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For several years in the 1970s, full-tackle women’s football teams, including the Houston Herricanes, competed in the short-lived National Women’s Football League. A new film tells the story of the diverse cast of characters on the Texas team who paved the way for future generations as they stormed the field,…

A look at the fortified glass ceiling that casts a shadow over one of the most exclusive clubs in the world

The quartet will all have their 2023/24 options activated by the club - but boss David Martindale admits he may have reached a 'glass ceiling' as he looks to keep hold of others.

A traditionalist and a fierce upholder of standards, the former speaker of the House of Commons changed the job for ever. Former colleagues pay tribute

It’s been announced that South African opera star Pretty Yende will sing at King Charles III’s coronation on 6 May in Westminster Abbey, London. The 37-year-old soprano was elated.

This gorgeous treehouse in Monmouthshire has a glass ceiling so you can fall asleep under the stars

Despite enjoying increasing equality and representation in the workplace, gay workers face a glass ceiling much like women.

Masculine bias is present among gay and straight men, according to new research, and it’s having an effect on feminine men’s careers

Winning a knockout tie in a World Cup, against anyone, anywhere, anyhow can seem fearsomely difficult

Sixteen remaining teams are playing in the knock-out phase of the 2022 men’s football Fifa World Cup in Qatar, among them two African teams – Senegal and Morocco. The knock-out phase in Qatar reminds football fans globally of the unmistakable glass ceiling over Africa at football World Cups.

‘These findings speak to a wider culture of women being held back and facing a gender glass ceiling in government,’ says Angela Rayner