women's sport news

Former UK Sport chair, Baroness Sue Campbell, has received a damehood in this year's New Year's honours list. The long-time sports administrator – who was ... More

Sport Ireland is to invest more than €3m (£2.7m) as part of plans to create more sporting opportunities for women and girls in the country. ... More

Sport Ireland has launched a new strategy for women's sport. The Women in Sport Policy seeks to underline and recognise the opportunity to make a ... More

A number of leisure industry people have been recognised in this year's New Year Honours list. Sport Former England rugby captain and current chair of ... More

Research by UK-based charity Women in Sport suggests that there remains a lack of visibility of women’s sports coverage even among developed nations. The research, ... More

A host of business leaders from the world of sport have been recognised alongside winners from the field in the New Year Honours list 2018. ... More

Seven new trustees have been appointed to the board of the Women’s Sport Trust (WST) as it increases efforts to secure more coverage and funding ... More

In an attempt to appeal to a wider proportion of the public, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) will now allow swimmers to compete with full-body ... More

Brands partnering with sports events or organisations are not engaging sufficiently with the female population, according to the Sport and Recreation Alliance. A poll conducted ... More

Women’s Sport Week kicks off today (3 October), with a number of organisations and governing bodies getting involved to stimulate participation. NGBs such as British ... More

Equality body Women in Sport will launch a fundraising campaign to encourage more females into physical activity during the second Women’s Sport Week. Starting on ... More

There has been a small increase in the percentage of women occupying roles on England's sports governing bodies (NGB), according to the latest Trophy Women? ... More

Sports minister Helen Grant has called for women to be offered a wider choice of sports in order to increase the number of females playing ... More

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee is today (12 November) hosting the first oral evidence session at the House of Commons as part of its ... More

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee will undertake an inquiry into women and sport in the UK. During the process the committee will investigate ... More

A new grant giving body dedicated to raising the profile and changing the perception of women's sport in the UK has been launched today (2 ... More

The town of Bury has received £1.8m funding to run an intensive one-year pilot to get more girls and women active and to tackle the ... More

Sport England CEO Jennie Price has outlined details of a new lottery-funded initiative, aimed at increasing the number of women playing sport. Speaking at the ... More

Britain needs more female personal trainers, figures from the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) reveal, with women only making up 35 per cent of the ... More

Image: The scheme will promote women's sport The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has offered its backing to the 'Women TRY Sport' (WTS) campaign, which is ... More

Image: Girls are being 'put off' sport at school A new report published by the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) has revealed that school ... More

Taekwondo world champion Sarah Stevenson has been crowned Sportswoman of the Year 2011 at an award ceremony hosted by the BBC's Gill Douglas in Central ... More

The BBC has been urged to review how the shortlist for its annual Sports Personality of the Year award is compiled, after this year's top ... More

A new report published by The Commission on the Future of Women's Sport has revealed that women's sport is "spectacularly missing out" on large sponsorship ... More