Sportswomen of the Year

The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Awards in association with Citi, recognises and celebrates the outstanding contribution made to sport by women at all levels, from elite to grassroots and community-wide.

Sportswomen of the Year

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INTERVIEW
MATT LAWTON
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Athletics
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Jessica Ennis celebrates winning gold at the London 2012 Olympics.
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Meet the Sportswomen of the Year judges
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COMMENT
SUNDAY TIMES SPORTSWOMEN OF THE YEAR
Keely Hodgkinson: why our award winner can dominate for a generation
Sport
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INTERVIEW
JULIA LLEWELLYN SMITH
Annabel Croft: ‘Dating again? I wouldn’t mind if it was never’
Illustration of a woman's legs in a soccer uniform.
KAIT BORSAY
How women’s football in England became so middle class and white
Women's football
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FIRST PERSON
NATALIE PINKHAM
My 13 years in F1 – from Bernie Ecclestone to the demise of ‘grid girls’
Formula 1
Eleanor Oldroyd, BBC Radio 5Live presenter, at Barnes Sports Club with a cricket bat and pads.
ALYSON RUDD
Always finding perfect words, my friend Eleanor Oldroyd is national treasure
Portrait of a woman next to a black and white photo of a runner.
COMMENT
SUNDAY TIMES SPORTSWOMEN OF THE YEAR
Keely Hodgkinson: why our award winner can dominate for a generation
Sport
Portrait of a woman next to a black and white photo of a runner.
COMMENT
SUNDAY TIMES SPORTSWOMEN OF THE YEAR
Keely Hodgkinson: why our award winner can dominate for a generation
Sport
a woman in a green dress is laying in a chair on a tennis court
INTERVIEW
JULIA LLEWELLYN SMITH
Annabel Croft: ‘Dating again? I wouldn’t mind if it was never’
a woman in a green dress is laying in a chair on a tennis court
INTERVIEW
JULIA LLEWELLYN SMITH
Annabel Croft: ‘Dating again? I wouldn’t mind if it was never’
Illustration of a woman's legs in a soccer uniform.
KAIT BORSAY
How women’s football in England became so middle class and white
Women's football
Illustration of a woman's legs in a soccer uniform.
KAIT BORSAY
How women’s football in England became so middle class and white
Women's football
a man in a sky sports shirt stands next to a woman
FIRST PERSON
NATALIE PINKHAM
My 13 years in F1 – from Bernie Ecclestone to the demise of ‘grid girls’
Formula 1
a man in a sky sports shirt stands next to a woman
FIRST PERSON
NATALIE PINKHAM
My 13 years in F1 – from Bernie Ecclestone to the demise of ‘grid girls’
Formula 1
Eleanor Oldroyd, BBC Radio 5Live presenter, at Barnes Sports Club with a cricket bat and pads.
ALYSON RUDD
Always finding perfect words, my friend Eleanor Oldroyd is national treasure
Eleanor Oldroyd, BBC Radio 5Live presenter, at Barnes Sports Club with a cricket bat and pads.
ALYSON RUDD
Always finding perfect words, my friend Eleanor Oldroyd is national treasure
Collage of a woman posing with red lipstick.
Jessica Ennis celebrates winning gold at the London 2012 Olympics.
SUNDAY TIMES SPORTSWOMEN OF THE YEAR
Meet the Sportswomen of the Year judges
Jessica Ennis celebrates winning gold at the London 2012 Olympics.
SUNDAY TIMES SPORTSWOMEN OF THE YEAR
Meet the Sportswomen of the Year judges
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