With global excitement building ahead of rugby sevens’ Olympic Games debut at Rio 2016, World Rugby has announced the location and dates for the regional qualification tournaments that will deliver six men’s and six women’s teams to the Games. The top four teams in the respective men’s and women’s World Rugby Sevens Series standings are
Over 20,000 additional tickets are now on sale for the Unibet EuroHockey Championships 2015, including for the Finals and England sessions which had previously sold out. These tickets are in high demand and are likely to sell very quickly so fans are urged to secure their seats for Finals, Semi-Finals or England sessions as early
With rather interesting timing, BBC World Service has revealed the five names in contention for its inaugural Women’s Footballer of the Year award. Presumably the idea is to increase interest in the women’s game before the World Cup in June. Nominees are: Spain’s Veronica Boquete, Germany’s Nadine Kessler and Scotland’s Kim Little are joined by
Arsenal Ladies battled to a goalless draw against Women’s Super League leaders Chelsea at Wheatsheaf Park on Thursday. Pedro Martinez Losa’s side showed a marked improvement on this season’s previous meeting and were unlucky not to return to north London with three points having dominated Emma Hayes’ side. The Gunners had the best chance of
The final and third place play-off matches will be played at Twickenham after the men’s event on Saturday 16th May. Pool stages, quarters and semi-finals will be played at The Stoop. New Zealand can secure Olympic qualification simply by winning a quarter-final. Matches will be broadcast on Sky Sports UK and streamed around the world
England women’s players set for Royal London Women’s One-Day cup action this weekend. Kent’s Charlotte Edwards bids for record seventh county title, as other counties seek to break Kent and Sussex’s stranglehold on 50-over competition. England and Kent CCC women’s captain, Charlotte Edwards, will be bidding to record a record-breaking seventh women’s county championship title
In Wednesday nights action newly appointed Willie Kirk saw Bristol City Ladies hold Birmingham City to an away 0-0 draw, with a sterling performance from Mary Earps in goal. This was the Vixens first point in 5 games. Kirk takes full charge of the team on Sunday when they will welcome Arsenal. In the other match
26 April 2015 This weekend in the Womens Rugby League Premier Division, Thatto Heath St Helens travelled away to West Craven and the travelling side left with an 80-0 victory. Thatto’s Jodie Cunningham and Rachel Thompson led the try scoring charts with 4 each, closely followed by Chloe Hammond and Tara Stanley, both with 3
England women’s players are set to deliver a series of school and community based events to encourage locals to support the 2015 Women’s Ashes Series. Lydia Greenway helps out at Essex CCC women and girls’ press day and is already looking forward to taking on Australia at “fortress Chelmsford” on August 26 you can check
Sam Cook, Shaunagh Craig and Rachel Shaw were the main award winners when Team Bath Netball staged their end-of-season dinner on Sunday. All three made strong comebacks from serious injury during the 2015 Superleague campaign, with Craig and Shaw receiving the endeavour award from head coach Jess Thirlby for their determination to rebuild their careers.
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