9 h. ago Brighton’s trailblazer Aisha Masaka: ‘It was my dream to play in Europe’

Tanzanian’s career has been defined by a series of firsts and the 21-year-old is keen to make a mark at her first WafconAisha Masaka became the first Tanzanian footballer to play in the Women’s Super League (WSL) when she signed for Brighton last summer, and she is a pioneer for her country in several ways. Masaka was the first to play in the Champions League, when she was with the Swedish Club BK Häcken, from 2022 to 2024, and recently launched the AKM Foundation, aimed at fighting poverty and promoting gender equality through sport.Masaka started playing street football as a teenager and dabbled in every other sport available to her including basketball and volleyball, much to her parents’ dismay. “We fought a lot because parents, especially in Africa, find it difficult to allow their girls to play football,” says the 21-year-old. “They wanted me to go to school and not be involved in any sport at all.”. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Arsenal enter new chapter with historic announcement on games at Emirates Stadium

The Women’s Champions League winners plan to play all 11 league games at the Emirates next season

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53 h. ago Heartache turns to hope as South Africa seek to shake ‘chokers’ tag in WTC final | Daniel Gallan

The Proteas choking when it matters most is a tale as old as the country itself as history again weighs heavy on their World Test Championship hopesA South African cricket fan’s standout World Cup catastrophe will depend on when they were born. Baby boomers cite the time, back in 1992, when Brian McMillan was left needing 22 runs off one ball after rain in Sydney washed away any hope of a chase. Millennials are forever haunted by Alan Donald’s dropped bat in that tied semi-final in 1999. Gen Zs must still be wondering how Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller failed to get over the line with 30 needed off as many balls in last year’s T20 final.The Proteas choking when it matters most is a tale as old as the country itself. Longer, in fact, if you consider that Nelson Mandela was elected president two years after this story began. And throughout it all, one antagonist has loomed largest. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago England v West Indies: rain stops play in third women’s cricket ODI – live

Rain stops play early on in TauntonSign up to The Spin | And mail TanyaA smidgen of movement and Grimmond can’t resist. International cricket pricking any bubbles – cruel mistress that it is.Out come the players – as the raindrops freckle the camera lens. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Bikes, the Bean and Black Panthers in Chicago: Wembley to Soweto initiative 2025

After the huge success of projects across Europe, southern Africa, South America, the Middle East and the UK, the Wembley to Soweto Foundation started its US rollout in 2022. Focusing on young people affected by gangs, the charity uses photography as a catalyst to improve participants’ self-esteem and confidence and teach life skills to help disadvantaged youth into employment and tertiary educationThe backdrop of sport has been a constant in the Wembley to Soweto Foundation’s projects, and the foundation has encouraged the young photographers to reflect how their communities are shaped by football, rugby, athletics, cricket, boxing and the like.Since the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa, the charity has worked alongside the Premier League, the FA, the Olympic Games, the Cricket World Cup, the RFU and now the MLS in North America. Ultimately the US cohorts will be given the opportunity to photograph at the US Soccer World Cup in 2026 and the 2028 LA Olympics.Quiet Reflection – Th...

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6 d. ago Christine McGuinness reveals surprise opinion on Paddy McGuinness divorce

The 37-year-old model married former 'Take Me Out' host Paddy, 51, in 2011 but they split in 2022

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6 d. ago Christine McGuinness says 'works for us' as she divulges living arrangements with ex

The 37-year-old model married former Take Me Out host Paddy, 51, in 2011 but they split in 2022

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8 d. ago Pakistan set to play Women’s Cricket World Cup games in Sri Lanka as hybrid hosting model revealed

India had been due to host the entirety of the eight-team tournament in September and October

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8 d. ago On the day transgender women football players face a ban in England, they play on

For soccer-loving transgender women in England, it’s been a tough day, as the ban on them playing in women’s teams came into force

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8 d. ago Former glamour model who dated host of stars before settling down with Rose West's son reveals what it's like to be the serial killer's 'daughter in law'

Emma Bradley ignored concerns from her family to settle down with Stephen West, 51, and the pair have recently welcomed a baby girl named Eden.

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9 d. ago On the day transgender women soccer players face a ban in England, they play on

For soccer-loving transgender women in England, it’s been a tough day, as the ban on them playing in women’s teams came into force, To show its solidarity with the community and against the decision by the governing body of English soccer, Goal Diggers Football Club, a London-based trans-inclusive women’s football team, held a tournament Sunday

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1 week ago England vs Portugal LIVE: Rampant Lionesses score sixth in Women’s Nations League clash

The Lionesses play Portugal and then Spain in the finale to their Women’s Nations League campaign

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1 week ago England vs Portugal LIVE: Lionesses hit five after flying start to Women’s Nations League clash

The Lionesses play Portugal and then Spain in the finale to their Women’s Nations League campaign

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1 week ago England vs Portugal LIVE: Lionesses begin life without Mary Earps in Women’s Nations League clash

The Lionesses play Portugal and then Spain in the finale to their Women’s Nations League campaign

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1 week ago Heather Knight ruled out of summer in huge blow for England ahead of World Cup

The former captain has suffered a severe hamstring tendon injury

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2 w. ago Danielle Lloyd displays her weight loss after losing two stone from stress following shock cancer diagnosis that left her fearing she was 'going to die'

The model and TV host, 41, was diagnosed with the deadliest form of skin cancer, Melanoma, in February and was so terrified she struggled to eat and sleep.

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2 w. ago Naomi Watts proudly supports model daughter Kai, 16, as the pair host LGBTQ fundraiser in NYC

The actress, 56, was towered over by her by her youngest child, 16, who she shares with ex Liev Schreiber, 57, and they matched in gold metallic ensembles.

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3 w. ago Who is Eurovision 2025 host Michelle Hunziker? All you need to know about glamorous model, 47, who was 'brainwashed by cult' and has famous ex as she prepares to present final in Basel

The 48-year-old model will be joined by Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, for the grand final, which will be on our screens from 8:00pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

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3 w. ago Sports quiz of the week: Giro d’Italia, Virat Kohli and two FA Cup finals

Have you been following the big and small stories in football, cricket, cycling, golf, F1 and beach soccer? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The play that changed my life: Timberlake Wertenbaker on the joy of seeing four normal women on stage

Pam Gems’ revolutionary 1976 play Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi put ordinary, flawed, interesting women at its centre – a reversal of all the plays by men where women are ‘the problem’I saw the play on my own, at the Mayfair theatre in London in 1977. There were four women on stage, in very ordinary clothes, in an ordinary flat. That was really unusual. And they weren’t elegant. I don’t remember thinking, oh, these are nice, stylish women in terrific clothes, which I was used to seeing.At that time there were no other plays like that. I was in my 20s and hadn’t seen anything where the women were at the centre, but not idealised or sidelined. They were the play. And I found that just revolutionary. Continue reading...

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