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“In no other facet of my life does someone dictate that I have to wear something resembling a skirt because I am a girl. Why is it happening in my sport?” Dublin captain Aisling Maher wrote.
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The video shows children finding the portraits of the 26 players nominated to play at the qualifiers throughout Gaza, such as along the seashore, in tents and amid the rubble.
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16-year-old Bender was one of the few journalists on-the-ground when Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans began inciting violence and attacking locals following the match.
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Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans gathered in a central square in Amsterdam and burned Palestine’s flag and chanted anti-Arab chants, according to Amsterdam police.
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24-year-old transgender man Hugo Martinez founded the team after he was no longer allowed to play on a women’s team following his transition.
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Paula Badosa initially defended the photo, saying she was just "playing around with my face and wrinkles", adding that she loved Asia and had plenty of Asian friends.
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“50 years young and still mixing it with the very best in the world.”
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33-year-old Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished 44th in marathon at the Paris Olympics in August, was attacked outside her house in Kenya.
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Sheetal Devi became the first Indian woman, as well as the first and only woman without upper limbs, to win an archery medal at the Paralympics.
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31-year-old Jodie Grinham, who was born with an arm disability, won a bronze medal in the women’s individual compound event while she was seven-months pregnant.
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Here’s what happened around the world in August 2024.
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This year, eight athletes are competing on the Refugee Paralympic Team at the Paris Paralympics — the most ever – and two have made history as the first refugees to ever win Paralympic medals.