Mary Earps: England and Manchester United goalkeeper named Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year

Mary Earps named The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year and England Football win Team of the Year award; Snowboarding world champion Mia Brookes is the Young Sportswoman of the Year; Hannah Cockroft wins the Citi Disability Sportswoman of the Year

Thursday 2 November 2023 22:55, UK

Manchester United and England goalkeeper Mary Earps has been named The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year.

The prestigious awards, now in their 36th year, have led the way in recognising and celebrating the outstanding contribution made to sport by women at all levels, from elite to grassroots and community-wide.

Earps was a standout performer in England's run to the Women's World Cup final, playing every minute of the Lionesses seven matches, conceding only four goals and keeping three clean sheets which earned her the Golden Glove.

Subsequently, The Team of the Year award went to England Football for becoming the first England football team since 1966 to make it to a World Cup final and the first England women's team ever to do so.

Mia Brookes, 16, was awarded the Young Sportswoman of the Year after becoming the youngest world champion in snowboarding history when she won slopestyle gold in Bakuriani, Georgia, in February.

Hannah Cockroft won the Citi Disability Sportswoman of the Year for setting four world records across three days at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in February. Three months later, she broke two of her own world records, setting a new world-leading time in the T34 100m (16.31sec) in May, and 28.90 seconds in the T34 200m.

The Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration went to Katie Archibald, whois one of Great Britain's most successful track cyclists, taking a historic Olympic Madison title at the most recent Olympic