Category: Women Doing Amazing Things

A four-day science-backed guide to forging better friendships that will improve your life
Javier Hirschfeld/ Getty Images Friendships can bring some surprising benefits to our health. Here’s how you can make new friends and strengthen the ones you’ve…

‘Warehouse business Huboo lost £200k of my stock’
BBC James Symons claims Huboo asked him to sign a non-disclosure agreement to get his stock back A business owner who outsourced his warehouse operations…

British water polo: National champions insist future is bright
Naturally, there are now fears that such a drop in funding for the national teams will have a ripple effect across the whole sport. However,…

Geraint Thomas wins BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality 2014
Snooker legend Terry Griffiths was given the Lifetime Achievement award. Griffiths won the World Championship in 1979 and had a glittering career as a player…

British Cycling’s Shane Sutton rejects Nicole Cooke criticism
Sutton was a coach with Welsh Cycling until joining the British Cycling set-up in 2002 – the year Cooke won the road race at the…

Joanne Jackson: British Olympic swimming medallist retires
She competed in her first Olympic games in Athens in 2004, but failed to get past the heats. Two years later she won silver medals…

Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier: Ireland beat PNG to clinch place in West Indes
Ireland have secured a spot at the Women’s World Twenty20 after beating Papua New Guinea by 27 runs in the qualifier semi-finals in Amstelveen. It…

Jack Sullivan: West Ham managing director steps down
Jack Sullivan has stepped down as managing director of Women’s Super League (WSL) side West Ham. The 21-year-old, who was 18 when he took the…

South Asian female fans see first game
Roopa Vyas Roopa Vyas, with mum, Nayna, said: “In the Red Wall, everybody is welcome” In a partnership with community groups, the Football Association of…

When women’s football hit the big time
Ritzau/PA Images Action from the 1971 women’s final between Mexico and Denmark in front of 110,000 fans Just 14 months after Brazil had crushed Italy…