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Athletics: Christine Ohuruogu comes third in Diamond League opener

Christine Ohuruogu opened her 2013 Diamond League campaign with a third-place finish in the 400m in Doha.

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Football: Arsenal beat Birmingham 2-1 in Continental Cup

Arsenal Ladies manager Shelley Kerr was relieved to bounce back from their defeat at the hands of Liverpool last week with victory over Birmingham in the Continental Cup.

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Last chance to buy early bird tickets for The FA Women’s Cup Final

With just over two weeks to go, the countdown to The FA Women’s Cup Final has begun. The showpiece of the 2013 women’s football season, to be hosted at Doncaster Rovers on Sunday 26 May, will see Bristol Academy and Arsenal Ladies battle it out to win the historical piece of silverware. And today is [...]

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Rugby: Francesca Matthews replaces Alice Richardson in England Sevens squad

Richmond’s Francesca Matthews (pictured) has been called up to the England Sevens squad who’ll compete in the Women’s International Invitational tournament at the Marriott London Sevens this weekend.

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Bury set to get more women active and involved in sport

The town of Bury in Manchester has been unveiled as the location for an intensive year-long sporting experiment to get more women and girls active and involved in sport. The town beat off competition from towns across England to secure up to £1.8 million of National Lottery funding from Sport England to rigorously test what [...]

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Show your support: Watch live international Basketball

For the first time since the wonderful high of participating at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Great Britain’s top women basketball stars will be stepping out on home soil when they host an exciting tournament competing against Germany, Greece and Israel.

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Football: Bristol go joint top after win

Bristol Academy are definitely developing into a force to be reckoned with after the Vixens made it two wins out of two to move level on points with early leaders Liverpool in the FA Women’s Super League. With goals from Natasha Harding and Lucy Staniforth giving the home side a 2-0 win at the Stoke [...]

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Sailing: Paralympic bronze medallists look to kick start Rio campaign

Paralympic sailing bronze medallists Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell are looking forward to kick-starting their Rio 2016 campaign when they compete for honours at the SKUD European Championships in Arbon, Switzerland this weekend.

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Rugby: Women’s Invitational Sevens to be streamed live

The London Women’s Invitational Sevens takes place in Twickenham this weekend and will be streamed live on the RFU website for fans to enjoy and keep up to date with all the action. With the Rugby World Cup Sevens to be held in Moscow just around the corner, this tournament carries extra significance and hosts England, reigning [...]

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Paralympic Potential launched to discover new talent for Rio

Future Paralympic stars will have the chance to be fast-tracked on the road to Rio 2016 thanks to an exciting new initiative that has been launched called Paralympic Potential: Bring on Brazil. A partnership between UK Sport, The English Institute of Sport (EIS) and the British Paralympic Association (BPA) have launched the project seeking disabled [...]

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