The 29-year-old Spanish-Venezuelan Tennis Player and Former Wimbledon Champion Garbine Muguruza got engaged to a man who asked her for a selfie as a fan.

Throughout history, sports have been guilty of prioritising certain groups at the exclusion of others. There has been a pervasive idea that being an athlete requires the demonstration of traditionally masculine traits. Any individual not doing so was, and often still is, susceptible to being harassed, sidelined, or ostracised.

Namita Toppo, who has been part of over 168 international matches, has been a celebrated midfielder throughout her professional career.

Savita Punia, India’s star hockey goalkeeper received Baljit Singh Goalkeeper Of The Year award in 2015. The 32-year-old captain from Haryana’s efforts were again acknowledged on September 13.

Indian swimmer Apeksha Fernandes became the first ever female Indian to make it to the finals of World Junior Swimming Championships

The Indian women’s team will play Australia in the semifinals after placing second in Pool A.

The 28-year-old German swimmer’s battle with a brain tumour and cancer cannot keep her away from her passion. Five months later, she competed in German Championship right after finishing one of her cycles of chemo.

While the films made on male sportspersons is still more than the ones made on female sportspersons, the cinema has started to evolve with more and more films made on women sports stars.

Meghana was recently announced as one of the three reserve players for the coming Women’s Cricket World Cup that will be held in New Zealand in 2o22.

Looking back at her game this year, we can see that the cricketer continued to bag runs and played a major role in the matches against teams like South Africa and Australia.