Karen Carney’s women’s football review calls for top two divisions to be fully professional July 13, 2023 The Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship should become fully professional, according to a major review of domestic women’s football authored by former England captain Karen Carney. Women’s football also needs its own dedicated broadcast slots to ensure maximum exposure and reduces the risk of it being eclipsed by coverage of the men’s game, says [...]
Women’s Ashes alive as England beat Australia in first ODI July 12, 2023 Captain Heather Knight hit an unbeaten 75 as England chased down a record total to beat Australia in the first series ODI to keep the Women’s Ashes alive. England and Australia are level on six points each in the points-based Ashes with four points remaining. The hosts still need three of the four remaining points [...]
Wimbledon: Alcaraz beats childhood friend Rune to reach semis July 12, 2023 World No1 Carlos Alcaraz took a step closer to a possible Wimbledon final against Novak Djokovic after the Spaniard toppled childhood friend Holger Rune in yesterday’s quarter-final. The 20-year-old from El Palmar beat the player from Denmark in straight 7-6 6-4 6-4 sets to set up a semi-final against No3 seed Daniil Medvedev. The winner [...]
Gabriella Cowley: Choosing golf over football and cricket, and Aramco Team Series London July 12, 2023 In another life, Gabriella Cowley might be playing in the Women’s Ashes or heading to the Women’s World Cup with the Lionesses instead of teeing it up at the Aramco Team Series – London this week. Cowley was a sporting child prodigy who excelled at football and cricket before being introduced to golf by her [...]
It’s do or ODI in the Women’s Ashes as England fight back July 12, 2023 Few would have argued that, when England lost the only Women’s Ashes Test of the series to Australia, the urn would not likely return Down Under with the tourists. When Australia won the first of three Twenty20 matches in Birmingham to go 6-0 up in the series, needing just eight points in total to retain [...]
Svitolina shocks Swiatek at Wimbledon as Djokovic reaches semis July 11, 2023 Elina Svitolina praised Iga Swiatek as an “unbelievable person” for her support of Ukraine after the wildcard toppled the world No1 today in the biggest shock so far at Wimbledon. Svitolina, who has steadily been making a comeback after giving birth nine months ago, beat the Ladies’ Singles favourite 7-5 6-7 6-2 in front of [...]
Hameron to hand Lui Joy of being top Valley trainer July 11, 2023 BANK on Francis Lui to be proclaimed top trainer at Happy Valley when the city track closes the curtain for its final time this season with a nine-race midweek programme. Lui arrives at the Valley with a one winner advantage over reigning ‘King of the Valley’ Caspar Fownes, but looks to have enough firepower from [...]
Chance Equaletta to Blitz his rivals down the home straight July 11, 2023 SIX-TIME champion jockey Zac Purton may have quietly celebrated his record-breaking eclipse of Joao Moreira’s 170 seasonal winner total on Sunday evening, but don’t expect the Zac-Man to rest on his laurels before the season closes. As Purton admitted when interviewed during the action over the weekend, he has been ducking and diving with owners [...]
Football’s data wars takes another turn, but can players really protect their information? July 11, 2023 A former Leyton Orient, Scarborough and Yeovil Town manager may seem an unlikely figure to be at the forefront of football’s data wars, but a landmark announcement in the Netherlands this week can be traced back to Russell Slade. Fifpro, the international union for professional footballers, on Tuesday announced the creation of a new database [...]
Fan favourite Ricciardo BACK in F1 after being given seat for rest of season July 11, 2023 F1 fan favourite Daniel Ricciardo will return to Formula 1 for the remainder of the season after being given one of the 20 coveted seats. The Red Bull reserve driver left McLaren last year and will finish this season with AlphaTauri after replacing Nyck de Vries. It marks a return to a F1 seat for [...]