Serena Guthrie interview: ‘I am not quitting to be a mother – it is the right time to go’
In January, when a last-second goal earned England a tie against Australia, captain Serena Guthrie leapt from the bench and ran on to the court to celebrate…
I love netball – it is just like rugby, without the tackling
I absolutely love netball. It is such a fabulous sport to watch. I wish I had played. Movement off the ball, creativity with it, the use of…
Jamaica block series clean sweep but England still ‘on track’ for Birmingham Games
England 53 Jamaica 63 Perhaps England’s only regret of this victorious series is that they could not deliver on Project Clean Sweep. They were second best to…
Emphatic England seal first Test series win over Jamaica in eight years
England 66 – 47 Jamaica What a difference a week makes. Over the course of an hour, England delivered an emphatic performance to seal their first Test…
How female-first world of netball is learning to embrace arrival of men
Like every man who has stepped onto a netball court, Ryan Allan has long been confronted by people questioning why he plays a woman’s sport. First introduced…
England overcome early hiccups to defeat Jamaica’s mavericks in first of three-Test series
Things were so amiss that Housby was soon hauled off for Ellie Cardwell and did not return. It proved to be the decisive move. Cardwell – who…
England captain Serena Guthrie ‘shocked’ as netball’s Commonwealth Games status comes under threat
Serena Guthrie, the England captain, has revealed her shock at the “worrying” possibility of netball losing its Commonwealth Games status. Last month, radical plans were unveiled to…