Sports

Kickboxing is a group of stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from Karate and Muay Thai.

They may not be able to drive in the Kingdom yet, but Saudi Arabian women sure can fight like a girl. And there is one woman in particular who is leading this movement, 39 year old Halah Al Hamrani who owns a private gym in Jeddah called Flagboxing. She is considered to be the first female kickboxing and boxing trainer …

In South Africa, in the township of Cosmo City, the local boxing club has new recruits: women aged 65 to 85 years train there twice a week. An initiative launched by the association A-Team, which offers sporting activities in the city’s recreation center where the boxing grannies and their coach have become local celebrities.

Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. The sport can either be theatrical for entertainment, or genuinely competitive. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (occasionally more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are …

Motorsports is typically male-dominated, and this is especially true in Formula One. Last year, former F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone made some controversial comments that women “aren’t strong enough” to drive a Formula One car and “will never be taken seriously”.

The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. The race was first organized in 1903 to increase sales for the newspaper L’Auto; which is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organisation. The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1903 except when …

Gerard Butler, pictured above, is just one of many famous football fans around the globe.While much of this is geared towards English footballing fans, I encourage all of you fans to contribute in the comments section below so that we can all learn more famous football fans.

Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi (born 26 September 1988) is a Finnish figure skater. She is a three-time European medalist (bronze in 2007 and 2011, silver in 2012), the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard champion, the 2012 Rostelecom Cup champion, a two-time Cup of China medalist, and a five-time Finnish national champion (2009, 2011–2013, 2015). She retired from competitive skating in August …

Mehdi Taremi’s second-half strike condemned China to a 1-0 defeat to Iran on Tuesday in a major blow to their hopes of qualifying for next year’s World Cup

Gholamreza Takhti (August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an persian Olympic Gold-Medalist wrestler and Varzesh-e Bastani practitioner. Popularly nicknamed Jahān Pahlevān (“The World Champion”) because of his chivalrous behavior and sportsmanship (Javanmardi in persian culture), he was the most popular athlete of persian in the 20th century, although dozens of persian athletes have won more international medals than …