Sports and Recreation

A Lithuanian couple have won the World Wife-Carrying Championship for a second time in a row. Each year, the championship draws thousands of visitors to the Finnish town of Sonkajarvi. Vytautas Kirkliauskas and his wife Neringa Kirkliauskiene claimed the first place prize - consisting of the wife's weight in beer. It is the 24th year the competition has been held.
She was beaten by former world number one Simona Halep.
US football star says you just can't win without representation.
Running is hard enough, let alone in six-inch heels, but the runners of the annual High Heel Race in Madrid were up for it. The race is a part of the Gay Pride festivities in Spain’s capital. The race ends in a relay down a street in Chueca, the gay centre of the city.
In 1971, 14 Lionesses headed to Mexico for the Women's World Cup. Despite not qualifying for the knock-out stage, they came home optimistic for the future of women's football in the UK. Not long after their return, however, the team disbanded due to the Football Association's restrictions on women playing professional football.
The first semi-final of the Women's World Cup will kick off in Lyon, with England's Lionesses facing reigning champions the USA.
Critics, including the former NFL player, pointed out the flag's connection with the era of slavery, as well as its links to white supremacists.