This year's SportsPro 50MM shows a gender split of 56 per cent male and 44 per cent female. The 2022 list features 22 women - more than ever before - with Serena Williams (ranked 2), Naomi Osaka (6), Alex Morgan (8) and highest new entry on the entire list, Australia and Chelsea footballer Sam Kerr (9), all within the top 10 Most Marketable athletes.
A 2-0 victory against Tottenham, just four days after qualifying for the Champions League final, has left Chelsea in charge of their own destiny going into the final weekend of the Women's Super League season.
Sam Kerr scored both goals as the Blues move back above Manchester City to the top of the table with a two-point buffer between them. That means Chelsea need to beat Reading at...
Chelsea will take a battling 2-1 lead into the second leg of their Women's Champions League quarter-final against Wolfsburg. It was the Blues' first victory against the German side in their last seven meetings but it was far from straightforward.
Wolfsburg hit the woodwork twice and had another shot saved off the line before Sam Kerr opened the scoring.
Chelsea successfully defended their Continental Tyres League Cup title with a 6-0 victory at Vicarage Road against Bristol City, but the match was marred by a serious injury to defender Maren Mjelde.
Although the Norway international tweeted that the knee injury was not as bad as first feared, she will be out for the rest of the season.
Chelsea set a new Women's Super League record of 32 matches unbeaten, a run stretching back to January 2019, with a 4-0 victory against Aston Villa.
The result lifted the Blues back to the top of the table above Manchester United, having beaten the previous best run without defeat set by Manchester City between 2015 and 2017.
