Women in sports & women's world cup

[Marjo]

Hey guys,

Came across this article around brands sponsoring and supporting women in sports and how this is getting more and more popular recently, especially with rugby, football and netball. It talks about various big companies being involved and their reasons for doing so, and what role women's sports plays in driving important long-term changes.

Thought it might be interesting reading for you sports fans, and in general too - if any of you want to read it I'd love to hear your views on the subject. 

The article also mentions O2 due to our Rugby sponsorship! If you scroll down the article you can read what O2's role is within England women's rugby.

It's good timing also now as obviously the women's world cup is taking place at the moment until 7th July --> you're tuning in at least @Mi-Amigo, based on the weekend discussion earlier? Anyone else watching? 

[jonsie]

No argument they were the best team in the tournament

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[liggerz87]

True @TallTrees @Cleoriff I love f1 aswel

[Cleoriff]

@liggerz87 

If you love F1, I hope you have Silverstone on now?. Atmosphere is brilliant.

[pgn]

Why stop at just one, @liggerz87 

From my Twitter feed earlier:

[Anonymous]

I enjoyed the women’s World Cup, I thought they showed a lot of skill, and it was good to see them playing the game in the right spirit (apart from Cameroon of course, their behaviour in the England game was disgraceful). 

The impressive viewing figures aren’t that surprising really, particularly when you consider that so many other big sporting events are only available to watch on the likes of Sky or BT Sport etc. It’s little wonder that the Cricket World Cup has struggled to attract the same attention, and it’s a timely reminder of how important terrestrial television is, when it comes to raising the profile of so-called minority sports. 

[jonsie]

The men have just won the world's Cup in cricket 

[Anonymous]

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@jonsie wrote:

The men have just won the world's Cup in cricket 

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It was never in doubt  

Actually, I had to look up the rules, to work out how they ended up winning that match 

[Anonymous]

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@pgn wrote:

Why stop at just one, @liggerz87 

From my Twitter feed earlier:

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My local had the cricket on the big screen, and the tennis was relegated to a small telly with the sound turned down. Formula 1 didn’t get a look-in  

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@pgn wrote:

Why stop at just one, @liggerz87 

From my Twitter feed earlier:

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My local had the cricket on the big screen, and the tennis was relegated to a small telly with the sound turned down. Formula 1 didn’t get a look-in  

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How surprising NOT!. This is a country who had no British interest in the Wimbledon final but would far rather show tennis, than a 5 x world championship making history AGAIN at Silverstone.

[jonsie]

They were all on in my local. A good turnout too so the landlady will be pleased