Skirts for female boxers not compulsory: AIBA
02 Mar 2012
Women boxers will not be forced to wear skirts when the sport makes its Olympic debut in London later this year, the sport's governing body for amateurs has announced.
AIBA chief backs female boxers to shine at Games
29 Jul 2012
The man who lobbied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to give women's boxing its Games debut in has backed the 36 pioneer female fighters to impress at London 2012.
Afghan girls throw punches, aim for Olympic gold
02 Jan 2012
Teenage Afghan sisters Shabnam and Sadaf Rahimi are taking the fight for women's rights more literally than most of their peers, throwing punches in a ring as members of their country's first team of female boxers.
Deoband fatwa against female foeticide
08 Jun 2016
Lucknow: Darul Uloom of Deoband, the largest seminary in the country, has issued a fatwa (edict) against female foeticide, calling the act unlawful and against Islam.
Female Athletes Stand Out At Rio Olympic Parade
06 Aug 2016
Rio de Janeiro: Be it a wheelchair-bound archer leading her country's contingent, or one who stood out by dying her tresses in national colours, female athletes were in the forefront as the Rio Olympics got underway at a glittering ceremony on Friday night.
Female blue tits sing when in danger: Study
26 Jun 2016
Washington: Scientists have found for the first time that females of a songbird species, known as the blue tit, sing in the presence of predators.
Beleaguered Indian boxers head to China for Olympic qualifiers
21 Mar 2016
New Delhi: Determined to keep the Olympic dream alive despite the long-standing administrative mess, a spirited Indian boxing team, featuring the likes of M C Mary Kom and Shiva Thapa, will take off tonight for the Asian Qualifiers in Qian'an City, China.
3 Indians register for AIBA Olympic qualifiers for pro boxers
24 Jun 2016
New Delhi: Three Indians, including WBC Asian title-holder Neeraj Goyat, have registered for the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) Olympic Qualifying tournament for professional boxers scheduled to be held in Venezuela from July 3 to 8.
'Female infants less vulnerable to brain injury'
06 Feb 2016
Washington: Females infants have a higher level of a protein than males that protects them against brain injury during birth which may lead to long-term neurological issues or even death, a new study has found.
Olympics: Woman boxer Jonas proud to KO last male sport
27 Jun 2012
When Natasha Jonas took up boxing to lose weight seven years ago, she had no idea she was about to dramatically change her life and enter the history books as one of the first female Olympic boxers.
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