Country needs to do lot more for women empowerment in sports: Sania

Ace tennis player Sania Mirza Saturday said India still needs to do a lot more to bring women at par with men in sports, though the country has come a long way in this aspect.

Sania, the first Indian woman tennis player to win a Grand Slam title in doubles and mixed doubles, said the likes of Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu have done the country proud but there is still "discrimination in sports".

"Today, we can name at least 10 superstar sportswomen like Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu, Mary Kom, Dipa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik. We could not do this 10 years ago. So, we have come a long way (in women empowerment in sports) but still a lot needs to be done for women in sports," Sania said.

"As much as we talk about women empowerment and equality (with men) I feel we still live in a man's world to a large extent," she said at a panel discussion 'Women Shaping the Future', organised as part of the 35th annual session of the FICCI Ladies Organisation.

Sania, who is married to Pakistani ...