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.

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.

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.

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

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".

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.

Harris Supporters Want to Ensure That, This Time, White Women Vote for a Woman

Donald Trump has won white women, the country’s largest voting bloc, for two elections running. White female Democrats are trying to stop that from happening again, but it may be an uphill fight.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 31

How Will White Women Vote? It’s a Question With a Fraught History.

White and Black women have joined together to power progressive causes — from abolition to civil rights — but it’s a tenuous alliance.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 2

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 ...

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.

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

This election year, Americans are dedicating their vote to their children, grandchildren

As Americans across the country voted early in record numbers ahead of Tuesday's election, it has become clear that they are motivated, arguably like never before.

'I'm not a one-issue voter, but this is huge': Women on how abortion shaped their vote

It is the first presidential election since the top court overturned Roe v Wade, which protected the nationwide right to an abortion.

The women ‘cancelling out’ their Trump-loving partners’ votes: ‘No one will ever know’

Trend underlines vast gender divide as election approaches, as experts say some women face pressure to ‘toe the line’ politically at home. US couples: did you vote for a different candidate than ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

'A lot of women are rising up': Harris hopes hinge on female vote

Polls show young women overwhelmingly support Harris - some of them tell the BBC why.

Women Are Dying in Post-Roe America, and Your Vote Matters

Access to basic women’s health care is under threat on Election Day.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 3

Stefanik on gender voting gap: 'Trump's campaign has strong, intelligent women'

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) touted former President Trump's support among women despite the apparent gender gap in polls against his Democratic rival, Vice President ...

Politics - The Hill - November 3

WATCH: Billie Eilish urges fans to 'vote for women’s rights' at Georgia concert

Billie Eilish encouraged fans to "vote for women’s rights” during her concert in Atlanta on Saturday. The singer previously endorsed Kamala Harris on Instagram in September.

Exit polls 2024: How the gender gap is playing out in key swing states

The gender gap is considered a key factor in the presidential race. Preliminary exit polls results provide some insight into vote preferences among men and women.

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

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.

Sports - ESPN - 2 days ago

Senate Republicans to vote for new leader for first time in 20 years

After seizing majority in the election, Senate Republicans have to elect a new leader for the first time in nearly two decades. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.

Gabon votes on a new constitution after the military seized power last year

Gabon is holding a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than a year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central ...

World - ABC News - November 16

Gabon votes yes on new constitution a year after the military seized power

Authorities in Gabon say voters have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the ...

World - ABC News - November 17

Namibians vote as ruling party seeks to extend 34-year rule

World - Yahoo News - 36 minutes ago

‘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

Saudi oil and betting firms? Women’s football must not lose its moral compass | Suzanne Wrack

Investment is needed to maintain growth but recent deals go against the values women’s game has worked hard on. Women’s football, the business, is on the rise. There will be ups and downs, ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

Tifo and ultras in women's football - the Swedish fans heading to Manchester

Swedish club Hammarby are showing that there is a different way to support the women's game.

Are Arsenal back and are Everton doomed? – Women’s Football Weekly podcast

Faye Carruthers , Tom Garry , Marva Kreel and Chris Slegg to discuss the WSL games and look forward to the Women’s Nations League. On today’s pod, the panel asks if Arsenal are back as Renée ...

World - The Guardian - November 12

NHL 25 Adds Professional Women's Hockey League This Year

EA Sports has announced a multi-year deal with the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) to bring the upstart league's players and teams to NHL 25.. The PWHL comes to NHL 25 on December 5 with ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 13

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

Why are so many women hiding their voting plans from their husbands? | Rebecca Solnit

A lot of households are not democracies; they’re dictatorships. This may mean voter intimidation and suppression. Lots of memes and tweets and posts and videos are popping up, assuring women that ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Ad sparks conservative anger over women possibly hiding who they vote for from their husbands

A political video reminded women that they can vote for Vice President Kamala Harris without telling their husbands, enraging prominent conservatives and reigniting a fiery discourse that ...

Politics - NBC News - November 3

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