This weekend the British & Irish Indoor Tug of War Championships was held at Piperdam. It was a well attended event with many men’s teams competing but unfortunately there are very few women in the UK & Ireland involved in indoor tug of war with only 1 girl from England, 1 girl from Northern Ireland
The draw for the fifth round of the SSE Women’s FA Cup was made live on the Sportsday programme on BBC News on Monday evening. Following the weekend’s ties in the fourth round, of which eight were postponed due to the cold weather, former Lionesses Rachel Brown-Finnis and Sue Smith were on hand to make
The Great Britain team and more than 100 local schoolchildren got to experience the newly-built Centre Court on Monday as a big week of international Fed Cup by BNP Paribas tennis got under way at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Johanna Konta, Heather Watson, Katie Boulter, Katie Swan, Harriet Dart and captain Anne
Great Britain and England international Sophie Bray has today announced her decision to step down from international hockey. Sophie was part of the Great Britain team that won an historic gold medal at the Rio Olympics, for which she also became an MBE. In a very successful five-year international career she also won gold at
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today announced two-time Olympian Lizzie Simmonds as the newly elected Vice Chair of its Athletes’ Commission (BOA AC). Simmonds was voted to serve a two-year term as Vice Chair at a BOA AC meeting in London on Wednesday. Simmonds made her Olympic debut as a 17-year old at the
Since the inception of World Rugby’s ambitious plan, Accelerating the Global Development of Women in Rugby 2017-2025, which aims to strengthen and support the growth of the women’s game and promote parity, important advances have been made both on and off the field in year one of implementation. With 9.6 million players recorded globally, latest
Joanna Muir made it a dream start to 2019 for Pentathlon GB by taking gold at the Budapest Indoor International, the opening competition of the new season. The 24-year-old, who finished as the highest placed British female at last year’s World Championships, produced a supreme display in the Hungarian capital, maintaining a place inside the
New Zealand, Ireland and defending champions Australia topped their pools after a day of upsets at the HSBC Sydney Sevens at Spotless Stadium on Saturday. The Black Ferns Sevens, who have now won 33 consecutive matches on the series since their Cup final loss in Sydney a year ago, were the only side with a perfect
England Women started their 2019 Six Nations campaign with a bonus-point 51-7 win against Ireland in Dublin. On a cold night at Donnybrook, first half scores from Jess Breach and Sarah McKenna were added to by Sarah Bern, Lark Davies, Katy Daley-Mclean, Zoe Harrison, Emily Scott and Bryony Cleall in the second 40 minutes as
Wasps will look to maintain their five game winning streak in the development league as they face Gloucester-Hartpury. With the development league about to break for a month, Wasps will look to ensure they remain top of the table. The home side have been in incredible form in the development league this season and have
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