If Sabalenka is the title favourite, then French Open champion Gauff is one of the few players who can truly disrupt and frustrate her. An outstanding mover, Gauff can get every ball she faces back, extending the rallies and drawing the errors out of the big hitters like Sabalenka. Wimbledon was where Gauff broke through...
The return of Ecclestone, the world’s number one bowler in ODIs and ranked fourth in T20s, has dominated the build-up to the series as she returns to the England fold for the first time since the Ashes. The left-arm spinner made headlines for her off-field behaviour in Australia when she refused a TV interview with...
From the outset, all the evidence suggested that COVID-19 was deadly to the old and infirm, and a bad flu for everybody else. Focused protection for the vulnerable and developing a vaccine to alleviate the burden on them were policies that made the most sense. And given that only a small fraction of the population...
Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Charlie Beattie Charlie Beattie holds her nine-week-old baby in her arms after many years of miscarriages UK scientists say they have developed a test which can help identify women with an abnormal womb lining that increases their risk of miscarriage. They say their work could pave the way for new treatments...
This was a twist on the knives that have been plaguing Europe lately, but it sure is a ghastly development and still involves stabbing – random syringe attacks. There was a nationwide music festival, the Festival of Music 2025 (Fête de la Musique), throughout France this past Saturday. For 44 years, the organizers have hosted concerts...
Daniel Sandford UK correspondent Reporting fromInner London Crown Court Police entered Zhenhao Zou’s London flat in January 2024 A Chinese PhD student who is “one of the most prolific predators” in the UK has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 24 years. Zhenhao Zou, a Chinese national, drugged and raped three women...
Tributes have been paid to two women who died after being pulled from the water at one of Wales’ national parks. Hajra Zahid, 29, and Haleema Zahid, 25, were found in pools on the Watkin Path – which leads to the summit of Yr Wyddfa – also known as Snowdon – on 11 June. University...
Fardowsa Hanshi BBC News, Mogadishu Anthony Irungu / BBC Fathi Mohamed Abdi (L) and Saadia Ahmed Omar (R) have overseen more than 30 multimillion-dollar projects Construction is booming in Somalia’s capital city and as Mogadishu literally rises from the ashes of its violent past it is also giving unexpected opportunities to women like Fathi Mohamed...
Two women have died following an incident in Wales’ largest national park. North Wales Police said they were called to Nant Gwynant, Gwynedd, at 21:31 BST on Wednesday in Eryri National Park, also known as Snowdonia. One woman was pulled from the water, while another was reported to be in the water at the pools...
Syria’s Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis – a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet – or other “decent” clothes at public beaches and swimming pools. The regulations, issued by the tourism ministry, were “aimed at enhancing public safety standards and preserving public decency”, Syrian...
Invitations for cervical screening will be sent out every five years instead of every three for women aged 25-49 in England, if they have a negative test. Research shows they are at very low risk of cervical cancer and can safely wait longer to be screened again, NHS England has said. The roll out of...
Britain’s Sonay Kartal secures the biggest win of her career as women’s tennis returns to Queen’s Club for the first time since 1973. Read full article at source...
Lorena Wiebes wins the fourth and final stage of the Women’s Tour of Britain in Glasgow, with Ally Wollaston sealing overall victory by finishing third and taking bonus seconds to push overnight leader Britain’s Cat Ferguson into second place. WATCH MORE: Ferguson takes Tour of Britain lead with brilliant stage win Available to UK users...
Women’s History Museum Zambia This sacred mask is etched with symbols of Sona, a sophisticated and now rarely used writing system A wooden hunters’ toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social media. “We’ve grown up being told that Africans didn’t know how to read and write,” says...
Just as when she delivered that podium speech in Roubaix, of which she says “there was pressure on that interview”, Deignan chooses her words carefully but effectively here. The “underestimation” she refers to is any suggestion by others that women’s sport somehow lacks the same punch or power as men’s. And posts on social media...