As the referee's whistle signalled the start of the match, two five-year-old Iranian girls faced off, delivering a closely ...

Vicky Elmes Kinlan, from Rathnew, Co Wicklow, started playing rugby at the age of 12, encouraged by her father, Mick. She now ...

All martial arts were temporarily banned for women after the 1979 Islamic Revolution but were later reinstated under stricter ...