26 h. ago UK offers bumper pay package for new national armaments guru

Salary will be up to £400,000 per year, plus an annual bonus of up to 60%

Politics

26 h. ago UK offers bumper pay package for new national armaments director

Salary will be up to £400,000 per year, plus an annual bonus of up to 60%

Politics

37 h. ago Women’s football faces stark pay divide with average salary less than $11,000, Fifa reports

Female player annual salary across globe averages $10,900 USDOne in five head coaches at professional clubs are womenThe average annual salary for a female professional football player globally is $10,900 USD (£8,400 GBP, $17,000 AUD), says Fifa’s annual report on the women’s game, a figure skewed by a small number of top clubs.Among the teams Fifa designated as Tier 1, which includes 41 clubs from 16 countries, the average salary was around $24,030, although 16 of those top clubs paid an average gross salary of over $50,000, according to the Setting the Pace, Fifa Benchmarking Report on Women’s Football released on Monday. Continue reading...

Economics

37 h. ago Women’s players face stark pay divide with average salary less than $11,000, Fifa reports

Female player annual salary across globe averages $10,900 USDOne in five head coaches at professional clubs are womenThe average annual salary for a female professional football player globally is $10,900 USD (£8,400 GBP, $17,000 AUD), says Fifa’s annual report on the women’s game, a figure skewed by a small number of top clubs.Among the teams Fifa designated as Tier 1, which includes 41 clubs from 16 countries, the average salary was around $24,030, although 16 of those top clubs paid an average gross salary of over $50,000, according to the Setting the Pace, Fifa Benchmarking Report on Women’s Football released on Monday. Continue reading...

Economics

46 h. ago Four uncapped players included in Red Roses squad for Women’s Six Nations

Lock Zoe Aldcroft leads an experienced squad named by John Mitchell as England defend their title

Sport

52 h. ago HBCU players struggle to make the professional leagues. Will an All

The last time a player from a historically black college made the NBA was in 2010. Work is underway to open up the pathway to the prosIn the coming weeks, tens of thousands of people will attend the Final Four of the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. They’ll pack into raucous arenas and argue with strangers about the merits of college basketball stars – and then celebrate victory or mourn defeat with those same strangers hours later. At the center of the commotion and excitement will be eight teams, young men and women who are among the best in their sport.But there will be another group of athletes in San Antonio at the same time as the men’s Final Four is played there, and it will include the best basketball players from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The 48 players – 24 men and 24 women – are not going to be in Texas for the Final Four, but instead will compete in the 2025 HBCU All-Star Game & Experience, a six-day event that culminates in back-to-bac...

Sport

6 d. ago Vivianne Miedema: ‘Women’s football is proud to be inclusive but it is starting to slip. We need to act’

Forward sounds urgent warning, discusses Manchester City upheaval and says she is starting to click with Khadija ShawVivianne Miedema made her senior debut as a 15-year-old in the Netherlands, and 13 and a half years and more than 300 goals later there are few players better qualified to comment on the evolution of the women’s game than the Manchester City forward. She is deeply concerned by the growing number of incidents of so-called fans abusing players.“We’re always saying we’re proud in the women’s game that we’re very inclusive but somehow that is starting to slip away a bit,” Miedema says. “If we don’t act really strongly right now then it might be too late. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Marcus Rashford exit 'could cost Man Utd £20m' if he leaves permanently this summer

Marcus Rashford looks almost certain to leave Manchester United this summer after joining Aston Villa on loan, but the Red Devils face having to shell out a huge sum to offload him due to his £325,000-a-week salary

Economics

1 week ago Trump issues stark new warning to NATO allies: 'If they don't pay, I'm not going to defend them'

President Donald Trump warned NATO allies on Thursday that if they don't pay up, the U.S. won't come to their defense if they're attacked.

Events

1 week ago ‘Transformational’ maternity leave scheme unveiled for top tennis players

Saudi Public Investment Fund pays for programme320 players can take up to 12 months off and access IVFThe Women’s Tennis Association has become the first international sports body to introduce up to 12 months of paid maternity leave for players, in what it has hailed as a defining moment for women’s sport.Under the new policy, funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, players will also get access to grants for fertility treatments, including egg freezing and IVF. Continue reading...

Sport

1 week ago PCA says gender wage disparity in Hundred ‘cannot be allowed to continue’

The top salary band in the men’s squads is now £200,000 compared to £65,000 in the women’s game.

Politics

2 w. ago Huw Edwards has still not paid back any salary he pocketed from the BBC despite calls to return it after his conviction over child abuse images

Disgraced broadcaster Huw Edwards has been 'unwilling' to pay back the £200,000 salary he pocketed between his arrest and resignation, BBC Chairman Samir Shah admitted today.

Events

2 w. ago ‘That’s not me’: Blatter and Platini restate innocence in Swiss fraud case

Pair cleared in 2022 but federal prosecutor appealedFormer Fifa president tells reporters: ‘I am very positive’Sepp Blatter, the former president of Fifa, and Michel Platini, the France great and former president of Uefa, have restated their innocence in relation to allegations of fraud when appearing on Monday in a Swiss court.The pair were cleared of fraud in July 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a seven-year investigation into a payment of 2.2m Swiss francs (£1.7m) from Fifa to Platini with Blatter’s approval in 2011, for consultancy work a decade earlier. The Swiss federal prosecutor has appealed against that decision, leading to a new hearing at the extraordinary appeals chamber of the Swiss criminal court in Muttenz, near Basel. The prosecutor asked for the judgment to be set aside in full. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Fallon Sherrock comment sums up what she thinks of Beau Greaves after Luke Humphries gesture

Fallon Sherrock has been a trailblazer for women's darts players, but the Queen of the Palace has a new competitor in 21-year-old youngster Beau Greaves

Politics

2 w. ago Council chief executives in line for £19,000 salary rise despite huge tax rises

EXCLUSIVE: A leaked document seen by the Record shows council chiefs are considering handing their best paid staff a 12% rise.

Economics

2 w. ago After slashing federal workers’ jobs, Elon Musk suggests pay hike for politicians

Members of Congress earn $174,000 per year, the same salary since 2009

Politics

3 w. ago Elizabeth line strikes cancelled as deal reached raising drivers' salary to £75,000

Aslef had already postponed first two walkouts that were planned for Thursday and Saturday

Economics

3 w. ago Water boss admits ‘devastating’ impact of parasite outbreak while pay rises

Pennon’s chief executive Susan Davy said her base salary was rising from £494,000 to £511,000 this year.

Economics

3 w. ago Strip searches and just two visits per month: What jailed MP Mike Amesbury can expect in new Category B prison home

The home secretary has called for him to resign or face a recall petition amid outrage over receiving £91,000 MP’s salary in jail

Events

3 w. ago Average advertised annual salary surges to almost £41,000 – report

Job vacancies have fallen in recent months, totalling just under 830,000 in January, the lowest figure for the month since 2021, Adzuna found.

Economics