Surf's up… and up and up: German surfer Sebastian Steudtner claims world record after riding 'unsurfable' 93.7ft wave in Portugal

'Mission Wave Alpha' has seen Sebastian Steudtner train for years, and the extreme athlete decided that the time was right to surf the 'biggest waves of his life' during 'historic' conditions in February.

LUCY FRAZER: We have to move faster to ban trans participation to give women a sporting chance

LUCY FRAZER: It is hard to imagine, given its success now, that the FA banned women's football from its grounds from 1921 until 1971.

Rachel Daly's girlfriend Sarah Mayling breaks her silence on Lioness hero's shock retirement from international football to 'pass on the baton to the next generation'

Fellow teammate and girlfriend of Rachel Daly, Sarah Mayling, has responded to the Lionness hero's shock retirement from international football.

JK Rowling takes up case against cup-winning Australian women's football team which has five trans players - including one who scored six times in a 10-0 victory

The Harry Potter author has never been shy about sharing her often controversial takes on gender identity issues - and now she has turned her attention to a Sydney football team.

Arsenal star Frida Maanum collapses off the ball and receives treatment from paramedics during worrying scenes at the Women's League Cup final... with the game delayed as she was carried off on a stretcher

KATHRYN BATTE: Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall was the first to notice his player required attention before Katie McCabe urgently called for the medics to enter the pitch.

Pictured: Women's soccer team featuring FIVE trans players that destroyed opposition 10-0 on way to winning grand final - with one biological male scoring SIX goals in one game

Flying Bats FC won every game they played over the course of the four-week competition, winning the grand final 4-0 at Macquarie Park on Sunday.

Parents' fury as girls' soccer team featuring FIVE trans players destroys opposition 10-0 on way to winning grand final - with one biological male scoring SIX goals in one game

Flying Bats FC won every game they played over the course of the four-week competition, winning the grand final 4-0 at Macquarie Park on Sunday.

Shame on Joey Barton and his 2.8m lapdogs for mocking a 17-year-old kid, writes ALISON McCONNELL. His nasty nature has brutally exposed her to the very worst elements of playing football

ALISON MCCONNELL: Still at school and thrust into the cup final because regular custodian Megan Cunningham was ineligible Easdon did not need the pile-on that was to come.

Joey Barton is accused of 'BULLYING' a 17-year-old women's goalkeeper - by her kickboxing world champion dad - after he mocked her mistake in a cup final in latest attack on women's sport

After Rangers' first goal in the showpiece event - which was shown on Sky Sports - Easdon was criticised on social media and the former Man City and QPR midfielder joined in.

Women's football's can of worms: Secret relationships. Abuse of power with coaches. Clubs scrambling to get their houses in order... But it can't hide in the shadows any more

KATHRYN BATTE: It was only six years ago when the women's game became professional and there were no strict rules in place regarding relationships.

The secret relationships in women's football: How romances between stars are everywhere - and one top team has FIVE couples in the same dressing room

It was only six years ago when the women's game became professional and there were no strict rules in place regarding relationships.

Chelsea Women at civil war over romantic relationships: Defender Jess Carter, who is dating keeper, likes tweets calling Emma Hayes 'beyond bonkers' after she said couples in teams is 'inappropriate'

On Thursday, the Chelsea Women's manager stated she believes that both player-to-player and player-to-coach relationships are 'inappropriate'.

Leicester Women manager Willie Kirk is 'SUSPENDED' over alleged relationship with a player... and misses Foxes' FA Cup win over Liverpool as club confirm investigation into 'internal process'

Leicester beat Liverpool 2-0 in an FA Cup quarter-final tie on Saturday, but Kirk, who joined the club in 2022 as director of football before coming manager, was not in the dugout for the game.

Government announces plans to bring Women's World Cup, Tour de France, Rugby World Cup and World Athletics Championships to Britain in the next decade

DAVID COVERDALE: UK Sport, the Government agency responsible for major sporting events, confirmed that the tournament is one of 70 events they want to stage over the next 15 years.

How the most turbulent year of Sam Kerr's life left her badly injured, out of the Olympics, off contract and facing a trial for allegedly racially abusing a cop

Kerr's sporting career has hit a crossroads after an insane year that has seen her endure a staggering series of twists and turns. The Matildas superstar is now facing a criminal trial in the UK next year.

Have there been any vegan Olympic champions?

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: As a vegan, Carl Lewis won two golds at the 1992 Barcelona games.

Maddy Cusack's former coach Jonathan Morgan 'had a secret three-year relationship with one of his own teenage players sparked by Snapchat, chocolate and Nando's'... as the girl's mother hits out at his 'predatory' behaviour

Morgan had recently returned to the Sheffield United dug-out following an internal investigation after a complaint by the family of Maddy Cusack in the wake of her death in September.

Liverpool and Chelsea fans violently clash in London, one month ahead of the Carabao Cup final, after men's and women's fixtures took place on the same night - with punches thrown and no police in sight

Fans thought to be Reds supporters were videoed appearing to antagonise Chelsea supporters as they made their way to Fulham Broadway station - the Tube stop closest to Stamford Bridge.

Sarina Wiegman given significant pay rise after signing bumper new contract with England to put her in line with the top earners - but her deal is still someway short of Gareth Southgate's £5m per year

KATHRYN BATTE: Wiegman was previously paid around £400,000 a year at last summer's World Cup, where the Lionesses were narrowly beaten in the final by Spain.

Maddy Cusack's heartbroken father says the Sheffield United star 'would still be with us' if coach Jonathan Morgan had not been appointed - amid claims he called his daughter a 'psycho' and made complaints about her weight

Sheffield United coach Jonathan Morgan was today accused of calling Maddy Cusack a 'psycho' before her tragic death - causing her to spiral into anxiety.

Maddy Cusack's heartbroken father blames Sheffield coach Jonathan Morgan for her tragic death after claiming he called his daughter a 'psycho' and made complaints about her weight: 'She would still be with us had he not been appointed'

Sheffield United coach Jonathan Morgan was today accused of calling Maddy Cusack a 'psycho' before her tragic death - causing her to spiral into anxiety.