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Welsh sporting legend wants policies to keep more girls involved in sport

Multiple gold medal winning Paralympian, and current Chair of Sport Wales, Tanni Grey-Thompson is calling on the next Welsh Government to adopt several policies to help to keep more girls engaged in sport and physical activity from a young age.

In the run up to the Welsh Senedd...

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Coronavirus and the campaign to close the "gender play gap"

There could be a hidden benefit to the country spending months in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic as increased physical activity encourages women and girls to close the 'gender play gap'.

Sport England's Active Lives report on the nation's activity levels pre-coronavirus was already encouraging. More women than ever were exercising in the period between November 2018 and...

Judy Murray: more women in boardrooms could have saved summer of sport

Judy Murray has lamented the lack of elite women's sport this summer in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, saying more women are needed in key decision-making positions to protect the recent rise in interest in professional female sport.

Speaking to the #NotGoingOutClub podcast, the former Team GB Fed Cup captain said the summer has been a setback. "It's a real shame because there...

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Scandal of a summer without sport

At first, frankly, there were more important things going on. When the country shut down in March, the priority was to stay safe and stay at home. It didn't take long, though, for thoughts to return to sport. How would and when would normal life - or even the "new normal" - resume?

From the outset, there was an issue. Whilst the big leagues grappled with the difficulties of getting...

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Issues & Comment

Welsh sporting legend wants policies to keep more girls involved in sport

Coronavirus and the campaign to close the "gender play gap"

Judy Murray: more women in boardrooms could have saved summer of sport

Scandal of a summer without sport

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