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Hill: Would a female footballer do well in the premier league?
Formula 1 world champion Damon Hill has sided with Bernie Ecclestone amid a renewed debate about whether women are able to go head-to-head with men at the pinnacle of the sport in modern times. F1 supremo Ecclestone caused a stir last week when he told Canadian radio TSN that female drivers would 'not be taken seriously' as they climb the ladder towards a career on the grand prix grid. The timing of the 85-year-old Briton's comments was awkward, as the first woman to ever race in F1, Maria Theresa de Filippis, has just died at the age of 89. 'Someone needs to prove Bernie wrong,' Alice Powell, a young British racing driver, is quoted by The Times. 'It would be a shame if a team would turn...
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