Fans aim to help Leicester Comedy Festival improve disabled access
Alice Evans and Lucy Wood Alice Evans (l) and Lucy Wood host a disability podcast Two women with disabilities are working with a comedy festival organiser to make it more accessible after finding a show had no wheelchair access. Alice Evans and Lucy Wood booked to see a Leicester Comedy Festival gig to mark their […]
Chelsea v Barcelona in Women’s Champions League final: All you need to know about Barca
Of 25 players on Barcelona’s roster, just five are not Spanish and from those 20, nine are graduates of the club’s famed La Masia academy. The Barcelona style of play is instilled throughout this squad with key players drawing influence from the Pep Guardiola era at the Nou Camp, consisting of players like Andres Iniesta, […]
Women in Football calls for ‘change, starting at the top’ of the game to promote inclusivity
Football has to become fully gender inclusive and “change, starting at the top” says the chief executive of Women in Football (WIF), Yvonne Harrison. The organisation has called on Fifa and national associations to introduce six measures. They include 30% of the game’s decision makers to be female and systems to ensure that players’ views […]
Women’s Six Nations: England will never ease off despite big wins
Given how long it has been since their last defeat, some in Middleton’s squad have never lost with England. Avoiding complacency is surely a challenge, but the head coach said the intense competition for starting spots keeps players focused. Middleton is rotating his 40-player squad through the first three games, giving all those fit to […]
Mark Sampson: England women boss to ‘improve communication style’
Two further England players have told BBC Sport of their experiences while playing for their country under Sampson. Defender Anita Asante, 32, said she felt singled out in the way she was dropped from the squad. And midfielder Lianne Sanderson, 29, said she felt as if she had “fallen out of favour” and was unappreciated, […]
Women’s Premiership: League start will help international players – NI captain Marissa Callaghan
Northern Ireland are fourth in qualifying Group C after picking up two points from their opening four games. The match away to the Faroes, the side’s first outing in 10 months, will be followed by a trip to Belarus on 27 October – and Callaghan said the mood in the camp is very positive. “We […]
Football’s last chance saloon – the Britons keeping their dreams alive in Sweden
While Mills is to some extent fulfilling his dream, Davis, a former team-mate at Friska is on another page. His football ambitions faded some time ago and the 28-year-old former Plymouth Argyle forward is content leading an altogether different existence as a media sales executive. “When I arrived the only thing I knew about Sweden […]
Five-star reviews for ‘the Beyoncé of art history’
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as a Lute Player, about 1615-18 The first major UK exhibition of an artist who was overlooked for centuries because of her sex has been hailed as “thrilling” and “magnificent”. The Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition at London’s National Gallery is due to open after a six-month Covid-19 […]
Rugby in Colombia: Murder in Medellin & the bet that changed a life
While Isabel has changed personally over the last decade, she says Castilla has changed around her too. The question of whether it’s a threatening place to live is met with no fewer than eight nos before the unwavering affirmation: “Castilla is not dangerous.” Things do seem to be improving in Medellin as a whole. In […]
Women’s World Cup: India beat NZ to seal semi-final place
India claimed the remaining place in the Women’s World Cup semi-final after dismissing New Zealand for just 79. Captain Mithali Raj took her runs total for the tournament to 356 with 109 from 123 balls as her team posted 265-7 having been asked to bat at Derby. New Zealand lost both openers inside three overs […]