Hyderabad, April 6 -- Sport is about sportsmanship and fair play. However not everyone involved with sports, as a player, official or coach, upholds the high principles of sport. Women players have to contend with many transgressions since they are sometimes subjected to molestation, sexual discrimination and harassment.

In recent years, several high-profile cases have caught the attention of the public wherein male officials were charged with molesting or assaulting female trainees in various sports.

Two women football players of Himachal Pradesh filed an FIR accusing an AIFF official named Deepak Sharma of drunken behaviour and assault. Following this, he was taken into custody by the Goa police since the incident occurred in Goa. The...