Three things to do in the month ahead

Watch Copa 71

The first Fifa Women’s World Cup was held in 1991, but 20 years earlier six teams competed for the title of world champions in front of six-figure crowds in Mexico. Argentina, Denmark, England, France, Italy and the hosts all took part, with Denmark’s 3-0 triumph over Mexico in the final watched by a 110,000 crowd.

Copa 71 – to be released in the UK on March 8 – is a film that tells the remarkable story of this unofficial World Cup, which took place at a time when some countries banned women from playing football. Archive footage is combined with interviews from those who took part to illustrate how big an event it was. There are big names among the executive producers, too: Venus and Serena Williams as well as United States footballer Alex Morgan.

Read The Red Roses

England will be chasing a sixth straight title when the Women’s Six Nations kicks off next month and a new book goes behind the scenes with the world’s No 1 team.

Jessica Hayden has not only spoken to players Emily Scarratt, Marlie Packer and Jess Breach in The Red Roses, which is published on March 7, but spent time in camp with the team to find out what goes into becoming the world’s best. Plus, she covers the heartbreak the squad have experienced losing two successive World Cup finals to New Zealand.

Support World Athletics Indoor Championships

Glasgow hosts the world indoors from March 1-3 and tickets are still available for the sessions at Emirates Arena, which staged events during the 2014 Commonwealth Games, while the BBC has the broadcast rights. Laura Muir is looking forward to competing in front of a home crowd. She said the event was “too good an opportunity to miss” and will race in the 3,000 metres.

To coincide with the indoors, a Museum of World Athletics exhibition is open on the ground floor of Glasgow’s St Enoch Centre and it runs until March 3.