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The Guardian // Sport // Football

Significant sexual safety problem for women working in elite UK sport, says survey

Wednesday 21st January 2026, 10:00AM

88% target of sexual misconduct in the past five years260 members of Women’s Sports Collective took survey There is a significant sexual safety problem for women working in elite sport in the UK, according to a survey, with 88% of respondents reporting they had been the target of at least one form of sexual misconduct in the past five years and five people (2%) saying they had been raped in work-related contexts outside the main workplace in that period.The report published on Wednesday, titled Women’s Experiences of Sexual Misconduct Working in UK Elite Sport, invited members of the Women’s Sports Collective to take part in the study anonymously and 260 people responded. Participants included administrators, coaches, current and former athletes, TV producers, lawyers and physios. Continue reading...

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