Commission said on Friday. Aimed at improving health and performance outcomes for women in sport, GAFA was launched l
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Formula E aiming for female drivers in two to three years
LONDON, Aug 14 : Formula E hopes to see female drivers competing at championship level within the next two to three years, the all-electric series’ chief executive Jeff Dodds said on Friday.Speaking to reporters ahead of a weekend that will mark 50 years since a woman last raced in Formula One, Dodds said his
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Grassroots key to getting a female driver to F1, says Chadwick
LONDON, Aug 10 : Jamie Chadwick has no doubt that female drivers will rise to the top in motorsport if enough of them start at the bottom.Britain’s leading woman racer, a triple champion in the defunct W Series who is now eyeing a career in the world endurance championship, has her own initiative to get…
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Fast sport slow to change as F1 marks 50 years since last female racer
LONDON, Aug 10 : Alexia Danielsson was 14 when she first drove a Formula One car, a modified 2007 Williams owned by a family friend.Now 17 and competing in the Central European F4 series where rivals include 15-year-old Ella Hakkinen, McLaren-backed daughter of retired double F1 world champion Mika, the Swede
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Female drivers in Formula One
LONDON, Aug 10 : It is 50 years since a female driver last competed in Formula One, with Italian Maria Grazia “Lella” Lombardi finishing 12th in the Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg’s old Oesterreichring on August 15, 1976. The following looks at the involvement of women in grand prix racing since the worl
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FGM: ‘My grandmother subjected my baby to female genital mutilation behind my back’
In Colombia, where FGM is still practised by some members of an indigenous group, a landmark bill banning the practice has been enacted.
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Republic of Ireland female politicians targeted in ‘campaign of harassment’
The women were from different parties and had reported receiving disturbing calls, a local government organisation says.
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Three lions die in zoo as Japan battles extreme heat
Autopsies show that the lions suffered from dehydration and multiple organ failure.
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Indian court acquits ex-wrestling chief of harassment
While the court ruled in lawmaker Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s favor, female athletes say their legal battle is not over. The case sparked months of protests by India’s leading female wrestlers.
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Study shows prehistoric people targeted female mammoths
July 31 : Woolly mammoths were a favorite hunting target for Ice Age people in Eurasia and North America for many reasons. A single animal would provide a large amount of meat and fat. Its hide could be used for clothing. Its bones and tusks could be shaped into tools, weapons and art. And the…
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