Posted on December 31, 2019
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At the end of another groundbreaking year for women’s sport, The 52’s Will Moulton (WM), Alasdair Hooper (AHp), Alex Horowitz (AHz), Ollie Godden (OG), Julia Cook (JC) and Shona McCallin (SMc) have collated their favourite moments of 2019. And in case you missed it,…
Category: Athletics, Boxing, Cricket, End Of Year Reviews, football, Golf, Gymnastics, Hockey, Tennis, The 52, TrampoliningTags: 2018 FIH Champions Trophy, 2019 EuroHockey Championships, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers, 2019 FIH Pro League, 2019 Gymnastics World Championships, 2019 Manchester Para-Cycling International, 2019 Solheim Cup, 2019 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, 2019 US Open, 2019 WBBL, 2019 Women's EuroHockey Championships II, 2019 World Athletics Championships, 2019 World Para-athletics Championships, Alex Blackwell, Ally McDonald, Amy Costello, Athletics, BBC Sport, Boxing, Brisbane Heat, British Athletics, British Cycling, Brittany Brown, Bronte Law, Bryony Page, Canelo Alvarez, Christina Linardatou, Coco Gauff, Commonwealth Games, Cricket, Dafne Schippers, Delfine Persoon, Dina Asher-Smith, Doha, England, England Rugby, Europe, European Athletics Championships, European Indoor Athletics Championships, FA WSL, football, France, Gavin & Stacey, Golf, Great Britain, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Hockey, IBF, Ireland, Italy, Izzy Petter, Jamaica, Jermall Charlo, Jess Ennis-Hill, Kadeena Cox, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Katie Taylor, Kings College London, KJT, Laura Gallagher, Leo Santa Cruz, Lionesses, London 2012, Marina Alex, Mexico, Nafi Thiam, New South Wales Breakers, Nicki Cochrane, Norway, Olympics, Phoebe Litchfield, Qatar, Red Roses, Rio 2016, Romania, Rose Valente, Rugby Union, Sandy Park, Scotland, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shona McCallin, Simona Halep, Simone Biles, Suzann Pettersen, Sydney Sixers, Sydney Thunder, Tennis, Tess Howard, The Netherlands, The Stoop, Tokyo 2020, USA, Venus Williams, WBA, WBBL, WBC, WBO, Wembley, Wimbledon, Wimbledon 2019, World Indoor Athletics Championships
Posted on November 28, 2019
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Image Credit: British Gymnastics You know an athlete is a special talent when they are winning World Championship medals in their teenage years. Great Britain trampolinist Izzy Songhurst is one of those, having helped her country to a team bronze at the 2017 Trampoline,…
Category: The 52, TrampoliningTags: 2017 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, 2018 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT European Championships, 2019 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, Azerbaijan, Baku, BBC Sport, British Gymnastics, Bryony Page, Dorset, Great Britain, Izzy Songhurst, Kat Driscoll, Laura Gallagher, Trampolining
Posted on November 27, 2019
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Image Credit: British Gymnastics As she prepares to compete at her 11th World Championships, there are no signs that Kat Driscoll will be giving up trampolining anytime soon. Described by team-mate and The 52 writer Laura Gallagher as a legend of the sport, come January…
Category: The 52, TrampoliningTags: 2013 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, 2019 Trampoline Tumbling & DMT World Championships, BBC Sport, British Gymnastics, British Gymnastics World Class Programme, Bryony Page, Chatham, Great Britain, HSBC, Izzy Songhurst, Kat Driscoll, Laura Gallagher, London 2012, O2 Arena, Olympic Games, Olympics, Rio 2016, SportSpiel, Tokyo 2020, Tracy Whittaker
Posted on October 14, 2019
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How did you celebrate your 18th birthday? Studying for your A-levels? Buying your first round? Taking in a nightclub? How about helping your club to a historic domestic double in a game shown live to thousands of people on Sky Sports? That’s exactly what…
Category: Rugby League, The 52Tags: 2018 Challenge Cup, 2018 Women's Challenge Cup, 2018 Year 7 Boys' National Schools Final, 2019 Betfred Women's Super League, 2019 Betfred Women's Super League Grand Final, 2019 Rugby League World 9s, 2019 Women's Challenge Cup, Australia, BBC, BBC Sport, Belinda Sharpe, Bolton, Brisbane Broncos, Caitlin Beevers, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Castleford Tigers, Dewsbury, England, FA WSL, France, Leeds Rhinos, NRL, Papua New Guinea, Rugby League World 9s, Sky Sports, University of Bolton Stadium, Wembley
Posted on September 14, 2019
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Women’s sport is receiving more coverage than ever before But gender equal media sports coverage can’t be a fad; it needs to be the norm We are dedicated to giving women’s sport the platform it deserves The platform to #BeSeenBeHeardBeInspired 🔗 https://t.co/kwcMbxk70v pic.twitter.com/2v21WQniOx —…
Category: The 52Tags: #BeSeenBeHeardBeInspired, #RedRoses, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019 Netball World Cup, 2019 Women's Ashes, 2019/20 Barclays FAWSL, Barclays FAWSL, BBC Sport, Ben Stokes, Cricket, Dina Asher-Smith, England Rugby, football, Georgia Elwiss, GiveMeSport, GiveMeSport Women, Katerina Johnson-Thompson, Katherine Brunt, KJT, Leanne Riley, Natasha Hunt, netball, Sky Sports, Sky Sports Netball, talkSPORT, Telegraph Women's Sport, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Women's Six Nations, Women's Sport Trust
Posted on May 5, 2019
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Photo credit: Martin Holtom It’s difficult finding a genuine reason to dislike Elise Christie. Her quirky personality, motivational Instagram posts and relative humbleness despite her immense talent all serve to make the short track speed skater highly endearing. She is a journalist’s dream too,…
Category: The 52, Winter OlympicsTags: 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics, 2019 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Anxiety, BBC Sport, David McDaid, Depression, Elise Christie, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Pyeongchang 2018, Short track speed skating, Sochi 2014, SportSpiel, UK Sport
Posted on February 9, 2019
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Photo credit: Susannah Gill (@TheIronLadyRuns) What Susannah Gill achieved last week is nothing short of extraordinary. The British runner not only completed the notorious World Marathon Challenge – also known as ’777’ as it involves running seven marathons on seven continents in seven days…
Category: Sport, The 52Tags: 2019 World Marathon Challenge, 777, BBC, BBC Sport, Becca Pizzi, Dame Kelly Holmes, Emil Scarratt, England, England Rugby, Great Britain, Kristina Schou Madsen, Laura Muir, Marathon, Natasha Hunt, Paula Radcliffe, Running, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Susannah Gill, USA, Women's Six Nations, World Marathon Challenge
Posted on January 12, 2019
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This week our second guest writer Ella Jerman explains why England Netball can lead the charge for women’s sport in 2019. It was the gold that nobody predicted. England had won just three netball titles – and no ‘major’ ones – while Australia had…
Category: The 52Tags: 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 SJA British Sport Awards, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019 Netball Quad Series, 2019 Netball World Cup, Australia, Australia Netball, BBC, BBC Sport, England, England Cricket, England Netball, England Rugby, France, GB Hockey, Geva Mentor, Gold Coast 2018, Helen Housby, Jade Clarke, Jo Harten, Lionesses, Liverpool, netball, New Zealand, Nike, Rio 2016, Serena Guthrie, Sky Sports, South Africa, Tracey Neville, Vitality, YouGov
Posted on September 1, 2018
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Picture Credit: Caitlin Beevers (@CaitlinBeevers1) For most of us, creating history is something we can only ever dream of. But for Caitlin Beevers this is becoming something of a regularity as she did that twice last month – while still at school! As well…
Category: Rugby League, The 52Tags: 2018, 2018 RFL Women's Challenge Cup, BBC Sport, Caitlin Beevers, Castleford Tigers, football, Joy Neville, Leeds Rhinos, Premier League, Pro14, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Sian Massey-Ellis, Southern Kings, Tara Jones, Ulster, Wembley
Posted on August 11, 2018
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Sport has a habit of producing special moments. They can be very much personal – i.e. returning from injury or winning a maiden tournament – or they can be cultural, marking a major shift in perceptions. It’s fair to say the 2018 Vitality Hockey…
Category: Hockey, The 52Tags: #HWC2018, 2018 Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup, Alex Danson, Australia, Ayeisha McFerran, BBC, BBC Sport, BT Sport, Charlotte Stapenhorst, Chiara Tiddi, China, Chloe Watkins, Chris Hollins, Conor McGregor, Crista Cullen, Die Danas, Elena Tice, England, England Hockey, Eugenia Trinchinetti, Eva de Goede, Germany, Gillian Pinder, Green Army, Helen Richardson-Walsh, Hockey, Hockeyroos, India, Ireland, Ireland Hockey, Italy, Jodie Kenny, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Kitty van Male, Korea, Laura Unsworth, Lidewij Welten, Lily Owsley, Lucina von der Heyde, Mariah Carey, Mel Clewlow, Oranje, Rachel Lynch, Rocio Gutierrez, Rosie Malone, Sam Quek, Simon Mason, Spain, The Netherlands, USA, World Cup, Zoe Wilson
