The US Now Has a Women's Boxing Olympic Gold Medalist
Spoiler alert: Women's boxing is in the Olympics for the first time ever, and a 17-year-old American just won gold!
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Guangzhou, China, November 26: Li Jinzi of China (blue) boxes Undram Erdenesoyol of Mongolia (red) in the women's 69-75 kg gold medal match at Foshan Gymnasium during the 14th day of the Asian Games. Image via Getty.]
Chelsea's Nuptials Is America's Royal Wedding
• More and more details are emerging about Chelsea's impending nuptials. She's picked the place (the Astor estate in Rhinebeck, New York) and the rehearsal dinner caterer (Terrapin restaurant). She even purchases some "understated" pillows from a local shop.
The Sweet Science
[London, January 21. Image via Getty]
Young Indian Women Find Adrenalin, Opportunity In Boxing
Life for disadvantaged Muslim girls in India, says the WSJ, follows this pattern: stay at home, help your mother, and, hopefully, marry a man who can care for you. But some are actively finding, and fighting, a different way.
Women Attempt To Share Spotlight In Male-Dominated Sports
Saturday night, for the first time ever, two women were the main event at a major mixed martial arts bout. MMA is a full-contact, male-dominated sport:
Five-Year-Old "Eating Herself To Death"; Gay Couple's Announcement Nixed By Paper
Doctors in India fear that Suman Khatun, a five-year-old girl who weighs 168 pounds — at three and half feet tall — is eating herself to death.
One-Two Punch
[London, August 13. Image via Getty]
There's No Boxing Day For Olympic Women In Beijing
There's an
article on the Reuters Blogs today asking whether women should be allowed to box in the London Olympics in 2012. To be honest, I didn't realize women were allowed to box. They can weightlift, run, dive play basketball, field hockey, do judo, fence and participate the Modern Pentathalon, but they can't box?…
