Aramco Team Series Sotogrande: Annabel Dimmock back in love with golf after injury August 10, 2022 England’s Annabel Dimmock has been playing golf for 17 of her 25 years so when injury kept her off the course late last year it hit her hard. Shortly after one of her best weeks on the Ladies European Tour, when she shared in a tie for third with good friend Charley Hull at the [...]
Aramco Team Series Sotogrande: Alison Lee riding crest of a wave ahead of title defence August 10, 2022 As she prepares to defend her individual crown at the Aramco Team Series Sotogrande this month, Alison Lee could hardly be happier with her form. The US Solheim Cup player, 27, is enjoying the best season of her career since her early days on the LPGA Tour, already topping $500,000 in prize money. For the [...]
Aramco Team Series Sotogrande: Who is aiming to reign in Spain at $1m tournament? August 10, 2022 There is no shortage of star quality in the field for next week’s Aramco Team Series Sotogrande, but top billing will go to the Korda sisters. Olympic champion, major winner and world No3 Nelly Korda is set to be the highest ranked player in the field at La Reserva Club. “I’m so excited to be [...]
Lessons from Lionesses: What English rugby can learn from Euros for 2025 World Cup August 9, 2022 The iconic Chloe Kelly goal celebration, the record attendance for a final, success on home soil; England Women’s Euro 2022 victory felt like a watershed moment for women’s sport. But in a few years’ time England will be doing it all over again. This time, however, it will be with the oval ball. It was [...]
The Women’s Euros smashed records. Now we need more women on football club boards August 2, 2022 Women’s Euro 2022 broke new records for football and it’s clear that brands are now recognising the commercial value of the women’s game. Spurred on by rising professionalism, for the first time ever, every one of the top-20 revenue generating clubs in world football now has a women’s team. Off the pitch though, it’s a [...]
History makers to record breakers: 17.4m tuned in to BBC coverage of Lionesses’ Euro triumph August 1, 2022 A record 17.4m Brits tuned in to watch the Lionesses beat Germany 2-1 in the Women’s Euro 2022 final at Wembley on Sunday. The BBC’s peak audience shattered TV viewing records, making it the most-watched women’s football game on UK television history. It was also the single-most watched programme of 2022 so far, while Germany [...]
Polo in the Park: Team New York captain on the glamorous London event June 1, 2022 Pimms will be flowing and the sun will – hopefully – be shining down on west London when Chestertons Polo in the Park returns to Fulham’s Hurlingham Club later this month. The event oozes glamour and prestige but Louisa Watt, captain of Team New York, insists the equine sport is one everyone can enjoy. “It’s [...]
Wales Women can shine in future rugby games after copying England April 22, 2022 Wales are a team on the up as they prepare to meet France in the penultimate round of the Women’s Six Nations. Having not won for three years prior to the tournament, they take two victories from their three matches at this championship into the clash with title challengers France. Such a turnaround would have [...]
How England Women came back from brink to bag Cricket World Cup semi March 30, 2022 Less than three weeks ago England, the reigning Women’s Cricket World Cup champions, looked to be down and out after losing their third consecutive group match to South Africa in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. In the early hours of Thursday morning, however, Heather Knight’s team have a shot at redemption against the Proteas as their [...]
Women’s Six Nations: New dates, new sponsor, same old winners? March 24, 2022 Change is in the air at this year’s Women’s Six Nations, which now has its own slot in the calendar and a first title sponsor in TikTok – but that looks unlikely to extend to the outcome. Champions England start as hot favourites this weekend – no surprise given their 18-game winning run, which includes [...]