GENEVA: The founder of the modern Olympics and former International Olympic Committee president Pierre de Coubertin once said women competing in the Games would be “impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and improper.” More than a century later, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games are targeting gender parity in the same city where women made their Olympic debut in […]
KASKI, Nov 23: The 'Enduro International Mountain Bike' race has kicked off today in Pokhara. A total of 55 mountain bike racers from 11 countries including Nepal are competing for the title in the three-day competition at Arba Bijayadanda in Pokhara Metropolitan City-13.
The local levels of Baitadi on Wednesday marked the 113th International Women Workers Day with a whole lot of grandeur and pomp. To mark the day, Dasharathchand Municipality also organised a Deuda song and dance competition in the district headquarters. Surprisingly, the event was mostly attended by the women belonging to the financially well-off families, who were clad in beautiful saris and
KATHMANDU, August 3: Lawmakers have suggested incorporating a provision in the proposed Bill related to the elections to the House of Representatives that allows only women into competition under the first-past-the-post electoral system.
A scientific paper published Monday found that women who produce higher-than-normal amounts of testosterone have up to a 4.5 percent advantage over their competition on the track, evidence the sport's governing body will use to potentially sideline Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya and others with so-called intersex conditions.
