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Are you interested in what’s going on in women’s sport and fitness? Want to know why swimming is the favourite sport amongst women and girls? Fancy finding out which sports are attracting women and how?

Did you know that...

  • More than 21,000 women play rounders every week, while almost two million go swimming?
  • Football is the most popular women’s team sport but only 0.7% of women play every week compared to almost 10% of men?
  • More women play football each week than men play rugby?
  • Twenty-nine times more men than women play rugby union?

The Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation has created 34 interesting and insightful factsheets about a wide range of sports from football to shooting via tennis and taekwondo. The factsheets clearly set out the trends on participation levels and habits of women in the UK as well as their attitudes to sport and fitness, and levels of satisfaction.

Take a look and download the details below.

All the data is taken from the Active People Survey 2009-10.

Angling Archery
Athletics Badminton
Baseball Basketball
Bowls Boxing
Canoeing Cricket
Cycling Exercise, Movement and Dance
Football Golf
Gymnastics Hockey
Horseriding Mountaineering
Netball Rounders
Rowing Rugby League
Rugby Union Sailing
Shooting Skiing
Squash Swimming
Table tennis Taekwondo
Tennis Volleyball
Water Skiiing Weightlifting

To find out more about the research used in the factsheets contact [email protected]

If you are interested in using the information or would like to speak to a spokesperson about women’s sport contact: [email protected]

Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation