England Women’s Hockey team have been crowned Vitality Team of the Year at the Sunday Times & Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Year Awards. Now in their 28th year, the awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding contribution to sport made by elite performers, coaches, administrators, community volunteers and inspirational women. This summer the team came
England and GB hockey goalkeeper Maddie Hinch has been named as the Sky Sportswoman of the Month for June. Hinch was named ahead of jockey Samantha Bell and cyclist Hannah Barnes in the public vote. The 26-year-old made several important saves in June’s Hockey World League semi-finals in Valencia as Team GB won all of their seven matches in
Chloe Richardson, rugby player for Thatto Heath and England Women’s Students, received the Local Hero Award recognising her volunteer work with St Helens Youth Sports Development, Youth Sports Programme. This article was written by St Helens Unlimited in recognition of the tremendous work that Chloe puts in: The Local Hero award is linked to National
Nalisha Patel, LCB Thunder’s 17 year old right arm off spin bowler, won the Kumon Achievement in Sport Award at this year’s Fusion Awards held at Blackburn’s King Georges Hall. The awards ceremony, aimed at celebrating community cohesion and the contribution of all communities in helping to make the North West region a better place
World Rugby has announced the shortlist for the prestigious Women’s Sevens Player of the Year 2015 award, with the winner set to be revealed at the World Rugby Awards dinner at Battersea Evolution, London, on 1 November. After the thrilling and record-breaking Women’s Sevens World Series 2014-15 concluded in Amsterdam last weekend, this year’s nominees
Asisat Oshoala, who became the first African player to play in the Superleague when she signed for Liverpool in January 2015, has been named the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. Oshoala, at just 20 was the youngest player nominated for the BBC World Service award, was voted for by football fans from around the world.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that Joe Root and Charlotte Edwards have been named, respectively, as the England Men’s and England Women’s Cricketer of the Year for 2014-2015. Lancashire and England Under-19s right-arm seamer Saqib Mahmood won the England Development Programme Cricketer of the Year award, while the England Disability
The 2015 RPA Players’ Awards took place on Wednesday 13th May at Battersea Evolution, these Awards are the highlight of the domestic rugby union calendar, bringing together the biggest names in the sport to celebrate the achievements of the season and crown the 2015 Players’ Player of the Year. This year the England Women’s Player of
The Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) today announced the shortlist for The Sunday Times England Women’s Player of the Year Award 2015, which will be presented at the RPA Players’ Awards on Wednesday 13th May at Battersea Evolution, London. The Sunday Times England Women’s Player of the Year award recognises the tremendous talent in England women’s
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
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