The Lawn Tennis Association "wants to double the number of women tennis coaches in Britain" to 1,600 in the next five years and its "ambitious" goal received the backing of former Fed Cup captain Judy Murray, who said that she wanted to "see more women take up coaching positions in tennis." She said, "I believe that girls respond better to female role models, and the LTA want to see more female coaches who can encourage girls to take up, and stay in, sport" (REUTERS, 4/23).
FIA will impose a "fresh clampdown" on trick engine modes that help exhaust blowing of rear wings in Formula 1 "following fresh intrigue about the matter." With Renault's blown rear wing having been "under the spotlight" before the start of the season and suggestions that Ferrari had been working on this area too, FIA "stepped in ahead of the Baku Grand Prix" (MOTORSPORT, 4/24).
The Australian Football League will review its "controversial" tribunal guidelines in relation to "bumps that lead to head-clash concussions" at the end of the season. AFL GM of Football Operations Steve Hocking reinforced the decision of the match review officer on Monday to "clear Hawthorn’s Ryan Burton after his bump hospitalised North Melbourne’s Shaun Higgins." Hocking: "No one wants to see players concussed but in this case it was accidental. I think the game wants the bump retained. It will be reviewed at the appropriate time, not five rounds in" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 4/25).
A number of Gaelic Athletic Association club members across the U.K. believe that strike action is the "only way" to get the Club Players Association to address fixture issues. Two-thirds of those responding to a survey feel that the group is "not making enough progress" and want it to "escalate" its efforts to address the issue. More than 2,500 of nearly 4,000 club members who took part in the survey feel that it is time to "go a different route" (LONDON TIMES, 4/24).