This volume provides biographic sketches and achievements of 54 'Eminent Women in Sports' from various countries who competed and excelled in different games sports on national and international scale. In the history of games and sports there was a time when games and sports had been the monopoly of men, and women were either denied or discouraged in this field. But a new era began with the spread of education and technology, awareness and gender equity when the women also took part in various popular games and sports specializing and excelling on international level and certainly the light came from the West. In this publication the caricatures of these 54 women athletes, sportspersons and players undoubtedly prove that women in the modern age have reached to great heights in the field of carious games and sports on an international scale. This publication will certainly be welcomed by those who are interested in knowing the performances and achievements of the women athletes in national, continental or international Games, and Sports meets.
