HER SPORT

On the back of Erling Haaland’s Norway shirt, one extra word has done what football rarely does with any efficiency: it has made his mother visible. The goals were always going to dominate the conversation. Haaland scored twice as Norway beat Iraq 4-1 in their 2026 World Cup opener, marking his arrival on the tournament stage with the sort of blunt inevitability that has come to define him. Then came the shirt. For Manchester City, he is Haaland. Clean, global, marketable, instantly recognisable.

Katie Taylor finally has Croke Park, and for once the scale of the reaction feels equal to the athlete. The fight sold out in the sort of rush that tells its own story. More than 80,000 people will gather on September 5 to watch Taylor fight at the stadium she has spoken about for years, in the city and country that have followed her from amateur prodigy to Olympic champion to undisputed professional great.

Rotterdam - FIH Pro League 2025-26 (W) 45 Spain v Ireland (RR) Picture: Hannah McLoughlin player of Ireland celebrates with teammate after scoring the team’s first goal COPYRIGHT WORLDSPORTPICS FRANK UIJLENBROEK The Ireland Women’s Hockey Team came away with a well-earned point in their penultimate outing in Rotterdam in the FIH Hockey Pro League, drawing 1-1 with Spain before the Spanish side secured the bonus point in the shootout.

Favourable draws can be a dangerous thing. They invite relief, then expectation, then the faintly queasy realisation that the whole thing still has to be earned. For the Republic of Ireland, the route to the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil now has a shape. Carla Ward’s side have been drawn against Kazakhstan in the first round of the European play-offs, with the tie to be played over two legs between October 7 and 13.

To celebrate the launch of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations Fantasy Game, we’re giving away tickets to Ireland’s historic standalone fixture at the Aviva Stadium on May 17th. Be part of the record-breaking crowd and witness the girls in green take to the big stage! To enter, simply: Answer the question below. Fill in your contact details so we can reach you if you win. While you’re at it, why not join the Guinness Women’s Six Nations Fantasy Game.

Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team Head Coach Carla Ward and Men’s National Team Head Coach, Heimir Hallgrímsson stand together to highlight Cadbury’s proud sponsorship of both the Women’s and Men’s National Football Teams. Cadbury is a proud sponsor of the Republic of Ireland’s Women’s and Men’s National Teams – Cadbury is inspiring the nation to Paint March Green in support of the Republic of Ireland’s Women’s and Men’s National Football Teams.

Support for women’s sport is often expressed in safe terms. A statement here, a campaign there, a general agreement that things should improve. It rarely interrupts anything. Andy Murray’s version has tended to do the opposite. He has made a habit of stepping into moments where the narrative is already moving and changing it in real time. Not through grand gestures, but through small, precise corrections that expose something bigger.

Creatine has been misunderstood for years, especially when it comes to women. For many, it still sits in the same category as muscle-building extremes and gym stereotypes. The questions tend to follow quickly. Will it make me bulky? Will I gain weight? Is it safe? Do I even need it? The answers are far more straightforward than the confusion suggests. Creatine is a naturally occurring compound found in foods like meat and fish, and your body also produces it on its own.

International Women’s Day comes around every year with a flurry of panels, posts and promises. But at Her Sport, we’ve always believed that the best way to celebrate women in sport is to actually get women in sport. So this March, we’re swapping the conference room for the padel court. We’ve partnered with Druid Padel to host two fun, beginner-friendly morning sessions on 28th and 29th March and we’d love for you to be there.

Hollie Davidson walked out at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday into a piece of rugby history. The noise was the usual men’s Six Nations noise, the tension the usual championship tension. Ireland and Italy were there to compete and contest every point, action and breakdown. Yet threaded through the afternoon was a quieter significance. Davidson became the first woman to referee a men’s Six Nations match. The match carried its own weight. Ireland needed control. Italy needed belief.