sport
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First female football referee in Tunisia: Dorsaf Ganouati
Dorsaf Ganouati is the first female football referee in Tunisia. She referees top-level football matches in Tunisia.
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Yekta Jamali: First Iranian woman wins medal in weightlifting
Iranian athlete Yekta Jamali wins Iran’s first-ever medal in the weightlifting championships.
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She rides bike from Halabja to Sulaymaniyah
Young athlete Şox Rizgar Feteh rode her bike from Halabja to Sulaymaniyah.
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Women conquer Afghan Mountains despite social pressure
Aqila Hashimi and her team of 10, including eight women climb the highest mountains in Afghanistan. “This is also a sign showing that women can fly into the sky,” said the women conquering Afghan mountains despite social pressure in the country.
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Beşiktaş Vodafone becomes champion of Turkcell Women's Football League
Besiktas Vodafone will represent Turkey in the UEFA Women's Champions League next season after beating Fatih Vatanspor 2-0 in the final.
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Palestinian first woman sports commentator: Taghreed al-Amour
Taghreed al-Amour spent her childhood playing all kinds of sports, particularly football with her siblings in their large yard. Her love for sports was not a hobby for her and she becomes a sports commentator. She is the first Palestinian woman commentator. We spoke to her about how she decided to be a sports commentator.
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Youngest referees in handball: Yasmina and Heidi
Yasmina and Heidi sisters are the youngest referees in the game of handball to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.
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Afghanistan's female Handball team's captain killed
Nooria Tabesh, the captain of the “Peacekeepers” handball team, was killed at her home.
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Women’s health center in Hasekê: El Cizîre Sport Center
Merîvan Îsa is the owner of a sports center called El Cizîre Sport Center in Hasekê city of NE Syria. Merîvan Îsa states that her aim is to support women to have a healthy life, while Leyla Eshed, a fitness instructor at the sports center, says she is happy to support women.
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“Women will get power”
Facing different aspects of male violence every day, women learn sports for self-defense to protect themselves. Begüm Ateş gives free self-defense courses for women to struggle with increasing violence, harassment, and gendered attitudes and to feel their power. Begüm says there is no other way out than relying on our own power. She emphasizes that we have to rely on our own power, the power of women and our class, both for individual and collective self-defense movements and for women's freedom.
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When did the women start playing football?
Playing football has always been a challenging area for women since the early days. So when did women start playing football? How did they struggle? How do they keep struggling?