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Ringette is a Canadian sport created for girls by Canada's Sam Jacks and Red McCarthy in 1963 in Northern Ontario in the cities of North Bay and Espanola, Ontario. [62] Developed for female players, ringette is a fast-paced team sport on ice in which players use a straight stick to pass, carry, and shoot a rubber ring to score goals.
This is a list of female athletes by sport. Each section is ordered alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen. Sasha Cohen Ellen van Dijk Hagar Finer Sarah Hughes Giselle Kañevsky Morgan Pressel Irina Slutskaya Dara Torres, 4x Olympic champion swimmer
Girls' participation in more violent contact sports is far less than their male counterparts. In such sports, boys overwhelmingly outnumber girls, particularly American football, [82] wrestling, [83] and boxing. [84] Leagues for girls do exist in such sports, such as the Utah Girls Football League and Professional Girl Wrestling Association.
The most popular sports. While football dominates male athletics, girls' participation is much more even and varied across different sports. NFHS recommends schools offer a wide range of sports ...
Women's sports organizations in the United States (5 C, 15 P) Women's sports clubs and teams in the United States (18 C, 16 P) Women in American professional sports management (1 C, 24 P)
To mark National Women and Girls in Sports Day on February 5, we celebrate a trio of female athletes who went above and beyond to produce magical sporting moments. A stunning come-from-behind win ...
Pages in category "Women's sports" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Women's sports in the U.S. receive only 4 percent of sports media coverage, according to the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sports at the University of Minnesota. In a study of televised sports news, ongoing since 1989, three LA-based stations dedicated, on average, 3.2 percent of their sports coverage to women's sports ...