Stacey Francis is confident she will be fit for England’s Netball World Cup campaign, despite being ruled out for the remainder of Team Bath Netball’s regular Superleague season. The influential defender sat out Monday night’s 42-33 defeat at Hertfordshire Mavericks after being told she must rest a knee injury. She will also miss Thursday’s must-win
France will host the 2019 Women’s World Cup, FIFA confirmed last week. France and South Korea were in the running to host the showpiece event, but the former was awarded the tournament following a unanimous decision taken by the FIFA Executive Committee on Thursday 19 March. The Women’s World Cup has been held every four
England Netball is delighted to confirm that this summer’s World Cup preparations begin with a three-match home International Series against Trinidad & Tobago this May. The Netball World Cup begins in Sydney in August and the hard work for England’s stars begins as soon as the Netball Superleague draws to a close. Three matches have
England Women will face China in April in their last home match before this summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup. The game will be played at Manchester City’s new Academy Stadium on Thursday 9 April (7.30pm KO). It will be the first international match played at the new stadium. Tickets are on sale now, priced £5 for
With excitement building ahead of Rugby World Cup 2015, schools are being offered the opportunity to be part of the ceremonies which will welcome the 20 participating teams to the Tournament in England and Wales. Each of the 20 teams will be officially welcomed to the Tournament and their respective Team Base regions by local
England Netball and Liverpool are delighted to have been awarded the rights to host the 2019 Netball World Cup following an announcement from the International Netball Federation earlier today. The tournament will be staged at ACC Liverpool, a venue which has warmly welcomed England at international level on several occasions, the most famous of which
In what appears to be a shock announcement, Gary Street has left his post as England women’s head coach just two weeks before the beginning of the 2015 6 Nations competition. The RFU have issued the following statement: “The Rugby Football Union and the England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street have agreed to part company
Women’s World Cup players have dropped their lawsuit against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA). Despite the generally held view that if the case actually did come to court the players had a massive chance of winning, delaying tactics by both FIFA and the CSA indicate that the case has no chance of being
World Rugby has confirmed the qualification process for the next Women’s Rugby World Cup, to be held in 2017. Following a comprehensive review of this year’s successful tournament, the World Rugby Council agreed that the top seven teams from Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 will automatically qualify, meaning reigning champions England, Canada, France, Ireland, New
In a wonderful evening for women’s sport, Claudia Fragapane won Young Sports Personality of the Year. The 17-year-old gymnast is the first British woman in 84 years to win four gold medals at one Commonwealth Games. Jill Stidever won the Sport’s Unsung Hero award: after spending nearly 60 years teaching thousands of children with special needs to swim.
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