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,…
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 February 22, 2020
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Shona McCallin looks back on an exciting tour for GB Hockey to Australia and New Zealand and how it felt to make her FIH Hockey Pro League debut, score her first GB goal and make her 50th appearance. It’s crunch time for a lot…
Category: Hockey, The 52Tags: 2020 FIH Hockey Pro League, 2020 Olympics, Argentina, Australia, Brisbane, China, FIH Hockey Pro League, GB Hockey, Germany, Great Britain, Hockey, Mark Hager, New Zealand, Olympics, Shona McCallin, South Africa, Sydney, The Netherlands, Tokyo 2020, USA
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…
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 November 18, 2018
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Photo credit: UK Sport Ask any British Olympic medalist the story behind their success and often they will tell you it’s down to help they received from others. While everyone has their own unique path, look closely into the journey of many athletes from…
Category: Olympics, Paralympics, The 52, Winter OlympicsTags: Alpine skiing, Ben Ainslie, BOA, Bradley Wiggins, British Cycling, Canada, Canoeing, Charlotte Dujardin, Charlotte Evans, Chris Hoy, Cricket, Cycling, Dame Sarah Storey, Darren Kenny, David Roberts, David Weir, Diving, Ed Clancy, Ellie Simmonds, Equestrian, football, Germany, Golf, Great Britain, Gymnastics, Hannah Cockroft, Heptathlon, Hockey, Hollie Pearne-Webb, Isabel Newstead, James Anderson, Jason Kenny, Jess Ennis-Hill, Kelly Gallagher, Laura Kenny, Lee Pearson, Liz Nicholl, Lizzy Yarnold, Matthew Pinsent, Mo Farah, netball, Netherlands, Olympics, Paralympics, Pyeongchang 2018, Rio 2016, Robert Matthews, Rowing, rugby, Russia, Sailing, Sir Hugh Robertson, Skeleton, Sochi 2014, Sophie Christiansen, Steve Redgrave, Swimming, Taekwondo, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Team GB, Trampolining, Triathlon, UK Sport, USA, Wales, Wheelchair Racing, Winter Olympics
Posted on August 26, 2018
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Picture credit: Nick Hope (@NickHopeTV) Long evenings, sun, holidays, sea and stunning views – summer really is the best time of year. It’s also fantastic for being a period with copious amounts of sport to consume. Already this summer fans have been treated to…
Category: The 52Tags: 2012 London Paralympic Games, 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, 2018 European Championships, 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup, 2018 KSL, 2018 Para-athletic European Championships, 2018 Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup, 2018 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championships, Amy Conroy, Canada, Casey Stoney, Charlotte Henshaw, Continental Tyres Cup, Dame Sarah Storey, Dutch, Emma Wiggs, F1, football, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Germany, Great Britain, Hannah Cockroft, Helen Freeman, ITU World Triathlon, ITU World Triathlon Series, Jess Learmonth, Jodie Stimpson, Kare Adenegan, Katie Zaferes, Manchester United Women, Premier League, Rebecca Romero, Sophie Carrigill, Sophie Hahn, Spain, Summer, USA, Vicky Holland
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
Posted on December 30, 2016
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It’s that time of year again for me to churn out my incredibly well informed, not-at-all-biased (please note the sarcasm here, my ego isn’t yet that big) top ten list of sporting moments that occurred during 2016. It was really hard to choose just…
Category: UncategorizedTags: 2015-16 Premier League, 2016, 2016 6 Nations, 2016 ATP World Tour Finals, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Brazilian GP, 2016 DH World Championship, 2016 DH World Cup, 2016 French Open, Andy Murray, Athletics, Australia, Ayrton Senna, Aziz Awang, Brazil, Bryony Page, Canada, Cricket, Cycling, Dame Sarah Storey, Downhill mountain biking, Eddie Jones, End of year review, England, F1, F1 2016, Germany, Hockey, Hollie Webb, Jason Kenny, Joachim Eilers, Kadeena Cox, Kat Driscoll, Keirin, Lauren Winfield, Leicester City, Malaysia, Max Verstappen, Milos Raonic, Netherlands, Novak Djokovic, Olympics, Pakistan, Paralympics, Rachel Atherton, Red Bull Racing, Rio 2016, Rosie MacLennan, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Serbia, Sir Chris Hoy, Sophie Bray, Tammy Beaumont, Team GB, Tennis, Trampolining, UEFA Champions League, Wimbledon 2016
Posted on August 5, 2016
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It’s here, it’s back; the Olympic Games are upon us! It’s scarcely believable that it’s already been four years since London 2012, the memories are that strong. A lot has happened in that period of time however. For example, Britain is no longer part…
Category: Rio 2016Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, Athletics, Cycling, Doping, Drugs, France, Germany, Great Britain, Gregory Bauge, IAAF, IOC, Jamaica, Justin Gatlin, Lizzie Armitstead, London 2012, McLaren Report, Rio 2016, Russia, Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Team GB, Thomas Bach, USA, USSR, Yohann Blake
Posted on May 11, 2016
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Leicester City, champions of England. Even now, more than week since this was confirmed, something about it doesn’t quite ring true. It’s not a bad thing though; if anything their success has been the kick up the backside that the game has needed. What…
Category: footballTags: 2016 European Championship Qualifiers, Algeria, Andrej Kramaric, Argentina, Barclays Premier League, Barclays Premier League 2004/5, Barclays Premier League 2014/15, Barclays Premier League 2015/16, Christian Fuchs, Claudio Ranieri, Croatia, Danny Drinkwater, Denmark, Eliaquim Mangala, England, Faroe Islands, football, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Jamie Vardy, Kasper Schmeichel, Leicester City, Manchester City FC, Manchester United FC, Marc Albrighton, Nicolas Otamendi, Nigel Pearson, Riyad Mahrez, Robert Huth, Shinji Okazaki, Wes Morgan, West Bromich Albion
Posted on July 14, 2015
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So there it is; after two weeks of racquet smashing, cross-court winners and ridiculous grunting, Wimbledon 2015 is over. Time for the British spectators to put their tennis clobber back in the loft and return to return to the sport(s) they follow for the other…
Category: TennisTags: Ana Ivanovic, Andy Murray, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, Carla Suarez Navarro, Caroline Wozniacki, Dustin Brown, Eugenie Bouchard, France, Garbine Muguruza, Germany, Great Britain, Heather Watson, James Ward, Kevin Anderson, Laura Robson, Liam Broady, Maria Sharapova, Marin Cilic, Marko Matosevic, Martina Hingis, Nick Kyrgios, Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitova, Rafael Nadal, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Serena Williams, Simona Halep, South Africa, Spain, Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland, Tennis, USA, Vasek Pospisil, Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Wimbledon 2015
