China’s Chen Ruolin led the women’s 10-meter platform semifinals Thursday, setting the home team up for its seventh diving gold of the Beijing Olympics.

Olga Kaniskina of Russia has won the women’s 20-kilometer race walk gold medal in a dominating start-to-finish performance in wet conditions at the Beijing...

In Lashkar Gah, the majority of female prisoners are serving 20-year sentences for being forced to have sex. Terri Judd visited them and heard their extraordinary...

Short women with long legs are the most naturally attractive to men, according to a new study.

Melaine Walker of Jamaica has won the gold medal in the women’s 400-meter hurdles in an Olympic record.

Aksana Miankova of Belarus has won the gold medal in the women’s hammer throw in an Olympic record.

Aksana Miankova of Belarus has won the gold medal in the women’s hammer throw in an Olympic record.

Reigning world champion Wu Jingyu has won the gold medal in the women’s under 49-kilogram class of taekwondo.

Chinese windsurfer Yin Jian was won the host nation’s first-ever Olympic sailing gold medal with a win in the women’s RS:X class. Italy’s Alessandra...

Larisa Ilchenko of Russia has won the gold medal in the women’s 10-kilometer marathon swim, an event making its Olympic debut.

Dawn Harper of the United States has won the women’s 100-meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics.

Christine Ohuruogu of Britain has won the gold medal in the women’s 400 meters at the Beijing Olympics.

Britain’s Victoria Pendleton has beaten Australia’s Anna Meares for the gold medal in the women’s track cycling sprint.

A man who is already crusading against ladies’ nights in bars has sued Columbia University, saying its women’s studies program is unconstitutional.

The mayor of a remote Australian mining town has come under fire after saying that female

A plea for lovelorn female “ugly ducklings” to move to a remote Australian mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has landed the local mayor in...

Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia has broken her own world record in winning a second consecutive Olympic pole vault gold medal.

Pamela Jelimo has led world champion Janeth Jepkosgei in a Kenyan 1-2 finish in the women’s 800 meters at the Beijing Olympics.

Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia has beaten rival Jenn Stuczynski of the United States to win her second consecutive Olympic pole vault gold medal.

China’s He Wenna has won the gold medal in women’s trampoline, wowing the home crowd with her flips and twists.