Posted on October 20, 2020
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It’s incredible to think how much advances in technology have influenced sport in recent years. Video referees, sport and exercise science, HawkEye, undersoil heating, pay-per-view, electric engines – all of these and more have changed how we view nearly every event. Compare most to… Continue Reading “Enough is enough; it’s time to provide female athletes with the kit they deserve”
Category: Hockey, Rugby Union, The 52Tags: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, American Football, Australia, Canterbury, Ellen White, England, football, Great Britain, HawkEye, Hockey, Ireland, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Kit, Lionesses, Lucy Bronze, Matilas, Phoebe Schecter, Red Roses, Rio 2016, Rugby Union, Saracens, Saracens Women, Sport, SportSpiel, Sydney 2000, Technology, VAR, Women's Kit, Zoe Harrison
Posted on July 28, 2020
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In her first piece for The 52, Cassie Coombes spoke to up-and-coming footballing star Poppy Wilson about overcoming setbacks right at the start of her journey. At first, football was simply a passion for Poppy Wilson. Years later, and having overcome her fair share… Continue Reading “Poppy Wilson: “I didn’t know there was a pathway to become a professional footballer. I was just doing it because I loved it””
Category: football, The 52Tags: 2019/20 FA Women's Championship, 2019/20 Premier League, Arsenal WFC, Bristol City WFC, Durham Wildcats, England, FA Women's Championship, football, Kazakhstan, Liverpool, London, London City Lionesses, Millwall FC, Millwall Lionesses, Poppy Wilson, Premier League, Somerset, Tottenham Hotspur WFC, Women's Super League
Posted on July 14, 2020
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The return of Test match cricket last week brought back a sense of familiarity long sought by so many. Rain delays, English batting collapses and the result going down to the wire – it was as though nothing had changed, despite the lack of… Continue Reading “Cricket’s female commentators shining bright despite gloomy start to British summer”
Category: Cricket, The 52Tags: 2009 Women's ODI World Cup, 2009 Women's T20 World Cup, 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup, 2019 Men's ODI World Cup, Alex Hartley, Alex Scott, Alison Mitchell, Australia, BBC, Charlotte Edwards, Cricket, Ebony Rainford-Brent, England, England Cricket, Eni Aluko, football, Fox Cricket, Isa Guha, ITV, Lizzy Ammon, Mel Jones, Melinda Farrell, Natalie Germanos, SJA, Sky Sports, Test Match Special, TMS, USA, Vicki Sparks, West Indies, Women's Cricket World Cup
Posted on May 19, 2020
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Men are the worst. Ok so that’s a massive, sweeping generalisation (being a man myself I’d like to say that quite a few of us are ok!) but one Twitter post earlier this week has confirmed that there are still a number of colossal… Continue Reading ““Continue to keep proving the t**ts wrong & inspire the masses””
Category: football, The 52Tags: 2019/20 Barclays FAWSL, Boxing, Chloe Morgan, Coronavirus, Covid-19, England, FA WSL, football, Great Britain, Hockey, Hollie Pearne-Webb, Katie Levick, Katie Rood, Kirsty Linnett, Lewes FC, Liverpool WFC, New Zealand, Reading WFC, Remi Allen, Rio 2016, Stacey Copeland, The Hundred, Tottenham Hotspur WFC, Twitter, Yorkshire CCC
Posted on March 15, 2020
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Photo credit: Brian Cleary, Brian Cleary/BCPix.com While gender equality has grown exponentially across many sports in recent years, motorsport has often been criticised for failing to follow suit. And when it did try to address the issue with the creation of the W Series,… Continue Reading “Katherine Legge & Christina Nielsen: The two women silently leading a motorsport revolution”
Category: Motorsport, The 52Tags: 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, 2017/18 Europa League, 2018 Macau GP, 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, 2019 W Series, 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2020 European Le Mans Series, 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Alessandro Balzan, Alice Powell, Allsvenskan, Andy Lally, Arsenal, Bitske Visser, Christina Nielsen, England, football, Germany, Graham Potter, Great Britain, GT Daytona, Italy, Jamie Chadwick, Katherine Legge, Motorsport, Ostersunds FK, Sophia Floersch, Sweden, The Netherlands, USA, W Series
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 13, 2019
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“Daddy, I think I want to be a goalkeeper.” This was the heartwarming statement made by a young girl sat behind me as nearly 78,000 people watched the Lionesses take on Germany at Wembley at the weekend. Despite being no older than six, she… Continue Reading “Lionesses’ Wembley extravaganza epitomised #BeSeenBeHeardBeInspired; now we need all sports to get on board”
Category: Cricket, football, Hockey, netball, Rugby Union, The 52Tags: #BeSeenBeHeardBeInspired, #GameChanger, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019/20 Barclays FAWSL, Barclays FAWSL, Carli Lloyd, Cricket, England, England Netball, England Rugby, FA, football, Game Changer, GB Basketball, GB Hockey, Germany, Great Britain, Harlequins, Hockey, Lionesses, London 2012, netball, Olympics, Rugby Union, Simon Middleton, Team GB, The Hundred, The Stoop, Twickenham Stoop, USA, WBBL, Wembley, Women's Football Weekend
Posted on September 25, 2019
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Alasdair Hooper takes us through the almost unprecedented situation in North America where many of the world’s best ice hockey players are refusing to play professionally in order to get the rights they deserve. Imagine a scenario where 200 of the best footballers refused… Continue Reading “The Dream Gap Tour: How 200 players are fighting to change the face of women’s ice hockey”
Category: Ice Hockey, The 52Tags: 2018 Winter Olympics, Alyssa Gagliardi, Barclays FA WSL, Billie Jean King, Boston College, Boston Pride, Canada, Canadian Women's Hockey League, Coyne Schofield, FA WSL, football, Fran Kirby, Hilary Knight, Ice Hockey, Kim Little, Marie-Philip Poulin, National Hockey League Players' Association, National Women's Hockey League, NBA, NHL All-Stars, Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, Pyeongchang 2018, San Jose Sharks, Sarah Nurse, Steph Houghton, The Dream Gap Tour, Toronto Furies, USA, WNBA
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 —… Continue Reading “#BeSeenBeHeardBeInspired – The Next Chapter For The 52”
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 July 3, 2019
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21:53 – the time last night when the tears of a nation started flowing as the final whistle was blown on England’s 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign. It was a heart wrenching, soul destroying moment, seeing those 23 athletes whom we’ve come to… Continue Reading “England Inspired, Now It’s Up To Us To Ensure Lionesses’ World Cup Legacy Lives On”
Category: footballTags: #ShowUp, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2021 UEFA Women's European Championships, Alex Greenwood, Alex Morgan, BBC, Carly Telford, Chelsea, Ellen White, England, Euro 2021, football, France, Great Britain, Hockey, Lionesses, Manchester City, Manchester United, netball, rugby, Scotland, Team GB, Tokyo 2020, USA
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