Category: Women Doing Amazing Things

‘With YouTube people feel like they know you’
Caroline Hirons: ‘With YouTube people feel like they know you’ YouTube stars and fans are gathering in London for Summer in the City, the UK’s…

Amanda Holden was first choice for show
Getty Images This is how the Smack The Pony line-up could have looked The groundbreaking female-led sketch show Smack the Pony burst on to screens…

Scarlett Johansson tops Forbes highest-paid actresses list
Getty Images Only two women make Forbes’ top 10 best-paid actors list The 34-year-old’s income of $56m (£45.7m) lands her below seventh-placed male actor Adam…

Real Wolf of Wall Street sues film studio for $300m
Getty Images Jordan Belfort was played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2013 film Jordan Belfort, the former stock broker whose story inspired the hit movie…

What next for women’s boxing? Shields v Marshall II; three-minute rounds; big fights on horizon
There is no shortage of big fights to be made in the UK and abroad. Should Jonas be successful in her bid to add the…

Marshall v Shields is ‘first rivalry in women’s boxing’ – promoter
Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields have the first rivalry in women’s boxing to take the sport to new heights, according to promoter Ben Shalom. The…

Shields v Marshall: ‘I was an angry kid’ – the making of one of boxing’s most remarkable champions
Her only dream, however, was to be the first female Olympic boxing champion. She had no aspirations to turn professional. “When I first came on…

Challenge Cup semi-finals 2018: BBC TV, online & radio coverage details
The Challenge Cup semi-finals will be played as a double-header at Bolton Wanderers’ University of Bolton Stadium on Sunday, 5 August. St Helens v Catalans…

York Valkyrie: Rebranded women’s rugby league side aim to maintain upward curve
Goodchild’s Valkyrie are one of two clubs along with Leeds to confirm payments to players from 2023 onwards, a step closer to a “professional” scenario…

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine approved for use in UK
Health Secretary Matt Hancock: “This is a significant moment” The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, with the first doses due…