Sports

Golnoush Khosravi Neymar Iranian Women’s Football

Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word football normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Read More »

Wushu World Day

The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) has announced that they have officially created a World Wushu Kung Fu Day for all wushu and kung fu practitioners to celebrate.WWKD will be held annually on the first Saturday after August 8th of each year, with the first celebration being held this year on Saturday 11th August 2018.The theme for this year’s WWKD is ... Read More »

Women take part in horse show for the first time alongside men

It has long been a taboo for Saudi women to take part in major public cultural performances, but it looks like things are going to be different from now onwards. A group of women became the first to ever perform at the kingdom’s Souq Okaz Festival. Read More »

Female referees whistle at boys’ game in Bushehr!

The referee is the person responsible for enforcing the Laws of the Game (LOTG) during an association football match. He or she is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play, and is the only official on the pitch with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players during a match. Read More »

South Korean swimwear tournament

In Gwangju, South Korea, the 2019 World Aquatics Championships are currently under way, featuring six disciplines, including diving, swimming, water polo, and artistic swimming (formerly known as synchronized swimming). Read More »

American Champions League Women’s World Cup

The United States beat the Netherlands in the 2019 Women’s World Cup on Sunday 2-0, following a month-long tournament that attracted more attention to the sport — and to social issues surrounding the women’s league — than ever before. Read More »

Stratmachon’s photos of the new head coach of Independence

Andrea Stramaccioni (born 9 January 1976) is an Italian football manager and former player who currently manages Esteghlal in Persian Gulf Pro League. The 43-year-old coach has signed a two-year contract worth 1.6 million euros per year. His wife’s name is Dalila. Read More »

When obesity helps you win a world championship fight

Imagine becoming heavyweight champion of the world – by knocking out a fighter who’s never been knocked out – and still having to worry about people calling you fat.Andy Ruiz Jr’s astonishing win against Anthony Joshua looks like a victory for anyone who’s been mocked for carrying a bit too much timber. Read More »

It’s been a long way to the World Cup for Sara Doorsoun.

Her father is from Iran, her mother from Turkey, and the 27-year-old German had to begin her early days in football playing in a boys team.The German, born in Köln, explained to Onefootball that things have changed since she was growing up.“I started playing when I was three and 24 years ago it wasn’t like it is now,” Doorsoun laughs. Read More »