Fancy being at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London next summer to see the best teams in Europe battle it out to be crowned EuroHockey 2015 Champions? All you have to do to win two adult tickets to the pool stage of the competition is follow @EuroHockey2015 on Twitter and England Hockey will draw a winner at
The RFU 2014 Annual Report & Accounts published on November 14th shows investment in rugby at all levels growing for the fourth consecutive year. The total investment into rugby was £75.3m, up 13% on 2012/13 with a substantial proportion of this growth focused on the RFU’s commitment to building a lasting Rugby World Cup legacy across the
The annual ICC Awards is an opportunity to celebrate the games heroes. The awards have honoured some of the biggest names in men’s and women’s international cricket. This year the ICC LG People’s Choice Award was won by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He becomes the fourth cricketer to win this award after Sachin Tendulkar (first ever recipient)
Reading’s Fran Kirby scooped the FA WSL 2 Players’ award, after enjoying a breakthrough season where she was top goalscorer with 29 goals, and earned regular call-ups to Mark Sampson’s England squad including a call up to the squad for the historic match against Germany on 23 November. The awards, which are an annual event
The Rugby Football Union is delighted to announce Helen Weir CBE will be joining its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Helen is an exceptional businesswoman who combines a high calibre career spanning multiple sectors with a passion for rugby. Currently the Group Finance Director at John Lewis Partnership, Helen was previously Group Executive Director
England cricketers Gary Ballance, Katherine Brunt (both Yorkshire) and Sarah Taylor (Sussex), along with Umpire Richard Kettleborough, have been congratulated by ECB Chairman, Giles Clarke, after the quartet were announced as winners of major individual honours in the annual LG ICC Awards. The 2014 LG ICC Spirit of Cricket Award has been won by Katherine
The fourth Anti-Doping Annual Report for rugby in England has been published on behalf of the Anti-Doping Advisory Group. The group is responsible for advising on anti-doping policy for rugby in this country and is made up of key stakeholders, including: the RFU, Premiership Rugby, the Rugby Players’ Association and UK Anti-Doping. The testing programme
The soap showdown netball match between Coronation Street and Emmerdale has sold out for a second year. The Text Santa charity event will bring cast members from the rival soaps together for a netball match later this month. Katy Cavanagh will captain the Corrie side with cast mates Brooke Vincent, Tisha Merry, Jane Danson and
The players’ lawsuit against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) will continue following the CSA’s refusal to enter into negotiations. The gender discrimination case has been brought before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal on the grounds that the FIFA would never hold the men’s tournament on artificial pitches, in fact since 1930 the men’s
Mark Sampson has selected his 23-player squad for England Women’s historic match against Germany at Wembley Stadium connected by EE next week. Karen Carney is in line to make her 100th international appearance. The Birmingham City captain made her England debut against Italy in 2005 and has scored 23 times for the Lionesses. Eight of
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