Women’s Six Nations captains (clockwise from bottom left) Manae Feleu, Hannah Jones, Marlie Packer, Edel McMahon, Elisa Giordano and Rachel Malcolm – David Rogers/Getty Images In the history of the six-team Women’s Six Nations, only one side other than England or France has won the title, and that was in 2013, when Ireland broke the … Read more
England are the defending champions of the Women’s European Championship – Reuters/Lisi Niesner The qualifying period for the 2025 Women’s European Championship to determine which 15 teams will join automatically qualified host country Switzerland is just around the corner. England face a daunting task in securing an automatic qualifying spot for next year’s Women’s European … Read more
Julien Denormandie has written a book in which he warns of a brewers’ revolt – AURELIEN MEUNIER/GETTY The European Commission is letting farmers down by dragging its feet in imposing the same environmental standards on foreign imports as on the continent, the former French agriculture minister has warned. France receives approximately €10 billion in subsidies … Read more
England scored eight tries (Getty Images) The latest edition of one of rugby’s greatest rivalries once again illustrated that the gap between the best and the rest of the Women’s Six Nations remains enormous. It’s now three years since Wales equaled England in funding a professional programme, but a major divide remains between the two … Read more
Women’s Six Nations captains (clockwise from bottom left) Manae Feleu, Hannah Jones, Marlie Packer, Edel McMahon, Elisa Giordano and Rachel Malcolm – David Rogers/Getty Images In the history of the six-team Six Nations, a side other than England or France has only won the title once, and that was in 2013, when Ireland broke the … Read more
This week, snowfall was heaviest in the Southern Alps – Getty Easter has arrived and with it fresh snow in the Alps. Snow will be falling all week in European resorts and many other mountain ranges in the Northern Hemisphere, with North American resorts also doing particularly well this week. Resorts in the Pyrenees have … Read more
The big kick-off for Euro 2024 is not far away. The completion of the play-offs tonight will leave the final three teams qualifying for this summer’s tournament in Germany, which starts on June 14 with the home team’s opening match and culminates in the Berlin final exactly a month later. The field is also wide … Read more
Sarina Wiegman also said she was ‘surprised’ that Arsenal planned a 20,000-mile tour a week before an England international. Sarina Wiegman has condemned the relationship between player and coach as “highly inappropriate”, for the first time since the issue made widespread headlines earlier this month. Telegraph Sports has learned of at least 36 cases of … Read more