Ugandan middle-distance runner Annet Negesa carried a heavy load in her heart for many years as she struggled with the aftermath of a surgery she felt forced into.

Former Indian sprinter PT Usha is poised to become the first-ever female President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after being confirmed as the only candidate for the role.

Gender equality for women and girls in sport was among the topics discussed on day three of the International Working Group on Women and Sport World Conference in Auckland, New Zealand.

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) chairman and chief executive Steve Simon has claimed that Russian and Belarusian players should not be "penalised by the decisions of an authoritarian leadership". 

At the Uganda Para Badminton International 2021 in Kampala (16–21 November), 15 female players were handed the BWF Female Participation Grant to be classified and to participate for the first time at the tournament.

Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) has announced the launch of its second Commonwealth Women Coach Internship Program (WCIP), which pairs intern coaches and mentor coaches in an initiative designed to prepare more women to assume high-performance coaching roles.

Petra Sörling says she hopes to "open the door" for more women to gain positions of power within sport after becoming the first female President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Three taekwondo athletes, including a current Olympic champion, are among a group appointed as Women in Sports ambassadors by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) has signed a cooperation agreement to implement the Women's Voice in Sport project, aimed at improving representation of women's sport in media in Croatia.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently released its long anticipated new guidelines concerning transgender and intersex athletes.