Blackmore Tipped For World Sport Star Accolade At BBC Awards

The 32-year-old Tipperary jockey was nominated alongside one other woman and four men for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.

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Vera Pauw: ‘It’s Time To Bring A Two-Tier Qualification System In Again’

Following Ireland’s 11-0 trouncing of Georgia in the their most recent World Cup Qualifier, Ireland manager Vera Pauw insists “the top-level countries are drifting away from the rest” in women’s football.

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Where is Peng Shuai?

Peng Shuai, the 35-year-old Chinese tennis player, has been missing from the public eye since coming out with a statement that she was sexually assaulted by a member of China’s ruling Communist Party.  With the knowledge that Chinese officials took down her post and blocked the word ‘tennis’ from online search bars, the world started to show great concern for …

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