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Sports that originally began elsewhere, such as tennis , were modernized and exported as if they too were raw materials imported for British industry to transform and then export as finished goods. Its unarmed techniques were especially prized within Chinese culture and were an important influence on the martial arts of Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Much less well known in the West are varma adi (“hitting the vital spots”) and other martial arts traditions of South Asia. In the early modern era, as unarmed combat became obsolete, the emphasis of Asian martial arts tended to shift back toward religion. Japanese kenjutsu (“techniques of the sword”) became kendō (“the way of the sword”). It is unlikely that the 7th-century Islamic conquest of North Africa radically altered the traditional sports of the region.

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Sports News

Spanish football’s governing body has condemned the resignation of 15 players from their senior women’s national team in protest at head coach Jorge Vilda. The upside of acknowledging that sex differences in performance exist is that we can discuss the vital, knotty debates that emerge from this biology. For example, would creating more coed sporting opportunities before, say, age 10, keep girls in sport longer?

• The Asian aristocrat’s passion for horses, which can be traced as far back as Hittite times, if not earlier, led not only to horse races but also to the development of polo and a host of similar equestrian contests.
• Press play to hear from expert athletes, coaches, and trainers on how to recruit and retain more girls in sports, more women in coaching and engage all in youth sports.
• Major League Baseball has concluded its experiment of pitch clocks at the minor league level.
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Bay Area Sports News

The Ministry of Culture and Sport will launch a new initiative to promote healthy lifestyles for all through events and activities. ACES Europe will promote a healthy lifestyle by encouraging awarded cities to sign a public ‘Manifesto for a Healthy Life Style’. EurEthICS Training Academy ETSIA will encourage healthy lifestyles through high-quality training methods targeted to the needs of different age and ability groups. A number of past editions of the Games have showcased sports alongside the main Olympic programme.

• It actually should free us from arguing over what should be a noncontroversial claim.
• The joy in the stands amongst Ireland supporters here in Racice as Katie O’Brien won gold at the World Rowing Championships was real and uplifting.
• We might miss out on Megan Rapinoe at the World Cup or the spectacle of Sydney McLaughlin effortlessly gliding over hurdle after hurdle.
• ACES Europe will promote a healthy lifestyle by

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