Letter: Those of us in Cornwall, Norfolk and Buckinghamshire have no access to first-class cricket in any format locally, writes Jonathan Harris
March 2024
Brief letters
When barefoot PE leaves you cold
Brief letters: Cold therapy | Rebranding LTNs | Moral bankruptcy | Frank Hester’s racist comment | Tax woes | Fairer society
February 2024
Girls empowered: how my eight-year-old got her school to change its uniform policy
School uniforms may be barrier to physical activity among younger girls
October 2023
Worries over confidence and periods hitting UK girls’ enjoyment of PE
Survey finds less than two-thirds say they enjoy PE in schools, down from 74% in 2016
August 2023
Observer letters
PE is essential for pupils’ wellbeing
Forget old school ties – and the branded PE kit
‘This generation won’t think of football as being just for boys’: how the Lionesses have changed sport for girls
Tories under fire after dramatic fall in school sport in England
April 2023
‘Truly alarming’: girls put off sport in UK by clothing requirements
Research compiled by the England hockey player Tess Howard shows that girls drop out of sport over worries about kit requirements
March 2023
After Lionesses roar, the government’s pledge on school physical education is a whimper
Cath Bishop
Government’s response to demand for Euros to have a legacy wafts at school sport structures that were not fit for purpose
February 2023
Virginia coach, 22, posed as 13-year-old and played in high school hoops game
The 22-year-old wore absent girl’s jersey and scored goals before she and other coach lost jobs after basketball caper was discovered
January 2023
Tackling the problem of rugby and brain injuries
Letters: Dr Danny Lang suggests a height line should be visible on shirts; plus letters from Andrew Keeley, Michael Burns and Ian Coltart
December 2022
100,000 more girls playing football in England as activity levels rebound
Girls’ participation in football up dramatically in five years, and children now as active as before pandemic
August 2022
School sport was a hellscape for me. At 41 I’m hooked on exercise for the first time
I felt self-conscious in PE class from the age of five because I was slower than everyone else. So I checked myself out of an active lifestyle until well into adulthood
Sportblog
Dear prime minister (Sunak or Truss): please sort out sport in schools
Lack of strategy from government means PE is being squeezed for time and investment is badly targeted
Lionesses’ legacy at risk as school PE fails girls, experts warn
From Lionesses to missed chances: why elite success doesn’t always transform the grassroots
Lionesses urge next PM to ensure all girls are able to play football in schools
July 2022
Defibrillators to be installed in all English state schools by end of next school year
Government will fund safety measure after 10-year campaign by parents of Oliver King, who died of cardiac arrest during swim race
