Why Ulysses S. Grant’s Wife Julia Always Posed in Profile
After a sweet plea from her husband not to change her looks, the first lady was careful about how she presented herself in pictures.
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How to watch Australia and England battle for a spot in the Women's World Cup final
Australia and England will meet on Wednesday as each team looks to seal a historic Women's World Cup final appearance.
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Matildas mania sweeps Australia ahead of England semi-final
The team's never-say-die attitude has captured a nation long known for its love of an underdog story.
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'Let's keep going': Emotion flows as Spain reaches its first ever Women's World Cup final
Not many would have predicted it before the tournament kicked off, but Spain became the first team to book its place in the Women's World Cup final on Tuesday.
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Women's World Cup: How to watch Sweden and Spain battle it out for a place in the final
The Women's World Cup is down to the last four teams and a place on the biggest stage of all is now at stake.
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Five key moments in the crushing of Afghan women's rights
Over two years, the BBC has documented women's fear, grief and resolve as their lives are supressed.
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Top level women’s soccer powers back on in Scotland
Elsewhere in the world the focus for women’s soccer is on the World Cup as semi-final week has arrived. Back in Scotland, though, the new season is underway at the top level.The ScottishPower Women’s Premier League 2023/24 season had an official launch earlier last week and then saw ...
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Everything you need to know about the four 2023 Women's World Cup semifinalists
And so there were four.
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Talking to the Taliban: Right or wrong?
Whether world leaders should engage with the Taliban government is complicated, writes Lyse Doucet.
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Lilia Vu bookends 2023 majors, captures AIG Women's Open title
After so many first-time winners on the LPGA Tour, Lilia Vu raced ahead of the pack with her second major and third LPGA title of the year, gaining the AIG Women’s Open title at 14-under.The LPGA Tour has been an open field the last few years, with many first-time winners and nary a domina...
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2023 Women's World Cup: Colombia's quarterfinal journey has to spark change
Even with its elimination against the defending European champions in the quarterfinals of the World Cup, Colombia's run should only be the start of something extraordinary in going forward.Following a disappointing 2018 Copa América Femenina, Colombia's WNT was determined to de...
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Claudia Vasconcelos: How this trailblazer referee unexpectedly made history at the first Women's World Cup
There are many things from the evening in which she made history that Claudia Vasconcelos remembers well, but 32 years on and it's the atmosphere inside the stadium in Guangzhou, China, that is etched most vividly in her mind.
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