Hayley Turner becomes first female jockey in Europe to ride 1,000 winners
Hayley Turner has become the first female jockey in Europe to ride 1,000 winners. The 40-year-old British rider reached the milestone on Tradesman, trained by David Simcock, at Chelmsford Turner had recorded her 999th winner on 4 November at Newmarket, with victory on Lunar Eclipse. She was the first British woman to clock up 100 […]
Sarina Wiegman says female manager in English men’s professional football ‘only a matter of time’
Sarina Wiegman was named Uefa women’s coach of the year in August Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman believes it is only “a matter of time” before a female manager takes full-time charge of a English professional men’s team. Hannah Dingley briefly took over at League Two club Forest Green Rovers in the summer, but on an […]
Maggie Alphonsi: ‘Female rugby players were treated as second-class citizens’
Maggie Alphonsi on her career: “You always felt like you were being treated as a second-class citizen, but you were also really grateful, which is a weird contradiction” Maggie Alphonsi is done with being grateful. That’s not to say the former Saracens and England flanker is unappreciative of what she’s achieved in rugby union. Her […]
Ryder Cup 2023: Luke Donald says Europe’s female players can only be ‘good inspiration’ for his team
Luke Donald was part of four successful European Ryder Cup teams as a player Europe’s women retaining the Solheim Cup is “good inspiration” for the men’s team with the Ryder Cup starting on Friday, says captain Luke Donald. Europe go into the 44th edition of the biennial match, in Rome, on the back of a […]