Bristol City: Record crowd of 5,700 shows sport’s growth, says boss Lauren Smith
In October, the Football Association announced new targets for crowd sizes in the women’s game by 2024, with an aim of 6,000 fans per match in the WSL and an average of 1,000 in the Championship. Bristol City, who were relegated from the WSL in 2021, have averaged 394 fans for their nine league matches […]
JLR whistleblower sacked for publishing concerns about VinFast cars
BBC Mechanical engineer Hazar Denli says he was sacked after raising safety concerns The BBC has seen evidence the multinational corporation that owns Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) arranged for a whistleblower to be sacked for raising concerns about the safety of electric cars it designed. Confidential emails between executives at Tata Group reveal they retaliated […]
Fed Cup: First home game in 26 years ‘big chance’ for GB women’s tennis
Broxburn-born Fleming played in the Davis Cup in 2016, and also partnered Jamie Murray at Wimbledon. While Britain’s men have enjoyed home ties in the Davis Cup – including in 2015 when they won the title – the women have played in 15 countries since their last home match in Nottingham in May 1993. The […]
Australian Open 2019: How many women’s Grand Slam champions of the past decade can you name?
Just how unpredictable is women’s tennis? Before Naomi Osaka and Petra Kvitova face each other in Saturday’s Australian Open final, we’re asking you how many of the 18 women’s Grand Slam singles champions of the past decade you can name. It would not take you long to do the same for the men’s game – […]
FD Technologies to pay £120m to shareholders
The Newry-based technology firm FD Technologies is to pay out £120m to its shareholders after selling a significant part of the business. The largest shareholder, with a 20% stake, is US-based Irenic Capital. The family of the late Brian Conlon, who founded the firm, have a stake of around 13%. FD Technologies has undergone a […]
Women’s Super League: Everything you need to know this weekend
West Ham United manager Olli Harder has called on his side to be “brave” in their performance and “not be afraid” when they face Arsenal in the Women’s Super League this weekend. The Hammers take on the league leaders on Sunday (18:45). Arsenal, who are the only club to hold a perfect winning record in […]
A year of mass attacks reveals anger and frustration
Getty Images What is driving people to murder strangers en masse? It’s a question many in China are asking “The Chinese people are so miserable,” read a social media post in the wake of yet another mass killing in the country earlier this year. The same user also warned: “There will only be more and […]
Man Utd forward Rachel Williams plans to return to plastering after football
Williams has had a long and successful football career, spending 12 years competing in the WSL and winning the FA Cup during her time at Birmingham City in 2012. At the start of her career she only trained twice a week in the evenings and made a living off her plastering job. “In the early […]
Jill Scott: England midfielder signs new Manchester City contract as player-coach
Scott, who was awarded an MBE in the 2020 New Year’s Honours List for services to women’s football, will work alongside new head coach Gareth Taylor and assistant boss Alan Mahon. “The coaching role is good – it means I can access the coaches a bit more,” she added. “I get to learn from the […]
England: Phil Neville leaves Lionesses and joins Inter Miami
Phil Neville has left his role as manager of England’s women and been appointed in charge of David Beckham’s Major League Soccer side Inter Miami. The 43-year-old was appointed as England boss in January 2018 and his contract was set to end in July. The Football Association says it will “shortly confirm” an interim head […]