Jakob Ingebrigtsen: Olympic champion dominates European Cross Country in Dublin
After winning individual silver and bronze medals at the five previous championships, Grovdal made it a Norwegian senior double as she finished 10 seconds clear of Sweden’s Meraf Bahta, with Germany’s Alina Reh taking bronze. Jessica Judd’s fourth place helped Great Britain win the senior women’s team title as Jennifer Nesbitt and Jessica Gibbon were […]
European Indoor Championships: Eilidh Doyle is ‘massive role model’
Scottish 400m hurdler Eilidh Doyle would be “lauded” if she were a top musician or academic, says Scottish Athletics head coach Stephen Maguire. Doyle has won 16 Olympic, world and European medals since 2010, but Maguire says athletes are often not appreciated until “they’ve gone or disappeared”. Speaking on the eve of the European Indoor […]
World Under-20 Championships: Ireland women win 4x100m relay silver
Irish athletics’ run of youth success continued on Saturday as the country won a 4x100m women’s relay silver medal at the World Under-20 Championships. The quartet of Molly Scott, Gina Akpe-Moses, Ciara Neville and Patience Jumbo-Gula clocked 43.90 seconds which left them 0.08 behind winners Germany. Dundalk schoolgirl Jumbo-Gula’s superb closing leg helped the Irish […]
Northampton Film Festival 2025 line-up revealed
A town’s film festival director hopes this year’s event will “inspire people to do something creative”. The Northampton Film Festival will showcase 80 films which “capture the town’s character” between 7 March and 15 March. Local and British-made films which fit with the festival’s theme – rebels and revolutionaries, misfits and mavericks, creatives and changemakers […]
Trump promises blizzard of executive orders on first day of presidency
Watch: Trump promises ‘brand new day’ at pre-inauguration rally On the eve of his return to the White House, President-elect Donald Trump promised to sign a blitz of executive orders on his first day as president, telling supporters that he would move with “historic speed and strength” in the hours after taking the oath of […]
Women’s Sport Week 2017: ‘Shocking’ that Man Utd do not have women’s team
I think it is shocking that in 2017 a club the size of Manchester United does not have a women’s team, and what is even worse is they will not properly explain their position. Look around the world and every other major football club has a women’s team, or plans for one. Two of the […]
The Hundred: How well do you remember the 2021 tournament?
The Hundred is back! After the success of the first edition of the 100-ball competition, it is time to do it all over again with defending champions Southern Brave taking on Welsh Fire to kick off the men’s tournament on 3 August. The women’s competition begins a week later, on Thursday, 11 August, because of […]
Staffordshire ‘Ladsandads’ football club asked to change name
Getty Images Staffordshire Ladsandads Club caters for male and female players A youth football club called Ladsandads has been asked to change its name amid fears it will exclude future Lionesses. The Staffordshire side caters for male and female players, in both mixed and single-sex teams. But Staffordshire Moorlands councillors have written to the club […]
Oscar first for Native American actor Wes Studi
AFP Wes Studi first caught the public’s attention for his role in Dances with Wolves Nearly 50 years ago, Marlon Brando famously declined his Oscar for The Godfather over Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans. He sent Native American actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather on stage to refuse the award on his behalf on stage at […]
The Hundred: Welsh star Claire Nicholas aiming to retain place
But male and female players have had their Hundred contracts terminated because of the coronavirus pandemic. Women players were set to earn no more than £15,000, half the minimum men’s salary, but some would have previously played as amateurs. Plans for the England and Wales Cricket Board to add 40 professional domestic contracts to the […]