In today's news: UEFA to provide Women's Champions League with four-fold financial boost, Sarah Hunter to feature in England Six Nations squad, and Tokyo athletes to undergo daily Covid-19 testing.

Women's football to receive financial boost from UEFA

UEFA are introducing a new model that will see women's football benefit from a four-fold increase in financial support as of the 2021/22 season. A sum of €24 million (£20.8m) will be redistributed across all European sport.

In addition to the boost in funding, the board will also introduce VAR technology from the quarter-finals onwards, as opposed to it previously only being available in the final. 

"[It] will strengthen the women's game across Europe," said UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin. "The development of women's football should not be driven by short-term gain but a long-term vision. Thanks to the solidarity payments at the heart of this project and the increased rewards, every last Euro generated by the Women's Champions League and even more will go back into the women's game."

The new UEFA model will also introduce squad changes in order to accommodate for maternity leave.