Tag: Association
Football Association confirms improving South Asian elite representation now ‘a long-term aim’ | Football News
The Football Association has told Sky Sports News that addressing the “stark” under-representation of South Asians in the professional game is now “a long-term aim”. Yasir Mirza, who was appointed FA director of equality, diversity and inclusion last year, said the FA’s key mantra “A Game for All” is about ensuring English football is inclusive…
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Netball Australia end pay dispute with Australian Netball Players Association in ‘historic’ deal | Netball News
Players will receive an 11 per cent increase in base salaries over three years; Those involved in the domestic netball league will get back pay to October 1, having not been paid since the expiry of their last contract Last Updated: 13/12/23 4:33pm Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Watch as…
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Frank Soo: Football Association urged to award honorary cap to Asian trailblazer who played for England during the war | Football News
The Football Association is being urged to award wartime international Frank Soo an honorary cap after the East Asian trailblazer was appointed to the Stoke-on-Trent Sporting Hall of Fame. Soo, whose father was Chinese, became the first player of Asian heritage to represent England when he appeared in a wartime international against Wales in 1942.…
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Paris 2024: Russian and Belarus athletes accepted ‘if neutral’, says British Olympic Association chief | Olympics News
Geraint Hughes Sky Sports News British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Anson says they and Team GB are “supportive of having independent athletes” at Paris 2024 Olympics; “We don’t want to have athletes punished all the time for the conflicts going on around the world” Last Updated: 08/11/23 12:19am Please use Chrome browser for a…
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England’s Harry Brook and Tammy Beaumont named Professional Cricketers’ Association Players of the Year | Cricket News
Harry Brook and Tammy Beaumont have been named Professional Cricketers’ Association Players of the Year, with James Rew and Mahika Gaur scooping the Young Player of the Year awards. Brook, a late addition to England’s World Cup squad in place of Jason Roy, took the men’s award after scoring 2,149 runs over the last year…
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Black Footballers Partnership: Football Association refusing to address lack of black coaches
The Black Footballers Partnership has accused English football of refusing to address the under-representation of black coaches in the game, saying the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code has failed. The FLDC was introduced in 2020, but three years later, the BFP has commissioned its own report which suggests targets have been repeatedly missed for black…
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