Banda named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2024

Watch the moment BBC Sport surprises Zambia and Orlando Pride striker Barbra Banda with the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award.

Banda voted BBC Women's Footballer of the Year

Zambia and Orlando Pride forward Barbra Banda is voted BBC Women's Footballer of the Year.

'Demure' named as 2024 word of the year by Dictionary.com

The word was popularized by TikToker Jools Lebron.

England’s Ellie Kildunne named World Rugby women’s player of the year

Full-back was top try-scorer in last season’s Six Nations South Africa’s Pieter-Steph Du Toit wins men’s award England and Harlequins full-back Ellie Kildunne has been named World Rugby ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

NWSL Playoffs: Temwa Chawinga and Barbra Banda help league go global, stay competitive in women's soccer

Chawinga and Banda scored 20 and 13 goals, respectively, in the 2024 NWSL regular season

Sports - CBS Sports - November 7

Glasto and a spot on Obama's playlist – Stargazing singer on his crazy year

After a year of success, Myles Smith has been named BBC Introducing's Artist of the Year.

ECU football coaching search 2024: Candidates, hot board, names to watch from Pirates experts

The 247Sports team just revealed their top candidates to replace Mike Houston at East Carolina

Sports - CBS Sports - November 2

FAU football coaching search 2024: Candidates, hot board, names to watch by top Owls experts

The 247Sports team just revealed their top candidates to replace Tom Herman at Florida Atlantic University footballm

Sports - CBS Sports - 23 hours ago

North Carolina football coaching search 2024: Candidates, hot board, names to watch by top UNC experts

The InsideCarolina team just revealed their top candidates to replace Mack Brown for the North Carolina Tar Heels

Sports - CBS Sports - 27 minutes ago

Nelly Korda named 2024 LPGA player of the year after winning second major among six total events

Korda captured her first Rolex Player of the Year honor in her ninth year as a professional

Sports - CBS Sports - November 4

Carson Hocevar named 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year: Michigan native secures title in season finale

The 21-year-old becomes the third driver from Michigan to win the Cup Rookie title

Sports - CBS Sports - November 11

MLB Rookies of the Year 2024: Pirates' Paul Skenes wins NL award, Yankees' Luis Gil for AL

Skenes and Gil are the first pair of starting pitchers to win the award in the same year since 1981

Sports - CBS Sports - November 19

How Gary Lineker went from football sensation to BBC star

The BBC will lose one of its highest-profile presenters when he stops hosting Match of the Day.

BBC chair suggests ending 'odd' 10-year charter renewal

Samir Shah says there's a "sense of almost perpetual government review over the BBC".

Sale, Crochet named comeback players of year

Left-handers Chris Sale of the Braves and Garrett Crochet of the White Sox were selected Major League Baseball's comeback players of the year on Thursday.

Sports - ESPN - November 15

Pirates' Skenes, Yanks' Gil named Rookies of Year

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes was named the National League's Rookie of the Year on Monday, beating out a loaded field that included Jackson Merrill and Jackson Chourio, and New York Yankees ...

Sports - ESPN - November 19

Vogt, Murphy win top managers in first year on job

The Brewers' Pat Murphy and Guardians' Stephen Vogt were named Managers of the Year on Tuesday after leading their teams to the playoffs in their first full seasons managing.

Sports - ESPN - November 20

The speech that changed the course of women's football

The story of how a science teacher from Oslo made a speech that would change the future of women’s football.

Mohamed Al Fayed's brother Salah also abused Harrods staff, women tell BBC

Three former employees give accounts of abuse, including sexual assault and trafficking.

Why these women are supporting Trump in 2024

Thousands of women supported Vice President Kamala Harris' candidacy in a Washington, D.C., march on Saturday, but former President Donald Trump has female supporters too. Some of them joined ...

WSL agrees record £65m domestic five-year TV deal with Sky Sports and BBC

Almost all top-flight games to be broadcast from 2025 Sky Sports contributing vast majority of investment Sky Sports and the BBC have agreed a new five-year, shared domestic broadcast rights ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Ancient oak named after a band is UK Tree of the Year

The Skipinnish Oak in Lochaber is at least 400 years old.

Sydney’s ‘little school project’ named World Building of the Year

Darlington public school in Chippendale wins major building design prize at 2024 World Architectural festival in Singapore. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...

World - The Guardian - November 10

Chris Stapleton wins 4 CMAs; Morgan Wallen named entertainer of the year

Chris Stapleton took home four Country Music Association Awards and hardly left the stage on Wednesday night, while an absent Morgan Wallen won the night's biggest prize, entertainer of the year.

Stapleton wins 4 awards, Morgan Wallen named Entertainer of the Year at CMAs

Chris Stapleton took home four awards at the Country Music Association Awards, including song of the year and male vocalist of the year, but Morgan Wallen grabbed the night's biggest prize, ...

NCAA women’s college basketball champions: All-time NCAA women’s basketball year-by-year winners list

Check out the full list of NCAA women’s basketball champions going back to 1982.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 4

10 names to watch ahead of the 2024 NFL Trade Deadline

Diontae Johnson, Tee Higgins, and Maxx Crosby are some of the biggest names that could be on the move ahead of the NFL's trade deadline.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 29

John Krasinski named People magazine's 2024 Sexiest Man Alive

Let the office debates begin — John Krasinski is People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024

Entertainment - ABC News - November 13

John Krasinski named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024

John Krasinski is People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024. The magazine announced the actor-writer-director as its pick during "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

John Krasinski named People's 2024 Sexiest Man Alive

“The Office” star John Krasinski has been named People Magazine’s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive in two brand new magazine covers. The actor stopped by “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” to reveal his ...

Behind efforts to appeal to 2024 women voters

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is positioning surrogates like former first lady Michelle Obama to appeal to women voters before Election Day with reminders about vote secrecy and difficult ...

Analyzing women's votes in the 2024 election and beyond

Fewer women voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election than they did for President Biden in 2020. So what happened with the female vote? Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of ...

Banda's brace sends Pride into NWSL semifinals

The Orlando Pride, inspired by Barbra Banda's two goals, cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL playoffs.

Sports - ESPN - November 9

Banda: Playing with Marta a 'dream come true'

Orlando Pride striker Barbra Banda has said playing alongside her childhood idol Marta is a "dream come true" and pushes her to be the best version of herself.

Sports - ESPN - November 13

Banda the difference as Orlando Pride crowned NWSL champs

Barbra Banda was in supreme form as the Orlando Pride won the 2024 NWSL Championship on Saturday, defeating the Washington Spirit 1-0.

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‘Undisputed icon’: Therese Sjögran joins City as women’s director of football

Sjögran leaves same post at Rosengård to take job She won 214 Sweden caps as a midfielder Manchester City have appointed the former Sweden midfielder Therese Sjögran as their women’s director of ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

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