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,… Continue Reading “The 52’s Favourite Moments Of 2019”
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 16, 2019
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(Image Credit: British Athletics) Paralympic champion. Five-time European champion. Seven-time World champion. Throw in a Commonwealth title, a Paralympic silver medal and two world records and it’s easy to see why we’re asking if Sophie Hahn is one of the greatest British athletes of… Continue Reading “Is Sophie Hahn one of the greatest British athletes this era?”
Category: Athletics, Paralympics, The 52Tags: 2013 World Para-athletics Championships, 2016 European Para-athletics Championships, 2017 World Para-athletics Championships, 2019 World Para-athletics Championships, Archery, Asafa Powell, Australia, British Athletics, Charnwood Athletic Club, Commonwealth Games, Danielle Brown, European Para-athletics Championships, Great Britain, Hungary, Jamaica, Justin Gatlin, London, London 2012, London 2012 Paralympics, Luca Ekler, Margarita Goncharova, Olivia Breen, Para-archery, Paralympics, Rhiannon Clark, Russia, Sophie Hahn, T38, Tyson Gay, USA, Usain Bolt, World Para-athletics Championships, Yohan Blake
Posted on September 30, 2019
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With the 2019 World Athletics Championships well underway, Julia Cook takes a look into the issues of body shaming that have become more and more prevalent in track and field over recent years. There’s no doubt about it, Eilish McColgan is having a sensational… Continue Reading “The track and field stars hitting back against body shamers”
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 200m, 2019 British Athletics Championships, 2019 World Athletics Championships, 3000m Steeplechase, 400m, 4x400m, 5000m, Allie Ostrander, Amber Campbell, Anyika Onuora, ASICS, Athletics, Commonwealth Games, Doha, Eilish McColgan, European Athletics Championships, Great Britain, Greg Rutherford, Hammer throw, Heptathlon, Jess Ennis-Hill, London 2012, Long jump, Middle-distance running, NCAA, Olympics, Qatar, Rio 2016, Scotland, Super Saturday, USA, World Athletics Championships
Posted on November 24, 2018
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Ask any journalist to recount everything they’ve written and it is almost guaranteed they won’t be able to remember the majority. But every now and again there is one that sticks with you forever. For me that’s the tale of Sammi Kinghorn. What the… Continue Reading “#24) Sammi Kinghorn”
Category: Athletics, Paralympics, The 52Tags: 2017 World Para-athletics Championships, 2019 World Para-athletics Championships, Accident, Commonwealth Games, Disability, Eben, Ebenezer Scrooge, European Champion, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, London 2017, London Stadium, Marathon, Paralympics, Paralysis, Rio 2016, Sammi Kinghorn, Scotland, sportscotland, SportSpiel, Sprinting, Sunday Mail, Tokyo 2020, Wheelchair Racing, World Champion
Posted on July 7, 2018
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Have you heard about the sprinter who went from relative obscurity and missing out on a place at the Commonwealth Games by 0.01s to British champion in the space of a few months, breaking a 34-year-old record on the way? Sounds too good to… Continue Reading “#4) Beth Dobbin”
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 200m, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 IAAF European Championships, Aesop, Athletics, Athletics World Cup, Beth Dobbin, Bianca Williams, British Athletics, Carlos Bacca, Commonwealth Games, Dina Asher-Smith, England, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Hare, Hollywood, Jodie Williams, Jordan Pickford, LA 1984 Olympics, Loughborough University, Sandra Whittaker, Scotland, Scottish Athletics, SportSpiel, Sprinter, Tortoise
Posted on September 17, 2013
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Last week, Zimbabwe’s national cricket team gave the country blighted by political corruption and severe droughts something to smile about for the first time in a long while. They won their first Test match (excluding victories over Bangladesh) for 12 years, drawing the series… Continue Reading “A Shining Light”
Category: OpinionTags: 1980 Moscow Olympics, 2003 Cricket World Cup, 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, All-Africa Games, Andy Flower, Austria, Bangladesh, Commonwealth Games, Cricket, Czechoslovakia, ECB, Eddo Brandes, Field Hockey, Glenn McGrath, Graeme Swann, Grant Flower, Great Britain, Guy Whittall, Heath Streak, Henry Olonga, India, James Anderson, Kirsty Coventry, London 2012, Mohammad Azharuddin, Mrs Sally Mugabe, Murray Goodwin, Pakistan, Poland, Rahul Dravid, Rhodesia, Robert Mugabe, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa, Soviet Union, Stuart Broad, Swimming, Swimming World Championships, USA, USSR, Wasim Akram, ZANU, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Cricket, Zimbabwe Hockey
