Sponsors frustrated by decision to stop girl presenting FA Women's Cup

The sponsors of the FA Women’s Cup in England are understood to be frustrated after a committee blocked their request for a girl to be allowed to present the trophy to the winning team in May.

Energy firm SSE had wanted a girl to perform the trophy handover but the proposal was rejected by the FA’s protocol committee on the grounds that it would set a precedent to allow under-16s into the adults-only VIP suite.