Posted on October 27, 2019
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Great Britain’s women’s basketball team are ‘on the cusp of something special’. These are the words of Basketball England CEO Stewart Kellett. And he’s not wrong. In 2017, they failed to reach for the main draw at the Women’s EuroBasket event. In 2018, they…
Category: Basketball, The 52Tags: #BeSeenBeHeardBeInspired, 2017 Women's EuroBasket, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2019 Women's EuroBasket, 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Basketball England, Chantelle Hardy, Chema Buceta, England, France, GB Basketball, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Johannah Leedham, London 2012, Minnesota Lynx, Olympics, Rachael Vanderwal, Spain, Sport England, Stef Collins, Stewart Kellett, Temi Fagbenle, Tokyo 2020, UK Sport, WNBA
Posted on July 13, 2019
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Success comes naturally to Liz Watson. She may only be 25 but already the Australian netball star has experienced plenty of it in her sporting career. Her cabinet currently boasts three Netball Quad Series golds and a Commonwealth Games silver with the Samsung Diamonds…
Category: netball, The 52Tags: 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2019 Netball World Cup, AFL, ANZ Championship, Aussie Diamonds, Aussie Rules, Australia, Australian International Player of the Year, Carlton, Diamonds, England, Essendon, Gold Coast 2018, Liverpool, Liz Ellis Diamond, Liz Watson, Matthew Watson, Melbourne, Melbourne Vixens, netball, Netball Quad Series, Netball World Cup, New Zealand, Samsung Diamonds, Sharelle McMahon Medal, South Africa, Steve Alessio, Victoria
Posted on July 11, 2019
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Shannon Saunders’ netball career will complete a full circle at 9am tomorrow when she steps out onto Liverpool Arena’s court for the opening game of the 2019 Netball World Cup. Having made her New Zealand debut back in 2013, there were fears she’d played…
Category: netball, The 52Tags: 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2019 Netball World Cup, ANZ Premiership, Aussie Diamonds, Australia, Cadbury Netball Series, Dame Lois Muir, Diamonds, Echo Arena, England, Gold Coast 2018, Liverpool Arena, netball, New Zealand, Samsung Diamonds, Shannon Francois, Shannon Saunders, Silver Ferns, Skin Cancer, Southern Steel, University of Otago, Vitality Roses
Posted on July 10, 2019
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“I’ve always been somewhat gregarious. My Mum used to say ‘there’s no show without Jo!’” Speaking to Jo Weston, you wouldn’t realise she is just days away from one of the toughest tests of her netball career; the 2019 Netball World Cup. The Australian…
Category: netball, The 52Tags: 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019 Netball World Cup, 2019 Rugby World Cup, Ashes, Australia, Australia Diamonds, Baking, Cricket, Deloitte, Echo Arena, England, GBBO, Gold Coast 2018, Great British Bake Off, Jo Weston, Liverpool, Liz Watson, M&S Bank Arena, Matildas, Melbourne Vixens, netball, Netball World Cup, Northern Ireland, Rugby Union, Samsung Diamonds, Sports Environmental Allianca, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Vitality Roses
Posted on June 2, 2019
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Photo credit: Hockey Wales Alun Wyn Jones, Jess Fishlock, Ryan Giggs, Helen Weston, Sam Warburton, Sarah Thomas – just some of the incredible athletes to have come out of Wales. Each has a multitude of accolades – both individual and team – to their…
Category: Hockey, The 52Tags: 2017 EuroHockey Championships II, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Abi Welsford, Alex Danson, Alun Wyn Jones, EuroHockey Championships, football, GB Hockey, Gethin Jenkins, Glasgow, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Helen Weston, Hockey, Holcombe HC, India, Jess Fishlock, Leah Wilkinson, Lisa Daley, London 2012, Manchester United, Natasha Marke-Jones, netball, Paul Edwards, Rugby Union, Russia, Ryan Giggs, Sam Warburton, Sarah Jones, Sarah Thomas, Sian French, Team Wales, Wales, Welsh Sports Hall of Fame
Posted on May 27, 2019
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Emily Nicholl is the true epitome of someone who never gave up on their dreams. In just a few weeks’ time the 25-year-old will be hoping to step onto the court of Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena as Scotland begin their Netball World Cup campaign…
Category: netball, The 52Tags: 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2019 Netball World Cup, Athletics, Cricket, Echo Arena, Edinburgh University, Emily Nicholl, England, Giselle Ansley, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Hockey, netball, Reece Prescod, Rio 2016, Samoa, Scotland, Scotland Netball, Strathclyde Sirens, Tymal Mills, Vitality Netball Superleague
Posted on May 25, 2019
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One of the best things about summer is the vast number of sporting events for armchair fans to indulge ourselves in. The last week epitomised this perfectly – it seemed as though everywhere you looked there was a major international or domestic event happening….
Category: Cycling, Paralympics, Tennis, The 52Tags: 2017 Para-triathlon European Championships, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 Para-triathlon European Championships, 2018 Para-triathlon World Series Grand Final, 2019 BNP Paribas World Team Cup, 2019 Para-canoe European Championships, 2019 Para-canoe World Cup, 2019 UCI Para-cycling World Cup, 2019 World Para-triathlon Series, Alfie Hewett, Athletics, Bank of England, Belgium, British Canoeing, British Cycling, British Triathlon, Canoeing, Charlotte Henshaw, China, Claire Cashmore, Corinne Hall, Cornelia Oosthuizen, Crystal Lane-Wright, Cycling, Dermot Bailey, Emma Wiggs, Fran Brown, France, Gold Coast 2018, Gordon Reid, Great Britain, Hannah Dines, Israel, Jade Jones, Jade Jones-Hall, Japan, Jeanette Chippington, Jordanne Whiley, Karen Darke, Katie Toft, Laura Sugar, Lauren Steadman, Lora Fachie, Louise Hunt, LTA, Lucy Shuker, Marathon, Melissa Reid, Ostend, Para-canoeing, Para-cycling, Para-triathlon, Paralympic Games, Poland, Poznan, Rio 2016, Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Ruby Bishop, Sitting Volleyball, South Africa, Swimming, Taekwdondo, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Triathlon, Yokohama
Posted on April 13, 2019
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Despite being a nation full of gym buffs, when it comes to competitive weightlifting Great Britain’s record is remarkably average. Since the rebirth of the Olympic movement back in 1896 we have won a total of seven medals – the last being a bronze…
Category: Olympics, The 52, WeightliftingTags: 1896 Olympic Games, 1984 Olympic Games, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2012 Olympic Games, 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 European Weightlifting Championships, 2015 British Weightlifting Championships, 2016 English Weightlifting Championships, 2016 European Weightlifting Championships, 2016 Olympic Games, 2017 British Weightlifting Championships, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 2019 European Weightlifting CHampionship, 2020 Olympic Games, Aspiration Fund, Athens, Athletics, British Weightlifting, Canada, David Mercer, Emily Muskett, Glasgow 2014, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Hockey, Launceston Elliot, London 2012, Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau, National Lottery, netball, Olympic Weightlifting, Pole Vault, Rio 2016, Tennis, Tokyo 2020, UK Sport, Weightlifting, Zoe Smith
Posted on March 17, 2019
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“I’m a survivor; I’m not gonna give up; I’m not gonna stop; I’m gonna work harder. I’m a survivor; I’m gonna make it; I will survive; keep on surviving.” There can be no doubting how empowering this chart-topping hit from Destiny’s Child is. It’s…
Category: Athletics, Cycling, Paralympics, The 52Tags: 1984 Paralympics, 2015 World Para-athletics Championships, 2017 World Para-athletics Championships, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, BBC, Beyonce, Cycling, Dame Sarah Storey, Destiny's Child, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Isabell Barr, Kadeena Cox, London, Multiple Sclerosis, Rio 2016, Rio 2016 Paralympics, Sale Harriers, Skeleton, Team GB, The Guardian, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Posted on February 17, 2019
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Understated is not a term you would currently associate with England Netball. From that incredible last minute victory at Gold Coast 2018 to narrowly missing out on thrilling Quad Series title last month, they’ve certainly been making plenty of noise over the last year,…
Category: netball, The 52Tags: 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2011 World Netball Series, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2019 Netball World Cup, 2019 Vitality Quad Series, ANZ Championship, Echo Arena, England Netball, Gold Coast 2018, Jade Clarke, Liverpool, London, Loughborough Lightning, Manchester, netball, Sports Personality of the Year 2018, SPOTY, Vitality Roses, Vitality Super League, Wasps
