We are only three weeks into the year and it is already delivering from a women’s sport perspective. The Australian Open is producing brilliant matches, with Emma Raducanu reaching the third round for the first time; Ilona Maher is drawing bigger audiences – both in the stands and on television – to Premiership Women’s Rugby; the Women’s Ashes has delivered a sell-out crowd in Sydney and a dramatic finish in Melbourne, albeit there is not such positive news for England on the pitch.
Clarets have conceded only nine league goals in 26 games in a complete turnaround after leaky campaign last season
Swansea had initially made Joe Low their top target this month - but negotiations appear to have hit a wall
In the latest sign of golf’s thawing relations, McIlroy used the aftermath of his opening round at the Desert Classic to give credit to the outgoing LIV chief