Bristol Bears Women came close to causing an upset against last season’s runners-up Harlequins Ladies at Twickenham Stoop before settling for a share of the spoils. Elsewhere, defending champions Saracens Women cruised past Worcester Valkyries while Loughborough continued their lightning-quick start to the season. Harlequins Ladies 26 – 26 Bristol Bears Women Lucy Packer grabbed
Vicky Holland will return to the UK as triathlon’s overall 2018 World Champion after a gutsy performance on Australia’s Gold Coast. The 32 year-old, who trains at the University of Bath as part of the national triathlon centre, finished well clear of USA’s Katie Zaferes, her only rival for the title after a season-long battle
A flurry of tries early in the second half decided the Tyrrell’s Premier 15s match between Richmond and Firwood Waterloo, as the visitors crossed three times in nine minutes after the break to turn the score from 7-0 down to 17-7 up, adding a fourth just minutes later to seal the match. In a tight
The UEFA Foundation for Children, Lay’s and the Asian Football Development Project partner for a second year to build new football facilities for refugees. Jordan, 17 September 2018: the UEFA Foundation for Children, Lay’s and the Asian Football Development Project (AFDP) have joined forces to turn unsafe play areas at two refugee camps in northern
Wasps Ladies went down 20-40 to Loughborough Lightning The Ladies swapped home venue to be hosted at Ealing Trailfinders in a double header. Loughborough came out the blocks quickly and secured 2 early tries from a period of play and then an intercept by Katy Daley Maclean Wasps then resumed their normal playing style and put
The 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria saw new World Champions crowned from across the continents with 28 countries overall taking home medals. In a week of late summer warm weather and fast rowing conditions, the United States won the most number of medals with a total of ten, three of them gold. This
Stacey Francis, one of the most popular and successful players in Team Bath Netball’s history, will be putting on the Blue & Gold dress once again after being named as a Worldwide All-Star pick for next month’s British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. The world-class defender, who has just completed her second Australian Suncorp Super Netball
Worcester Valkyries fell to a 43-7 defeat to Saracens Women in their Tyrrells Premier 15s Round Two meeting at Allianz Park on Saturday afternoon. Lyndsay O’Donnell ensured Valkyries got on the scoreboard when she dotted down in the second-half but the Tyrrells Premier 15s champions crossed the whitewash seven times through Poppy Cleall (3), Marlie
Hinch made her international debut as a 19-year-old back in 2008, and has made a total of 133 appearances for England and Great Britain since then. Since 2012 she has played in fifteen consecutive major international hockey events; winning gold at the Olympic games and European Championships, with further medal success at two Commonwealth Games.
The RFU is to introduce women’s full-time 15s contracts this season underlining its commitment to the long-term growth of women’s rugby. Following its meeting on Wednesday, the RFU Board supported the proposal to introduce women’s contracts for the 15-aside game. There will be 28 full-time contracts available to England Women, which will come into effect
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