Thailand's popular national sport, the martial art Muay Thai, remains male-dominated. Yet as more and more girls and women pursue careers in the ring, the traditions of the sport are being challenged.

Traditionally, female Thai boxers must enter the ring by crawling under the lowest rope, whilst men stride over the top rope. Thai boxing, also known as Muay Thai, is Thailand's national sport and ...

Boxing is a national passion in Thailand, offering a path to the Olympics and lucrative careers in a country with one of the world’s widest income divides. By Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono ...

Kat Samuelson was persuaded by a friend to take up Muay Thai boxing two years ago [Juliette Parkin/BBC] A woman from Kent who trains and competes in Muay Thai boxing has taken her skills to Greece ...

You’ve likely heard about Muay Thai at some point recently; the national sport of Thailand is fast becoming the workout du jour of wellness models like Gracie Carvalho and Mia Kang and the all-body ...

ABU ZAABAL, Egypt, April 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Four young Egyptian women, wearing headscarves, leggings and boxing gloves, punch and kick each other, encouraged by their female coach Samah ...

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On a typical wet English November night, a bell rings sharply in an old church in Hackney. But instead of signalling the start of mass, it pulls Muay Thai kickboxer Georgie Starkie, 23, into a corner ...

Coach Samah founded the Monsters Academy to teach Muay Thai in to Egyptian women and girls after being sexually harassed ABU ZAABAL, Egypt, April 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Four young Egyptian ...