English amateur Lottie Woad fired a bogey-free six under 67 to hold a seven-shot lead going into the final day of the Women’s Irish Open. The 21-year-old, who is bidding to become the first non-professional to win on the Ladies European Tour since 2022, went into the day three shots ahead. She made a birdie...
Thunder, who importantly won the toss and elected to bowl first, made a fast start with the ball either side of the two-hour delay. Firstly, they reduced Essex to 24-2 after five overs. Seamer Phoebe Graham, making her first competitive appearance of the summer for Thunder, struck in the fourth over when she uprooted the...
France have never won a major trophy but they have an impressive group-stage record, progressing in each of their past eight major tournament appearances. And Laurent Bonadei’s team have form on their side. They are on an eight-game winning run and have only conceded two goals since February while they last tasted defeat in December...
Woad is the world’s top-ranked amateur and served notice of her potential with victory in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and a top-10 finish in the Women’s Open last year. And while she has not yet turned professional, the Florida State University player has put herself in a strong position to win her first Ladies...
Spain’s Blanca Fernandez and Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini carded opening 67s to share the Women’s Irish Open lead after the first round at Carton House. English trio Lottie Woad, Mimi Rhodes and Hannah Screen are among a group one shot back, but home favourite Leona Maguire is five off the lead. In tricky conditions that fluctuated...
“This is once in a lifetime, it will never come back.” Switzerland head coach Pia Sundhage had been unequivocal in her pre-match news conference as she urged her players to “embrace the pressure” of their opening game as Euro 2025 hosts. Yet when it came to it, the Swiss did not get the win they...
Bronze’s career sky-rocketed after her time in the US. She had impressed England youth coach Mo Marley and later joined her at Everton. Moves to Liverpool, Manchester City, Lyon, Barcelona and Chelsea followed, with Bronze winning a total of five Champions League trophies, nine league titles and six domestic cups. Former Ballon d’Or winner Ada...
FAW Sisters Rosheen Khan (right) and Eleeza Khan are Wales’ first Muslim female football referees When Wales sets foot on the global stage of the Women’s Euro 2025, so does the weight of their representation. As trailblazers and history makers, the likes of Jess Fishlock and Hannah Cain have inspired a new era of budding...
In the UK, the attention will be on England and Wales, drawn together in Group D. A potentially decisive duel between the two sides awaits on 13 July (20:00 BST) in their final group game. But two top teams stand in their way of reaching the knockout stage – the Netherlands, who won the tournament...
Goalkeeper Safia Middleton-Patel is part of the Wales squad for Euro 2025. She is sparky, thoughtful, and has an infectious laugh. She is also autistic. Overstimulation has sent her to bed, exhausted, for a week. A misunderstood social interaction can ruin her mood for months. She will drive miles past a petrol station to find...
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, England beat Germany in the 2022 final The countdown is on for Women’s Euro 2025. Will Sarina Wiegman’s side defend the title they won in 2022? Will Wales cause an upset as they make their debut in a major tournament? These are just two questions avid fans will have as...
Australian Minjee Lee opened up a four-shot lead at the “brutal” Women’s PGA Championship with a third-round 69 as overnight leader Jeeno Thitikul faltered in Frisco, Texas. Lee was three shots behind Thitikul at the start of day three but produced an impressive bogey-free round, which included three birdies, to move to six under as...
England’s Charley Hull carded the lowest second-round score at the Women’s PGA Championship as Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul extended her lead at the top of the leaderboard. Hull carded a three-under-par 69, which included four birdies and a bogey, in the only round under 70 on a day when only 14 players broke par in hot...
A training session for the Senegalese women’s basketball team in the US has been scrapped, with the West African nation’s prime minister saying he cancelled it because some of the squad were denied US visas. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said the team would now train in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, “in a sovereign and conducive setting”....
“I think my putter went really well today,” said Thitikul, who is yet to win a major. “In the front nine we had a lot of breeze going and more than the back nine, but [I made putts at] seven, eight, nine which boost the confidence up making the turn to the back nine. “I...