women's sport

The British Athletics Championships, which were due to be held in June, will now take place on 4-5 September.

UK Athletics confirmed the date change and admitted the event will have to take place behind closed doors.

They are also hopeful the Diamond League meeting in Gateshead, originally set for 16 August, can also go ahead in September.

Chief executive, Joanna...

Tottenham have announced the retirement of captain Jenna Schillaci. The 36 year-old had spent 12 seasons at the North London club, helping them move up to the women's football pyramid to reach the Super League in 2019.

"It's been a decision I haven't taken lightly but I feel ready," she told BBC Sport . "I've lived my dream and turned professional with the club, something many years...

Arsenal will play their Women's Champions League quarter-final against Paris St Germain in San Sebastian, Spain, on Saturday 22 August after UEFA confirmed the dates for the remaining knockout matches.

Glasgow City will be in action 24 hours earlier when they face Wolfsburg also in San Sebastian on Friday 21 August.

The remaining last eight ties will be played in Bilbao -...

Australia and New Zealand survived a stronger than expected challenge from Colombia to be awarded the right to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Following the withdrawal of Brazil and Japan, the joint southern hemisphere bid was the clear favourite having scored highly in the technical reports.

But there was surprise support for Colombia from the Football Association and...

Twenty-four England Women cricketers will return to individual training on Monday June 22 as plans continue for a proposed tri-series with India and South Africa in September.

The players will return across six venues, initially training on their own before progressing to small group training. Squads for specific formats will be named in due course, subject to confirmation of the...

Charley Hull needed a play-off to eventually claim victory in the first-ever Rose Ladies Series event at Brockenhurst Manor.

The England number one holed a 15-foot putt to beat event organizer, Liz Young.

Both players finished their rounds on level par, although Hull blew a two-shot lead when she double bogeyed the 17th.

But she held her nerve in the play-off to...

The Women's Super League is set to gain an additional Champions League place from 2021 onwards after UEFA announced a major overhaul of the competition.

For the first time, there will be a group stage introduced for the 2021-22 season once teams reach the last 16. Four groups of four will play each other home and away with the top two in each group going through to the quarter-finals...

Six-times champion, Serena Williams, wants to play at this year's US Open despite strict restrictions at Flushing Meadow due to the coronavirus crists.

A number of stars have expressed unease at travelling to New York for the tournament which is due to start on 31 August, including Simona Halep, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios.

Williams' agent, Patrick...

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) have today confirmed that all FIH Hockey Pro League matches scheduled up to and including June 2020 have been postponed.

The season window has been extended until June 2021 in order to allow all remaining matches to be rescheduled.

As a result, Great Britain Hockey have postponed our two scheduled weekends of home matches in 2020....

Girls in the UK are missing out on 280 million hours of sport every year compared to boys, a gap that could cost the nation £6.5 billion in lost economic and health benefits by 2035, according to new research commissioned by Sky.

The report, Game Changing: How sport gives every girl a better chance , reveals that girls who play after-school sport are 50% more likely to reach senior...