Jan 31, 2023 Women in sport celebrated in Women's Hour Powerlist 2023 By Claire Sng How fitting that the Woman's Hour Power list for this year is celebrating outstanding women in sport.As they say in introducing the...
Jan 23, 2023 What is motorsports doing to end the 30-year wait for the next female competitor in Formula 1? By Zoë Stainton Records were smashed last summer when 17.5 million fans in the UK watched England’s women’s football team win the European Championship,...
Jan 13, 2023 Sponsorship, attendance and broadcast revenue all rising rapidly in women's sport... By Ally Clark Cameron Wagner of Elevate Sports Ventures, in this excellent Forbes article on the World's Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2022, says:
Dec 09, 2022 DLA Piper’s women in sport makes herstory! By Hannilee Fish DLA Piper’s women in sport initiative made herstory by hosting Millie Bright, England and Chelsea defender, for their first in person...
Nov 15, 2022 Women in sport vlog series: Developments in women's pro cycling By Mary Foord-Weston In this vlog, I talk about the inaugural “Tour de France Femmes”, which took place this year, and the history of the women’s Tour. It’s...
Nov 15, 2022 Media, Sport and Entertainment Summit - On demand By Sarah Jayne Scott We held our Media, Sport and Entertainment Summit virtually across a number of dates in September and October. Topics in the programme...
Oct 27, 2022 Women in Sport: In conversation with Lioness, Millie Bright By Sarah Jayne Scott Fresh from her EURO 2022 win, professional footballer and England Lioness Millie Bright will join us on Thursday 1 December at 6pm for an...
Sep 28, 2022 Professionalism and the growth of women's rugby union in Europe By Elinor Cavil After a 12-month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the women’s Rugby Union World Cup 2021 is due to kick off in New Zealand next week...
Sep 13, 2022 Women in sport vlog series: Professionalism in women's rugby By Elinor Cavil Women have played rugby for 130 years but women’s rugby has only very recently entered the realm of professional sport. England and...
Aug 31, 2022 Women in sport vlog series: Diversity of thought By Sarah Jayne Scott In this episode, Emily Judge is joined by Hannah Behan from Hawk-Eye Innovations. Hannah works as Head of Talent Development for Sony...
Aug 17, 2022 Women in sport vlog series: women volunteering in sport By Sarah Jayne Scott In this episode, Gurj Tiwana talks about her recent experience of volunteering in sport, including the many benefits such as the...
Jul 11, 2022 Female sporting stars and the metaverse - unlikely team mates? By Alivia Seaman With a rise in the popularity of women's sport taking place at the same time as a generational shift in technological innovation and...
Jul 08, 2022 Women in sport vlog series: The rise in popularity of women's football By Alivia Seaman With the Women's Euros kicking off this week, the spotlight is once again on women's football, which is seen as one of the fastest...
Jun 09, 2022 Women in sport vlog series: Female athlete endorsements, crypto assets and the metaverse - where are we now? By Claire Sng Female athlete endorsements and tie ups continue to evolve and grow in value, but we are also starting to see a change in what is being...
Feb 01, 2022 Our values in action - supporting women's football in Australia By Joanne Steer DLA Piper’s Perth office recently entered into a sponsorship agreement with the Perth Glory women’s football (soccer) team, which...
Jan 05, 2022 Women in sport - 2021 breakthroughs and onwards to 2022 By Claire Sng Christina Sharma On this slightly grey day it's great to reflect on 2021, and the great successes for women in sport. In Deloitte’s TMT predictions for...