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As athletes around the world head to Rio de Janeiro for the Summer Olympics this week, men continue to overwhelmingly outnumber women in leadership spots at international organizations that govern the games, a new report shows.Women are projected to make up 45 percent of the athletes competing in Rio. Yet the report released Wednesday by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport shows that of 8,500 leadership positions at international sports federations affiliated with the International Olympic Committee, only 5.7 percent (two out of 35) of federation presidents, 12.2 percent (17 of 139) of vice presidents and 13.1 percent (51 of 388) of executive committee members are women.Inside the IOC, only 24.4 percent (22 of 90) of members are women. The United States Olympic Committee is doing better than its counterparts in other countries, with women holding 31 percent (nine of 29) of its governance roles. But that is still less that the numbers historically for women executives at the league offices of the NBA, WNBA, MLS and MLB, as well as NCAA headquarters.Study author Richard Lapchick, who with the institute has examined diversity in college and professional sports for the past 25 years, said that the gender discrepancies noted in this report shows that the IOCs calls for gender equality across sport have had no teeth.I think that people have come to appreciate that gender diversity in the world of sports is a business imperative, he said. I think its particularly important when the participation rate for women in sports have been skyrocketing, especially in the Olympics.The Rio Games will mark the second straight Summer Olympics that the majority of the U.S. teams delegation will be made up of women. Of 554 athletes the U.S. is sending to Rio, 292 are women and 262 are men.Womens Sports Foundation founder Billie Jean King said in a statement the report reinforces that our international and national federations need to bring more women in leadership roles and bring about transformational change in the way we manage and lead in sports.Val Ackerman, the WNBAs first president, who currently serves as the Big East Conference commissioner, previously served for eight years as a U.S. representative to FIBA. 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The teams, and a few thousand fans, waited nearly four hours from the 7:05 scheduled start time before an announcement was made shortly before 11 p. WIMBLEDON, London --?Daniel Evans followed?Marcus Willis in securing a dream match against Roger Federer here, but he wont be taking any fashion tips from his fellow Briton.You suspect, like Willis on Wednesday, the 26-year-old from Birmingham, England may get the Centre Court treatment in his third-round clash with the seven-time Wimbledon champion, after being?Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-1.Ill be wearing a different top to Willis, wont have an RF, Evans said, however. Nor will it have DE on it.Im surprised the All England let him wear it, because it was slightly off white. Dont know how long hes had it. Ive shared a room with him. It might not have even been clean.?Evans swept aside Dolgopolov, the world No.33 from Ukraine, after their rain-delayed match resumed in the first-set tiebreak on Court 2 Thursday morning.He may not be taking fashion tips, but will Evans be asking his friend Willis for some advice? No. He lost in three straights. No advice needed, Evans joked.?The British No.4 did have a chat with world No.772 Willis, whose fairytale run through six qualifying matches to the second round captured the nations attention.You dont get a word out of him, hes a celebrity now, said Evans, tongue firmly in cheek. He just looks at his phone. It was like speaking to a brick wall.Evans, the world No.91, is a perennial pick for Great Britains Davis Cup captain Leon Smith, owing to his habit of playing well above his ranking in the big matches.However, he is still yet to find his consistency and crack the worlds top 50, though his hard work over the last 18 months -- gradually sort of got the message, it took a few knocks at the door -- has earned him the reward of a match against Federer.There are better rewards, he quipped.But, in all seriousness, Evans is relishing the cchance to have a crack at the Swiss in SW19.ddddddddddddIt would be stupid to say its not a special occasion to play him. It will be on a big court, said Evans. I just have to prepare myself best and try and put that to the back of my head, that its Roger Im playing. Go out and give it my best.Evans is now guaranteed ￡80,000 in prize money after reaching the third round at the All England Club for the first time. He has also matched his best Grand Slam run, when he made the same stage at the 2013 US Open.That run included the best win of his career, when he stunned Kei Nishikori in the first round at Flushing Meadows. Federer, the world No.3, will be a different prospect altogether, however.The win over Dolgopolov is some feat for him, too, considering his grass-court record. Evans failed to qualify for Wimbledon last year, when he fell in the first round of qualifying as a wild card. His best results on the surface are third-round appearances at Queens in 2013 and the Nottingham Open earlier this month.There was disappointment for Heather Watson?on Thursday, though, the British No.2 spurning three match points in a marathon third set of her rain-delayed third-round match against against Germanys Annika Beck.Watson led 10-9 and 40-0 in the decider but couldnt close it out, with Beck fighting back from the brink to seal a 3-6, 6-0, 12-10 victory.The first-round exit is Watsons fourth in seven appearances at Wimbledon and she revealed she had punished herself with Twitter afterwards.She committed 64 unforced errors overall and her frustration was evident when she smashed her racket to the turf in the third set, an act which earned her a code violation. ' ' '