Kevin de Bruyne is expected to make his fourth – and last – FA Cup final appearance for Manchester City after the Belgian announced in April he will leave at the end of the season after 10 years at Etihad Stadium. Crystal Palace are 12th in the Premier League table – 16 points behind fourth-placed...
Anna Varle South West health correspondent BBC Trudy Herniman (left) was 23 years old when her mother, a farmer’s wife, took her own life Trudy Herniman was 23 years old when her mother, a farmer’s wife, took her own life. “She wasn’t someone who cried. She was very matter-of-fact and just got on with things,”...
With 100 days to go until the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 kicks off, excitement is building up and down the country. Exeter is a host city for the prestigious tournament, and fans now have another chance to secure their tickets for all matches, including seven games at Exeter’s Sandy Park. The record-breaking tournament has...
Overseas star Charli Knott undermined Somerset with bat and ball as Hampshire won an absorbing Metro Bank Women’s One-Day Cup contest by 31 runs on the DLS method at the Cooper Associates Ground in Taunton. The Australian all-rounder scored 64 from 102 balls, and staged stands of 46, 40 and 42 with Maia Bouchier, skipper...
She goes on to say the team “deserves far better” and have been “left in the dark” over their future. It would be the second year a club withdraws from the league because of financial concerns after Reading dropped to the fifth tier in June 2024. All clubs in the Women’s Super League (WSL) and...
Goodison Park is to become the home of Everton’s women after the club scrapped plans to demolish the 132-year-old stadium. The Blues will move to their new 53,000-seater arena at Bramley-Moore Dock this summer. During construction of the new facility on the Liverpool waterfront, Everton’s previous ownership group announced plans for an £82m post-demolition renovation...
“This upcoming tour of England offers our women an important opportunity to reassert themselves on the international stage,” said Cricket West Indies director of cricket Miles Bascombe. “It’s a chance to demonstrate the talent, grit, and character that are synonymous with West Indies cricket.” The tourists will face an England team playing for the first...
Norwich City’s women’s side has announced they will begin to pay some of their players. A small number of the squad will be offered contracts, with compensation also aiding wider recruitment. Head of women’s football Flo Allen says it is a “landmark moment” for the club, which is “one step away” from turning professional. “It...
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...
It is the first major change WSL Football has made since it assumed control of the top two tiers from the Football Association in August 2024. WSL Football said its new brand identity is “born from the movement of female footballers”, with the new visual identity including “living emblems, colour systems and league and company...
In cricket you have never seen it all. At the Asia qualifier for the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup in Thailand, the United Arab Emirates were getting twitchy. They had raced to 192-0 in 16 overs against Qatar but rain was looming in Bangkok. With only one team progressing from the group, the UAE needed...
Fifa has announced that the Women’s World Cup will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams from the 2031 tournament. The Fifa Council voted unanimously for the changes that will be in place for 2035 edition, due to be hosted in the United Kingdom. As a result of the increase in teams, the competition will...
Skinner says United have not received any backlash from national team coaches who are preparing squads for Euro 2025. The World Sevens takes place six weeks before the start of the Euros, which begins on 2 July, but international players are likely to be involved. Asked if she wanted to play, England defender Maya Le...
Surrey decided to bat first at the Trafalgar Road ground, but Kate Cross took wickets in her first two overs to leave them 10-2. Danni Wyatt-Hodge was then out for 21, bringing Paige Scholfield and Davidson-Richards together. They put on an impressive 143 for the fourth wicket before Scholfield was out for 87 off 82...
Manchester City have joined Manchester United in signing up for the inaugural Women’s World Sevens tournament in May. The seven-a-side competition runs between 21-23 May – three days before the Women’s Champions League final – in Estoril, Portugal with a prize money pool of $5m (£3.76m). Manchester United confirmed their involvement last month with manager...