Anna Thompson

Women’s sport lead at the BBC. Assistant Editor @BBCSport leading on live sport and major sporting events on BBC Sport website. Winter sports geek!

[Emma Sanders @em_sandy]

Spoke to Laura Kaminski about her Norwegian cup and league double success, how she’s developed as a coach and why she thinks English female coaches should get opportunities in the men’s game. ✍️

https://t.co/skS3Y4S6qQ

[Blackpool FC @BlackpoolFC]

George Honeyman has had his three-match suspension overturned following a successful appeal by the Club.

🔗 https://t.co/PcTczAi3VB

🍊 #UTMP

[Emma Sanders @em_sandy]

We’ve got LOADS of WSL content on BBC Sport tomorrow. We’re running a live text in the afternoon, where I’ll reveal my season predictions & we’ve got transfer updates. We have a 5 Live show at 7.30pm. I’ll also be on various radio stations & pressers throughout the day. Enjoy!

[Emma Sanders @em_sandy]

How to follow women's football with BBC Sport this season.

https://t.co/ELbdd6SpVP

[Anna Thompson @BBCAnnaT]

End of an era https://t.co/kF1CPCO4f8

[Emma Sanders @em_sandy]

Strong interview with Brighton’s Lia Walti where she discusses “not feeling valued” as a player in Italy, why she’s “sad and frustrated” at the issues in women’s football & what she thinks are the first steps to changing that. ✍️👇🏻 #bhafc

https://t.co/r6Svop2hsV

[Emma Sanders @em_sandy]

🚨 Marc Skinner has left his role as Manchester United manager a month before the start of the season. They say it is by mutual agreement. Club sources say they are already in the process of speaking with replacements and could appoint someone quickly. #mufc

[Emma Sanders @em_sandy]

Former Lioness Anita Asante has just spoken to me regarding the FIFA row: “It's clear from our perspective that the reasoning is only to drive financial gain. As a result, the first casualties would be women’s football tournaments.” 1/2

[Christian Klaue @ChKlaue]

📌 Here is the (sports) programme for the Alpes 2030 Olympic Winter Games:

🔹 8 sports
🔹 17 disciplines
🔹 126 events (56 women’s, 55 men’s and 15 mixed events)

The discipline and event changes introduced for Alpes 2030 concern four sports:

❄️ Biathlon:
▪️ Mixed singles relay (event)

❄️ Skating:
▪️ Figure skating: synchro9 (event)
▪️ Speed skating: men’s team sprint and women’s team sprint (events)

❄️ Ski and snowboard:
▪️ Freeride (discipline) with men’s ski, men’s snowboard, women’s ski, women’s snowboard (events)
▪️ Freestyle skiing: mixed team ski cross (event)
▪️ Snowboard: mixed team snowboard parallel (event)
▪️ Ski jumping: women’s super team (event)
▪️ Removal of Nordic combined (discipline)

❄️ Ski mountaineering:
▪️ Individual (discipline): men’s individual and women’s individual (events)
▪️ Sprint (discipline): men’s sprint, women’s sprint and mixed relay (events)

➡️Full story: https://t.co/28QpG8XWP2

[IOC MEDIA @iocmedia]

🚨 Information for the media 🚨

The IOC Executive Board meets remotely on 7 July.

🗓️ Press conference: 17:30 CEST
💻 Registration open until 6 July, midday CEST

Details & sign-up 👇

🔗https://t.co/AV7uG5TAq8

[Team GB Ice Hockey @TeamGBicehockey]

🌎 HISTORIC MERGER: UK ICE HOCKEY IS TOGETHER AS ONE

Ice Hockey UK announces the completion of an historic merger that unifies England Ice Hockey, Scottish Ice Hockey and IHUK into a single, governing body for the sport.

ℹ️ More details ➡️ https://t.co/vrdSz7bcUJ

[Anna Thompson @BBCAnnaT]

Wow! Still having to fight in 2026… https://t.co/QZmgkGOhcA

[BBC Sport Scotland @BBCSportScot]

"We'll never forget him and what he did for us." 💙💛

John and Harry Souttar talk about their brother Aaron, who died from motor neuron disease in 2022.

#BBCFootball #FifaWorldCup

[Christian Klaue @ChKlaue]

📌 IOC EB approves first changes to Alpes 2030 Olympic Winter Games venue masterplan

▪️Ice sports (except speed skating) relocated to Lyon, and Courchevel and Val d’Isère confirmed for Alpine skiing

▪️A fully integrated venue masterplan, including the detailed allocation of sports and disciplines, will be presented at a later date

➡️ Full story: https://t.co/BRjHWhn2Q3

[Emma Sanders @em_sandy]

The dates for England’s Women’s World Cup play-off matches have been confirmed:

Friday, 9 October - Greece v England
Tuesday, 13 October - England v Greece

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇷

[Anna Thompson @BBCAnnaT]

https://t.co/Rq2wE9OKRA

[Emma Sanders @em_sandy]

The draw for the Women's World Cup play-offs is at 11:00 BST tomorrow.

England & Republic of Ireland (path 1 seeded)
Scotland & Wales, (seeded path 2)
Northern Ireland (unseeded path 2)

...will find out their opponents for both rounds of home and away ties in Oct, Nov, Dec.

[Anna Thompson @BBCAnnaT]

I loved it when I was there for a month covering the 2010 Winter Olympics!

[Jacqui Oatley @JacquiOatley]

Vancouver 🇨🇦 is ridiculously beautiful. Mountain view at the end of city centre streets. ⛰️
Phenomenal coffee ☕️ @TreesOrganic

It’s been a quick in and out for a really fun game last night ⚽️ 🇦🇺 🇹🇷 but we already can’t wait to come back. Stunning city. #fifaworldcup

[IOC MEDIA @iocmedia]

IOC President Kirsty Coventry confirms that the IOC Executive Board is proposing ski mountaineering as an additional sport for French Alps 2030 to the IOC Session.

@ISMFSkimo @Alpes_2030

[BBC Sport Scotland @BBCSportScot]

Water breaking while training in the gym 😱
Back training within three weeks 💪
Playing for Scotland within six months, baby in tow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Claire Emslie on her remarkable journey from giving birth to playing in Scotland's World Cup qualifiers inside six months 👶

#BBCFootball