Following a record-breaking opening weekend in the 2019/20 Barclays FA Women’s Super League, The FA has today announced plans for the first-ever Women’s Football Weekend, with 16-17 November set to be another landmark moment in the growing popularity of the women’s game. With the men’s international weekend creating a pause in the English Premier League
England Netball has announced the names of 15 athletes that will be traveling to Australia and New Zealand for a behind closed doors tournament later this month. The Vitality Roses squad, which includes Vitality Netball World Cup bronze medalists Fran Williams and Natalie Panagarry, will play and train against Australia’s development team in Canberra, before
Salliann Briggs and Stephen Fleming have been appointed as head coaches for the Nottingham-based team in The Hundred. Former New Zealand captain Fleming is the most successful coach in the history of the Indian Premier League, winning three titles with the Chennai Super Kings. He returns to Trent Bridge where he skippered Nottinghamshire to the
England Netball is delighted to reveal the 12 athletes selected to represent England at the Netball Europe Open championships. The highly anticipated competition will take place from 27 – 29 September at the Antrim Forum in Belfast and will see the England side face the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales on court. The
Fresh from being named in the England senior squad for a first time, Imogen Allison has become the fourth player to sign up to Team Bath Netball for the 2020 Vitality Superleague season. The tenacious wing-defence is rated as one of the most exciting prospects in the country, with her dynamic displays earning Allison a
GB’s men have been drawn against Malaysia whilst GB’s women will tackle Chile at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre over the weekend of 1-3 November 2019 in what is the last opportunity for teams to qualify for the Olympics. Great Britain’s women have never played Chile at a major tournament with their opponents currently
Vitality Netball Superleague Champions Manchester Thunder have received a major boost with investment from one of the region’s leading businessmen. David Jennings, chief executive of leading door hardware supplier UAP Limited, based in Manchester, will join the Board of the Superleague franchise with his company Jennings Ventures Limited investing in Thunder. At a time of
World Rugby has revealed the shortlists for the Men’s and Women’s Sevens Players of the Year 2019 awards in association with HSBC, which will be presented at the World Rugby Awards at The Prince Park Tower in Tokyo, Japan, on 3 November. A first-time winner of each award is guaranteed, although some of the nominees
Pentathlon GB’s Kate French claims World Championships bronze in Budapest Medal adds to 2019 European silver for the Rio Olympian Joanna Muir (9th) and Francesca Summers (15th) both record best ever World Championships results Trio claim World Championships team silver for Great Britain Kate French added world bronze to her European silver with another superb
Ahead of the return of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League this weekend, The FA has today released a video to celebrate the growing popularity of the women’s game, starring former footballers Ian Wright, Peter Crouch, Sue Smith, Glenn Hoddle and Petr Čech, alongside presenter Gabby Logan. Following this summer’s record-breaking FIFA Women’s World Cup,
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