All news on the topic: Women in sport

Sam Quek helped create history at the Olympic Games in Rio back in 2016 as Team GB won their first ever women’s hockey gold, and women’s sport has enjoyed exponential growth since then

They were also named as the top three sports females would like to take up - as nearly half of women have been inspired by a bumper summer of women's sporting events

Female football star Fara Williams MBE backs the Weetabix campaign 'Balls Allowed' - which aims to raise public kickabout awareness

The United States Women's National Team have failed to meet expectations so far at the World Cup and tough questions are being asked of Vlatko Andonovski and his players

A new world record has been set for the biggest synchronised goal celebration - with the help of over 500 footie fans

As another exciting summer of sports approaches, many women will be heading to the pubs to support their teams - though many are still hesitant.

Paula Radcliffe, Laura Kenny, Rebecca Adlington, and even Princess Anne also ranked among the top 20 female sporting role models, according to a study

England face France in a Women's Six Nations decider at Twickenham on Saturday and are set to smash the world record for highest attendance to watch a women's international match

The first ever Women's Finalissima took place at a sold-out Wembley Stadium in the first of two England international friendlies before the Women's World Cup in the summer

Hannah Botterman missed England's win over Scotland through injury but hilariously managed to steal the limelight from captain Sarah Hunter in her post-match interview

Wales Women second row will be a key figure when her side kicks off their Six Nations campaign this Saturday, just 13 months after she feared her career was over

English rugby will bid farewell to an icon at this year's Women's Six Nations, where the country's most capped player, Sarah Hunter, has confirmed she'll play her final game

Great Britain goalkeeping legend Maddie Hinch has announced her retirement from professional hockey after an accomplished 15-year career at the top level of the sport

EXCLUSIVE: Heading into her third Extreme E season, beginning this weekend at the Desert X-Prix in Neom, Saudi Arabia, Catie Munnings tells Mirror Sport about her life in motorsport

The best women cyclists from across the world will head for Birmingham in June - but the event 'urgently requires additional income' after dropping to five stages

England men's boss Gareth Southgate says "its common sense" to have equal access to sport after successful lobbying from last summer's triumphant Lionesses squad

Brit Kat Matthews was 10 days out from competing at the Ironman World Championships last year when she collided with a car while riding her bike on a training ride

Paralympic gold medallist Claire Cashmore - who transitioned to Paratriathlon from swimming after the Rio Games - has become the person she is thanks to sport as she shares her experience on International Women's Day

The Academy aims to give women a first step on the motorsport ladder out of karting, providing a platform to race in a single-seater car with F1 paying for the costs involved

Women's rugby union could be set to take a huge leap with the British and Irish Lions said to be looking at the possibility of forming a women's team and tour

Ireland scrum-half Kathryn Dane is taking time out to recover from the brain haemorrhage she suffered at training just before Christmas, and she has received huge support from the rugby community

Team GB Olympics rugby sevens player Abi Burton has opened up in detail about her heartbreaking ordeal as her rare disease was confused with a psychotic breakdown.

One of England's star all-rounders has secured a mega deal to compete in the inaugural T20 tournament in India next month along with some of her countrywomen

German fighter Sophie Alisch has been touted as a star of the future by many, including the great Katie Taylor, and at 21 there's so much potential to be realised

Jessica Pegula's mother Kim suffered a cardiac arrest in June of last year, and now the 28-year-old American tennis star has bravely opened up on the terrifying ordeal