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"It's never the plan as a footballer to have played for as many clubs as I have." Esther Morgan cannot quite hide the smile on her face as she considers her recent transfer history. The Wales full-back joined Bristol City this summer, her seventh club since 2021 and she is still aged only 23. As a Tottenham Hotspur player she had loan spells at Leicester City, Coventry United and Sunderland before a move to Scottish side Hearts in 2023.
I like my home, and I like it when it's clean and tidy, but I don't like cleaning or tidying, and I'm not inclined to read about it. I love to bake, to fill a vase with flowers, peg out washing with bare feet in summertime; but I'm more likely to make the bathroom "less dirty" than "properly clean" or the living room "less messy", than "actually tidy", and I'm sure I'm not alone.
The most important thing is to create a solid base and with Mercury13 we're going to be able to do that," Losada told BBC Radio Bristol. "But it's also on us, on the players, on knowing what we do every day and not just getting promoted to then next year get relegated. Losada said the team need to be "realistic", following the takeover news, that change will not happen overnight.
It is a quiet midweek afternoon on the outskirts of Bristol and, up to now, Natasha Mo' Hunt has been her normal upbeat self. England's scrum-half has been discussing any number of topics, from her love of rugby's tactical nuances to her croissant-loving fans, with the easy confidence of someone relishing every second of this women's Rugby World Cup. Her sparkly eyed positivity is such that it's easy to forget she has had to escape the heart of darkness to be here.
23-year-old James is a technical whiz, delivering flawless code in solitude. His peer Jasmine is slower to master code, but mentors colleagues, helps new hires settle in, and diffuses team tensions before they escalate. Young James is quickly promoted and praised for his skills. However, young Jasmine's skills go largely unnoticed. She is slower to progress in her career and receives little acknowledgement for her strengths.
As a player, those lofty hopes have panned out: she is already a two-time All-Star and has led the league in rebounds in both her WNBA seasons. As a teammate, things aren't so smooth. The Sky were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs last season. This time around they finished with the joint-worst record in the entire WNBA, alongside the Dallas Wings.
FAW Wales will play their first game in front of a Rodney Parade crowd for six years when they host Poland on Tuesday, 28 October (19:45 GMT). The match in Newport will come three days after Rhian Wilkinson's side face Australia in another friendly at Cardiff City Stadium. Wales boss Wilkinson has suggested some senior players may retire in October having finally had the opportunity to play at a major tournament, Euro 2025.
The analysis reveals that inequality between men and women continues across nearly all areas. For example, 64 million more adult women than men suffer from food insecurity, and 9.2% of women and girls (376 million) currently live in extreme poverty, compared with 8.6% of men and boys. Furthermore, in 2024, 46.4% of women of working age were employed, compared with 69.5% of men.
KZ Barton will never forget the night in her early 20s when searing abdominal pain landed her in hospital. Every signal from her body was telling her something was extremely wrong. When you experience pain that severe and you don't understand it, you feel like you're dying, the Melbourne-based teacher and author says. But despite her pain being without a doubt worse than unmedicated childbirth, Barton says.
MAINEVILLE, Ohio -- Charley Hull took advantage of top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul's final-hole putting meltdown Sunday to win the Kroger Queen City Championship. Thitikul -- a stroke ahead after Hull bogeyed the par-4 17th -- four-putted the par-5 18th from about 50 feet, missing a 5-footer and a 3-foot comebacker. Hull two-putted from about 30 feet, making a 2-footer for the victory.
22 mins: We go again with another scrum, but not before plenty of disagreement between both front rows and the referee over their starting marks. Share 21 mins: A brief pause as Talling has tape applied to her hand. Scotland have actually edged possession in the first quarter, but need a score to make England at all nervous. Share 20 mins: A first scrum, with Scotland putting in and winning the ball through Brebner-Holden, whose kick-through has Natasha Hunt under pressure. She can't afford a mistake behind the posts, but tidies up effectively. Share
With 40 minutes to play, the scores tied 10-10, and a spot in the semi-finals on the line, the Black Ferns' captain Ruahei Demant pulled her team into a huddle, while the Springboks trotted past them and in to the changing rooms at Sandy Park. The team talk, according to player-of-the-match Kaipo Olsen-Baker, was only three letters long: AFD which, Olsen-Baker just stopped herself from blurting out during a live TV interview afterwards, means all fucking day.
The first caution every aspiring entrepreneur needs to hear is this: know the line between play and work. Many side hustles begin as hobbies, such as baking, crafting, coaching, or digital content creation, which feel effortless in the early stages. But once that passion starts generating consistent income, the rules change. Upskilling courses are now available everywhere, from baking masterclasses to Etsy business strategy workshops, coding bootcamps, and fashion design intensives, giving women the opportunity to sharpen their skills and compete at a professional level.
