Ranui runs two youth teams and the senior women’s side at Melville. For many girls, like 17-year-old Stevie-Lee Merryltiller, Ranui is their first Maori coach and often their first female coach.

A group of elderly women jog hand in hand across a field in eastern Uganda, laughing and cheering each other on as they swing cricket bats. The women are part of a community fitness program aimed ...

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — When New Zealand kicked off the Women’s World Cup opener against Norway last week, just three of the 23 Football Ferns traced their roots to the Indigenous Maori ...