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Washington Spirit owner pledges millions to women’s sports, including USA Women’s Rugby

Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang will donate $4 million to USA Women’s Rugby over the next four years

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Katie Ledecky, one of the oldest U.S. swimmers, has a golden senior moment

Down and back she went — 50 meters at a time, 30 times in all.

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How Flavor Flav and Maggie Steffens found a new kind of Olympic synergy

Steffens, 31, was born to a water polo family in Northern California a few months after Flav went to his…

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Double victory for Olympic fencer competing while seven months pregnant

Now, Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has shown the world you can win an Olympic fencing match-up while expecting

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Paris Games are being hailed as the ‘gender-equal’ Olympics. Let’s take a closer look

These were moments meant to reflect what Olympic organizers are billing as the “gender-equal Olympics.”

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The 2024 Olympics Show the Power – and Promise – of Women’s Sports

Women first competed in the Olympic Games in 1900, coincidentally held in Paris.

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Kaylee McKeown still rules the Olympic backstroke, beating Regan Smith in women’s 100 meters

When it’s time to race, Kaylee McKeown is sure hard to beat.

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How Women’s Sports Uniforms Became One Of The Biggest Controversies At The 2024 Paris Olympics

At least once every four years, a controversy erupts over female athletes’ sports apparel. And following Nike’s reveal of one…

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Olympics commentator dropped over sexist comments about women’s swim team

Olympics commentator Bob Ballard was dropped from Eurosport, the European pay TV company, on Monday after the veteran sportscaster made sexist…

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Boxers previously barred from women’s events will fight in Paris Olympics

Two boxers who were disqualified from competing with women at a global event last year have been permitted to fight…

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