Why Women’s World Cup Cricket is the bargain of the year
Last Sunday I paid £10 to watch the England Women’s Cricket team play Australia in the World Cup – that’s £10 for an adult ticket (£5 /£2 for concessions) to watch our national side battle it out...
View ArticleThis weeks top news stories – July 17
It’s a busy time for sports fans with the Women’s World Cup Cricket, World Para-Athletics Championships and the UEFA Women’s Euro football about to kick-off. Elsewhere there was success for sailors,...
View ArticleGolf: BBC’s Eilidh Barbour on her route to becoming a sports presenter
Sports presenter – It’s a dream job for many. The opportunity to travel the world and report on the most iconic events in the sport you love, so just how do you get to make that dream happen? BBC’s...
View ArticleCricket: England Reach ICC Women’s World Cup Final
England survived a nervy spell to seal victory with three balls remaining against South Africa and book their place in Sunday’s ICC Women’s World Cup Final at Lord’s. South African captain Dane van...
View ArticleEuro 2017: England 6-0 Scotland
Jodie Taylor grabbed a hat-trick as England destroyed Scotland in the ‘Battle of Britain’, easing to a dominant win in the Netherlands for a perfect start to their Euro 2017 campaign. This was a real...
View ArticleEuro 2017: Jade Moore confident ahead of Spain match
Jade Moore sat on the bench and watched in astonishment when England conceded a last-gasp winner to Spain four years ago, but the Reading midfielder is confident they will erase their Euro 2013...
View ArticleVideo and analysis: Catch-up on Englands glorious World Cup Cricket win
In case you missed it, yesterday, England were crowned Women’s World Cup Cricket winners, winning by nine runs after an incredibly tense and action packed finish against India at Lord’s. In a pivotal...
View ArticleEuro 2017: Lady Luck helps England to 2-0 win over Spain
IF England are going to conquer Europe then on occasion they will need lady luck on their side, and they got that in abundance against Spain last night as a bizarre late penalty incident helped them...
View ArticleEuro 2017: Millie Bright and Karen Carney look ahead to Portugal clash
With England’s goal-hungry forward line enjoying a Euro 2017 feast, Karen Carney knows she needs to take her chance against Portugal tonight to prove she can become the leader of the Lionesses’ pack...
View ArticleBritish Cycling Women’s strategy – 4 year update
British Cycling has influenced 723,000 women, who weren’t cycling previously, to get on a bike since 2013, the sports governing body announced today – four years after announcing an ambitious target to...
View ArticleEuro 2017: England through to quarter final match against France
England secured a Euro 2017 quarter-final clash with France on Sunday, as they did just enough to see off Portugal in their final group game last night to preserve their 100 per cent winning start. But...
View ArticleSport Wales calls for Welsh women and girls to join ‘OUR SQUAD’
Sport Wales has today launched the first phase of a new campaign to unite women and girls programmes and projects across Wales in celebrating, encouraging and empowering more women and girls to get...
View ArticleEuro 2017: England beat France to reach Semi-finals
In the build-up to Sunday evening’s Euro 2017 quarter-final against France in Deventer, England coach Mark Sampson insisted the Lionesses could win without playing their best – ultimately, he was...
View ArticleEuro 2017: Millie Bright and Jordan Nobbs excited for Netherlands semi-final
Facing the host nation in the semi-finals of a major tournament is as daunting as it gets, but Jordan Nobbs knows England have the bottle to boot the Netherlands out of Euro 2017 on Thursday. The...
View ArticleOnes to watch at the IAAF World Athletics Championships
The best track and field athletes from across the globe will be going for gold in London from August 4-13 as the UK capital plays host to the IAAF World Athletics Championships. Sophie Hitchon photo:...
View ArticleEuro 2017 blog: Georgia Stanway – Proud to be involved
Former SSE Next Generation athlete Georgia Stanway and current Manchester City forward spoke to Sportsbeat’s Pippa Field at the Women’s European Championships in Utrecht. Proud to be involved ‘It has...
View ArticleEuro 2017: Heartbreak as England lose to Holland in semi-final
England were outfought, outmuscled and outplayed last night as they failed to live up to their billing as Euro 2017 favourites thanks to a ruthless semi-final display from the Netherlands. In their...
View ArticleSportsister is changing…
We’re currently planning how to take Sportsister forward and as part of this process the website is under review. In the meantime it’s business as usual over on our popular Twitter feed and Facebook...
View ArticleManchester solicitors are ambassadors for women’s sports
A Manchester law firm is leading the way in promoting women’s sport across South Manchester. Slater Heelis has partnered with the SunSport Velo women’s cycle team in Altrincham to support the...
View ArticleMeet Millie Knight, the skier aiming for gold at the Winter Paralympics
At the Winter Paralympics in Sochi back in 2014, Millie Knight was just 15 years old and only allowed to compete in two events. At PyeongChang 2018, she’s hoping to compete in all five events and win...
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