Other women's sports - notably Twenty20 and one-day cricket, and netball - have received regular coverage on Sky Sports, while BBC Sport has shown women's hockey and Six Nations rugby online.

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Other sports facilities at the arena include basketball, netball and five-a-side football.

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The 41-year-old, currently director of netball with England Netball, will take up his role on 1 April.

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Other good things about netball are that it is a non-contact sport, and it is cheap, requiring only goals and a ball.

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England secured a shortened version Fast Net win over Australia at the World Netball Series in Manchester in October before their rivals gained revenge in a third-place play off.

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When Manchester's games are finished, the site should have championship-standard indoor tennis, squash and cycling centres, athletics facilities, and a badminton and netball hall.

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