The winners of the Barclays Women’s Super League 2 awards for December have now been confirmed. Firstly, Newcastle United’s Jordan Nobbs has been named as Barclays WSL2 Player of the Month after emerging victorious in the combined public and panel vote. The Magpies midfielder continued her fine form in December to help her team to successive victories,
The winners of the Barclays Women’s Super League’s monthly awards for December have now been confirmed. Voted for by a combination of the public and a panel of industry experts, the successful individuals for the final month of 2025 are as follows. Firstly, Manchester City’s Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw has been named as Player of the
It’s a delight to see so many Red Roses featured in the New Year’s Honours List. Two players, Zoe Stratford and Marlie Packer receive the OBE; they are the current captain and her predecessor. Three players are awarded the MBE, Ellie Kildunne, Meg Jones and Sadia Kabeya. Massive congratulations to all five. John Mitchell receives
A. In a surprise move Kevin Rouet adds to his brief as head coach of Canada by becoming attack coach at Saracens. This neatly mirrors Alex Austerberry’s appointment at assistant coach to the Canadians at the 2025 RWC. Though overseas players are very numerous in the PWR, the reverse is true at coaching level. Off-hand
Ardie Savea’s dominant performances across the rugby season have been reflected in the New Zealand Rugby Awards, with the 32-year-old acknowledged as the best player in the country in 2025. In the season where he brought up his 100th Test, Savea has been named as the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year and
The winners of the Barclays Women’s Super League 2 awards for the opening month of the campaign have now been confirmed. Firstly, Sunderland’s Emily Scarr has been named as Player of the Month after emerging victorious in the combined public and panel vote. Scarr sits joint-top of the league’s goalscoring charts at present, boasting three goals and
We now enter the awards season. Individual awards in the ultimate team game are always liable to cause controversy. My views can be no less subjective than anyone else’s, but here they are: 1. World Player of the Year – Sophie de Goede Quite correct! She tends to be the outstanding player of every game
Only days out from refereeing the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 final, Scotland’s Hollie Davidson has been presented with the World Rugby Referee Award in partnership with Emirates at the Women’s Rugby Global Summit in London on Thursday. Davidson is the second Scottish official after Jim Fleming to receive the accolade, which recognises international men’s
On Monday 22 September 2025, the 69th edition of the Ballon d’Or® took place on the stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was hosted by Kate Scott and Ruud Gullit, directed by Tristan Carné and co-produced by High Scream, ITV Studios France and Auditoire. Winners were revealed in front of a
India captain Shubman Gill becomes first player to win the men’s award four times after his fine run in the England series England batter Sophia Dunkley wins the women’s award for her fine performances at home against India India captain Shubman Gill and England batter Sophia Dunkley have been declared the ICC men’s and women’s
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