Tag: Great Britain
Posted on September 13, 2021
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Photo credit: Sky News Emma Raducanu’s US Open triumph is a story so unfathomable that if it was turned into a film it would be unlikely to make much money due to its ‘terrible screenwriting’ as suggested by comedian Dara O’Briain. Yet a humble,… Continue Reading “Why Classy Raducanu’s American Dream Transcends Sport”
Category: Tennis, The 52Tags: 2021 US Open, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Canada, China, Dara O'Briain, Emma Raducanu, Flushing Meadows, Grand Slam, Great Britain, Helen Willis, Leylah Fernandez, London, Maria Sharapova, Newstead Wood School, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Romania, Serena Williams, Tennis, Twitter, US Open, Virginia Wade, Wimbledon
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 October 11, 2020
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How do you feel about how you look? According to a survey conducted by the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) and YouGov in 2019, 20% of UK adults said they felt shame because of their body image, while 19% admitted being disgusted. In addition, 37%… Continue Reading ““Whatever your body looks like, be proud because it’s serving you well””
Category: Hockey, Rugby Union, The 52Tags: Argentina, Body Image, England, England Rugby, Great Britain, Hockey, Jess Ennis, Justine Lucas, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Mental Health Foundation, Olympics, RFU, Rio 2016, Rugby Union, Rugby World Cup, Saracens, Saracens Women, SportSpiel, World Cup, YouGov, Zoe Harrison
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 February 23, 2020
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It’s always sad when one of sport’s greats decides it’s time to step away. But Alex Danson-Bennett doesn’t want us to be down. She wants us to celebrate what she achieved across 18 incredible years. However we don’t want to just applaud her career,… Continue Reading “Thank You Alex Danson-Bennett”
Category: Hockey, The 52Tags: 2017 Investec Internationals, 2018 Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup, Alex Danson, Alex Danson-Bennett, Argentina, Australia, England, Great Britain, Hampshire, Hockey, Ireland, Maddie Hinch, New Zealand, Newsround, Olympics, Rio 2016, Spain, The Netherlands, USA
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… Continue Reading “Heat, storms & goals – McCallin reflects on first tour of 2020”
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 February 18, 2020
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Photo credit: British Athletics Jemma Reekie is a track and field superstar in the making. The middle distance runner has shot to prominence this indoor season, smashing three records in the last month. She also took 1500m victory in the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix… Continue Reading “Forget the Nike controversy, can we just accept Jemma Reekie for the exceptional talent she is?”
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 1500m, 2017 European U20 Athletics Championships, 2018 Athletics World Cup, 2018 European Athletics Championships, 2019 European U23 Athletics Championships, 2019 World Athletics Championships, 2020 Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix, 2020 Indoor British Championships, Athletics, Brigid Kosgei, British Athletics, Eliud Kipchoege, Great Britain, IAAF, Jemma Reekie, Kenya, Kilbarchan, Kilbarchan AAC, Laura Muir, New York Times, Nike, Nike Vaporfly, Olympics, Poland, Scotland, Sofia Ennaoui, The Guardian, Tokyo 2020, World Athletics
Posted on February 16, 2020
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Photo credit: Georgina Roberts Georgina Roberts talks to Alasdair Hooper about a difficult 2019 for her and her family, learning to accept who she is and why she wants to ensure shooting becomes more accepted as a sport. I am Georgina Roberts; I shoot Olympic… Continue Reading “Georgina Roberts: Cancer and transforming a ‘neglected’ sport”
Category: Shooting, The 52Tags: 2019 Women of the Future Awards, 2020 Malaga Grand Prix, BASC News, British Shooting, Clay Shooting Magazine, Georgina Roberts, Great Britain, Mintridge Foundation, Olympic Trap, Olympics, Shooting, SportSpiel, Wales, Welsh Clay Target Shooting Association
Posted on January 26, 2020
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Laura Sugar is one of those athletes you can’t help but be jealous of. Many of us can only dream of being skilled enough to play for our country in one sport. Sugar has represented hers in three. She made her debut for Wales’… Continue Reading “Sugar hoping for sweet success at Tokyo 2020”
Category: Athletics, Canoeing, Paralympics, The 52Tags: 2019 ICF Sprint Canoe World Championships, Athletics, Canoeing, Great Britain, Hockey, KL3, Laura Sugar, Leah Wilkinson, London 2012, Para-athletics, Para-canoeing, Paralympics GB, Rio 2016, Rio 2016 Paralympics, Sarah Jones, SportSpiel, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Wales