Sky has partnered with The Alessia Russo Basis and Objectives 4 Women to launch The Alessia Cup, with a shared ambition to create lasting change by eradicating limitations to participation.
The event – happening on November 6 – goals to construct confidence, resilience, and management past the pitch, whereas highlighting the significance of conserving ladies engaged in sport throughout adolescence.
The competitors brings collectively 180 ladies aged 12 to 14 from faculties throughout north and east London at an important age when drop-off from sport participation is at its highest.
The day will function aggressive matches and conclude with a prize-giving ceremony celebrating the gamers’ achievements, with Arsenal ahead Alessia Russo attending to help the individuals.
The event comes after a Public First report commissioned by Sky: Sport Altering: How sport offers each lady a greater probability, discovered that enjoying sport as a toddler is proven to be as sturdy an indicator of ladies reaching senior positions as a college diploma, but ladies aged 11-18 miss out on 280 million hours of sport yearly in comparison with boys.
The Alessia Russo Basis – launched in October 2025 – is devoted to creating alternatives for women and younger ladies to play sport with pleasure, be taught with objective, and stay with energy.
England ahead Russo is keen about tackling limitations resembling low confidence, poor physique picture, restricted illustration, and lack of function models-all components that contribute to women dropping out of sport. By way of her Basis, she seeks to boost consciousness, present mentorship, and increase entry to sport, schooling, and wellbeing sources.
The event’s different companion, Objectives 4 Women, is a London-based charity that empowers ladies and younger ladies aged seven plus by the highly effective mixture of soccer, private improvement, and psychological well being help, serving to to sort out inequality head-on.
