SPORT This Girl Can campaign kicks off


Tis Girl Can, a multi-million pound marketing campaign aimed at getting more girls and women into sport, has launched by Sport England. The high-profile £10m


campaign aims to take down the psychological barriers that prevent women from exercising and playing sport by using images that contra- dict the stylised and idealised images of women – and combining them with slogans such as “sweating like a pig, feeling like a fox”. Launching across TV


Scunthorpe United submits plans for £18m stadium


Scunthorpe United Football Club (SUFC) has submitted a planning application to North Lincolnshire Council for a new £18m stadium located west of Scunthorpe. The 12,000-seater stadium is set to


be developed as part of the mixed-use Lincolnshire Lakes project – which is spearheaded by Lucent Group. It will include 3,500 new houses, a commercial park, a school and a transport hub. The designs and masterplan for the


stadium have been created by the Frank Whittle Partnership and come as SUFC chair Peter Swann is keen to move the club from its current 9,000-capacity Glanford Park. Details: http://lei.sr?a=a4D7H


Te campaign encourages women of all ages to take part in sport


and online platforms, the campaign is a celebration of active women across the country and is the first campaign of its kind which actively seeks to include girls and women of any size, ability or experience. Led by Sport England and supported by a


number of partners, the campaign comes aſter a survey revealed that 75 per cent of women would like to exercise more – but are put off by issues ranging from body confidence


to motherhood. Te campaign has a dedi- cated website and will feature heavily across various social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube. Each of the social media channels will


be offering tips on exercise, advice on how to get more active and stories that are aimed at inspiring women into sport. Details: http://lei.sr?a=a7g3J


West Ham to sell Olympic Stadium tickets


West Ham United Football Club (WHU) will begin selling season tickets for the 2016-17 season – its first at the Olympic Stadium – this April. Te club announced that


the seat selection process for current season ticket holders will run from April 2015 through to February 2016. Those who want to


guarantee their seats at the 54,000-capacity arena for West Ham’s first game there in August 2016, will also have to commit to a season ticket for 2015-16 – which will be the club’s final ever season at Upton Park. In October 2014 the London Legacy


Prince Ali will go head-to-head with the Fifa chief


Fifa VP to stand against Sepp Blatter in election


Fifa vice president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has said he will stand as a candi- date against current president Sepp Blatter for leadership of football’s governing body. Te Jordanian Prince, who has headed


Jordanian football as president since 1999, will be the favoured candidate of UEFA, which does not want Sepp Blatter – president of Fifa since 1998 – to run for another term. Prince Ali was among those calling


Te stadium will host five games during this year’s Rugby World Cup


Development Corporation (LLDC), which owns the Olympic Park and the stadium, revealed that the cost of converting the stadium had risen from £154m to £190m due to complications in installing the new roof. As a result, LLDC allocated an extra £35.9m


for the project to ensure the venue is ready to host five games during this year’s Rugby World Cup. The work on the Populous- designed stadium is being undertaken by


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Balfour Beatty, which will be given the extra funding to complete the job. Balfour Beatty signed the £154m contract in January 2014. Meanwhile, WHU has agreed to sell its


current Upton Park stadium to developer Te Galliard Group, which will use the space to construct a mixed-used development featuring leisure, retail and new homes. Galliard also plans to establish a central


garden park named aſter the late WHU legend and former England captain Bobby Moore. Details: http://lei.sr?a=8t2p9


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for the publication of investigator Michael Garcia’s report into allegations of corruption around both the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids, not isolated incidents during the 17-year reign of Blatter. “It is time to shiſt the focus away from


administrative controversy and back to sport,” said Prince Ali. “The headlines should be about football, not about Fifa.” It was reported last month that there had


been secret talks between Fifa officials and Sepp Blatter over his future at the helm of world football. At present, Blatter and Prince Ali have one other contender, in the shape of former French diplomat, Jerome Champagne. Details: http://lei.sr?a=F4g5j


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