Women's sport reached record audiences this summer in the UK, with rising female viewership and viewing hours, according to a recent report.

The Women's Sport Trust (WST) has released a report showing how female UK broadcast audiences reached an all-time high, making up 44 per cent of the UEFA Women's Euros audience and 43 per cent of the Women's Rugby World Cup (RWC) audience - the highest on record for both competitions.

Audience numbers for the Euros soared. The two most watched UK broadcast moments of the year, across all programming, were Lionesses matches - with the final against Spain drawing a peak audience of 16.22m and the semi-final against Italy reaching 9.88m.

Just five events drove 82 per cent of the total viewing hours for women's sport this year: the Euros, the Rugby Wor

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