Cristina Varga BBC News, Devon George Capone Dr George Capone said she wanted to support other women after boxing helped her A clinical psychologist who set up a women-only boxing group puts the success of the project down to laughter. Dr George Capone set up Warrior Women in north Devon after finding boxing made her...
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian has bought a stake in Women’s Super League champions Chelsea. Ohanian, who is the husband of American tennis star Serena Williams, will have a seat on the club’s board after purchasing a 8-10% share, believed to be worth around £20m. In a post to X, external, Ohanian said: “I’ve bet big...
Wolves Women say they will apply for a licence to play in the Women’s second tier on an annual basis after players said their ultimately unsuccessful battle for promotion was “all for nothing”. Last month Wolves went into the final day of the season with a chance of promotion to the Championship, only for players...
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Bella Ramsey plays Ellie in The Last of Us, and has also been in Game of Thrones and The Worst Witch The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey has voiced support for awards shows keeping separate categories for male and female performers. The British star, who identifies as non-binary...
That could eventually include a new membership category, or shorter waiting times, for women to make a dent into the gender imbalance, although any such proposals would need the approval of members with the notion of ‘queue jumping’ likely to have some detractors. At the current rate, the MCC will achieve a 80-20% male-to-female ratio...
While United are planning for bigger things, they must prepare well for the crucial transfer window Skinner has constantly referred to. When they last got into Europe, United signed World Cup Golden Boot winner Hinata Miyazawa, goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce and Brazilian winger Geyse. But American Tullis-Joyce did not break into the first team until this...
Interim Manchester City boss Nick Cushing says his side have “fallen short of standards and expectations” after they missed out on a Champions League place. Fourth-placed City needed to beat rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford to keep alive their hopes of European football next season, but drew 2-2 after leading 2-0 in the first...
Transgender women have been barred from competing in all levels of women’s cricket with immediate effect, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced. In an update to its transgender regulations, the ECB said “only those whose biological sex is female” will be able to participate in women’s and girls’ cricket. The ECB say...
Birmingham narrowly missed out on an immediate return in 2023 but finished fifth last season, with Ross admitting they have struggled to adapt at times to their status as a big fish in the smaller Championship pond. “We’re a bigger scalp,” he says. “And with there being so few teams you can’t lose many games,...
Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women’s football in England from 1 June, the Football Association has announced. English football’s governing body amended its rules last month, applying stricter eligibility criteria for transgender women to continue playing in women’s football. Following the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that the legal definition of...
The Scottish FA is updating its gender policy in order to ban transgender women competing in women’s football, BBC Scotland has learned. From next season, only those born biologically female will be allowed to take part in competitive matches in the women’s game. The current policy allows transgender women to compete in their affirmed gender...
Players from Wolves Women say their ultimately unsuccessful battle for promotion was “all for nothing” as the club had already decided not to apply to compete in the Women’s Championship. Wolves won their final match of the Women’s Premier Division North season against Liverpool Feds 6-0 but finished three points off champions Nottingham Forest. They...
Nottingham Forest Women have already begun preparations for Championship football after completing a league and cup double on Sunday, according to head coach Carly Davies. Forest claimed the FA Women’s Northern Premier Division title – and promotion to the second tier – with a resounding 7-2 victory over West Brom at the City Ground, having...
Political parties are expected to be told that trans women cannot be on women-only shortlists but trans men can. It comes after last week’s Supreme Court ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. Shortlists of candidates that only include women have been used by some parties since the mid-1990s to...
Somerset’s inaugural women’s team want to “pave the way” for the next generation ahead of the opening game of their first season, says bowler Laura Jackson. The club are one of eight counties awarded Tier 1 status following a major revamp of the women’s domestic game for this year. Somerset open their campaign on Wednesday...