5 h. ago SFA to ban transgender women from playing in women’s football

Scottish Football Association updates guidelines on issueChange comes a week after UK supreme court rulingThe Scottish Football Association is to ban transgender women from participating in women’s football after updating its guidelines.From next season only biological women will be able to take part in women’s competitive football, a term that applies to matches from under-13s up. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago SFA set to ban transgender women competing in women's football

The move comes after the UK Supreme Court announced that the Equality Act's definition of a woman is based on biological sex.

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30 h. ago The women of 'Andor' see their roles get bigger, and go deeper, in Season 2

Season 2 of the “Star Wars” series “Andor” gives major depth and breadth to the women who play key supporting roles

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3 d. ago England v France: Women’s Six Nations grand slam decider – live

Live news from the 4.45pm BST kick-off at TwickenhamSarah Rendell’s preview | And you can drop Luke an emailThere are two games to think about at Twickenham on Saturday, the one the Red Roses will play in, and the one they want to play in. The first is their grand slam decider against France, which kicks off at 4.45pm. The second – at the same venue, five months and one day later – is the World Cup final which, if everything goes as the team hopes at the Stadium of Light, Franklin’s Gardens, Ashton Gate and the other grounds they will visit between now and then, will be the next game they play at the home of English rugby.Mitchell makes nine changes. The women’s world player of the year, Ellie Kildunne, is ruled out by injury so Gloucester-Hartpury’s Emma Sing will start at full-back. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Revealed: Ian Wright's incredible £1,700 gesture to help a women's player, after Eni Aluko accused him of blocking opportunities for female pundits

Eni Aluko had taken a swipe at the Arsenal legend for taking up space in the women's game and 'dominating' roles, thereby blocking chances for female pundits.

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8 d. ago Kathryn Bryce admits switching allegiance to England is ‘always an option’

Scotland missed out on a top-two finish in Women’s World Cup qualifying but Bryce was player of the tournament.

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2 w. ago Afghanistan’s women cricketers get ICC funding and elite coaching

ICC says Australia, India and England will work to support displaced Afghan women players

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2 w. ago Horrifying rape video game which encourages players to sexually assault women banned from Steam

A horrifying video game which simulates illegal sexual acts has been banned from Steam after a series of complaints, raising concerns over children's online safety and violence against women

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2 w. ago Name by Constance Debré review – a demolition of bourgeois life

The French author takes aim at marriage, childhood and her illustrious family name in the finale of a landmark autofictional trilogy“What is your name? My name is Nobody, a name is nothing, like family, like childhood, I don’t believe in it, I don’t want it.” Constance Debré has a grand name – her grandfather was the prime minister who drafted the French constitution – and she’s long been trying to disgrace it. She is driven by a mixture of petulant rebellion, existential longing for erasure and revolutionary anarchism. A decade ago she left behind her husband, job as a criminal defence lawyer, furniture and crockery to embark on a new life of casual sex with women and iconoclastic, fervent writing.Following Love Me Tender and Playboy, Name is the final instalment in the autofictional trilogy where, with fury, disdain and panache, Debré has recorded her revulsion at bourgeois life and at the legal system that allowed her ex-husband to remove their son because of her h...

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2 w. ago Horrifying rape and incest video game tells players to be 'women's worst nightmare' and 'never take no for an answer'

A horrific rape and incest video game has sparked fury for encouraging players to be 'women's worst nightmare'.

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2 w. ago Horrifying rape and incest video game tells players to be 'women's worst nightmare' and 'never take no for an answer'

A horrific rape and incest video game has sparked fury for encouraging players to be 'women's worst nightmare'.

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2 w. ago Australia star Ellyse Perry ‘excited’ to join Hampshire for Women’s T20 Blast

Perry will play at least six games in new tournamentSigning is coup for English domestic women’s cricketHampshire have signed the Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry, in a major coup for the restructure of the English women’s domestic game.Perry, the all-time leading run-scorer and wicket-taker in the Women’s Ashes, has been at the forefront of eight Australia World Cup wins – two in ODIs and six in Twenty20 – and was named the International Cricket Council’s women’s player of the decade in 2020. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Augusta National chair defends allowing Cabrera to return to Masters

Argentinian was jailed for crimes against ex-girlfriendsWomen’s rights groups decry decision to let him playFred Ridley, the chair of Augusta National, has defended the decision to allow Ángel Cabrera to return to the Masters despite the 2009 champion serving a prison sentence for crimes against women. Cabrera’s reappearance has drawn criticism from women’s rights campaigners.Cabrera is technically entitled to play in the Masters for as long as he wants, as a past winner. Whether Augusta should have honoured that entry condition has been widely questioned after the Argentinian spent 30 months in jail. Cabrera was found guilty of assault, theft and intimidation against former girlfriends in 2021 and 2022. “It seems as long as male athletes can excel at hitting a ball, we excuse those same men hitting women,” said Jamie Klingler, co-founder of the Reclaim These Streets campaign group. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Climate hazards including up to 120 mile per hour winds threatening Scottish women’s football

Climate change could pose a serious risk to more than a third of pitches where Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL) teams play over the next 25 years, according to new climate modelling released by Green Football’s Great Save and Zurich Resilience Solutions.

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3 w. ago Soccer star Ashlyn Harris candidly opens up about struggle with Adderall addiction

The former U.S. women’s national player admitted she was using the stimulant ‘all the time’ in college

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3 w. ago Transgender pool player fights ban from women’s events in court

Harriet Haynes defends her progress in the sport after facing protests at pool final on Sunday

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3 w. ago Piers Morgan leads outrage after two transgender players contest final of women's pool competition

The comments came after Harriet Haynes defeated Lucy Smith 8-6 in the final of a Women's Pro Series event, one of eight events on the Ultimate Pool Group's 2025 women's circuit.

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3 w. ago Wales Women beaten by Denmark as player left distraught by serious injury

There was concern for Wales after Holland went into a full-blooded 50-50 tackle in the final 10 minutes and came off worse

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4 w. ago Chelsea report £128.4m profit after selling women’s side to themselves

Club turn last year’s pre-tax loss into pre-tax profitMove scrutinised over rules around fair market valueChelsea appear to have complied with the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) through player sales by selling the women’s team to the club’s parent company. Chelsea announced they had turned last year’s pre-tax loss of £90.1m into a pre-tax profit of £128.4m for the financial year ending 30 June 2024.The results were filed at Companies House by Chelsea FC Holdings Limited and represent a significant shift after heavy losses under the ownership of Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly in previous years. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago The original hot priest! Farewell Richard Chamberlain, TV eye

From vestment-ripper The Thorn Birds to the steamy Dr Kildare, the actor – who has died at 90 – was known for playing devastatingly attractive and unattainable menRichard Chamberlain, who has died at 90, achieved exceptional television celebrity by playing devastatingly attractive men whose professions made them unavailable to women.In The Thorn Birds – a 1983 miniseries that achieved huge ratings for ABC in the US and BBC One in the UK – he was Ralph De Bricassart, a Catholic priest whose vow of celibacy is tested beyond breaking point over four decades by Meggie, a young woman whom he meets on an Australian sheep farm. Continue reading...

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