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Professional Rugby Player Phaidra Knight signs with Heraea Marketing
by HeraeaMarketing
posted May 8, 2013 at 8:18pm

Phaidra Knight chooses the right team...more

Just for women sports 24/7 coming our way
by HeraeaMarketing
posted February 12, 2013 at 7:46pm

Sports Channel for Women TV...more

En Garde: Muslim-American Woman Fencer Slashes Stereotypes
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 2, 2013 at 8:56am

Posted: February 1st, 2013 by the US Embassy in UKAuthor: ircU.S. Fencing’s Ibtihaj Muhammad demonstrates her fencing jacket at a school in East London On Monday 28 January, Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first Muslim woman to compete on behalf of the Unite...more

Black History Month – Female Athletes Who Changed the World
by Pretty Tough
posted February 10, 2012 at 11:05am

Could you imagine sports without the Williams sisters or Jackie Joyner Kersee? It’s pretty difficult to picture, but there once was a time when women weren’t allowed to compete.  And there was also a time that black athletes weren’t...more

Olympic Hopeful Mixes Muslim Faith And Fencing
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted January 9, 2012 at 2:14am

World-class fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad hopes to compete in the 2012 London Olympics. If she qualifies, it is believed that she will be the first practicing Muslim to represent the U.S. in women's fencing, and the first American to wear Islamic head-covering ...more

Fencing, Boxing, & the Physical Culture of Women 121 years ago
by LostCentury
posted July 1, 2011 at 3:07am

April 26, 1890 – The Illustrated American The physical culture of women is a subject that, starting as a fashionable fad, has attained the dignity of a real reform movement. Gymnastics are taught in numbers of the schools and colleges for girls bot...more

114 years ago - The Athletic Summer Girl of 1897
by LostCentury
posted May 31, 2011 at 1:21am

May 30, 1897 - The Sunday Herald: Syracuse, New York FAIR ONE'S FADS The Athletic Summer Girl of '97 NOT STYLISH TO BE FLABBY Must Excel in Golf, Fencing, Swimming and Rowing The summer girl of 1897 is to be distinctly an athlete. She may still clin...more

7 sports and hobbies that are better than boxing
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 20, 2009 at 1:17pm

Ok, so I did the post about how boxing is better than 11 other sports and hobbies, and I promised to work it the the other way around, too, and several of you rose to the challenge and contributed the material. So I hereby present to you seven (and one...more

US Women Fencers Win Junior Team Foil
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 30, 2009 at 10:17am

Craig Harkins of Fencing.net emailed me today with some women’s junior fencing news. The US Womens Fencing team won the Junior Team Foil this month in Belfast, Ireland. They defeated Team Italy on their way to gold. As shown in the video, Nzihgha P...more

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