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,…
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…
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 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’…
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
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 December 22, 2019
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In her first piece for The 52, England and GB international Tess Howard reviews her favourite hockey moments of 2019 and explains why they show the sport has a blueprint for gender equality that all other should follow. To legitimise women’s sport, it is…
Category: Hockey, The 52Tags: #EquallyAmazing, 2019 FIH Pro League, Alison Enever, Cricket, Durham University, East Grinstead, England, England Hockey, EuroHockey, FIH, FIH Olympic Qualifiers, FIH Pro League, GB Hockey, Great Britain, Hampstead & Westminster, Hockey, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Laura Unsworth, Lily Owsley, Mary Booth, New Zealand, rugby, Sarah Kelleher, Sophie Bray, Tess Howard, The Perse School, Tokyo 2020, Twickenham Stoop
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 October 2, 2019
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Rio 2016 hockey gold medallist Shona McCallin explains how she and her England team-mates will be using their Euros disappointment to ensure GB qualify for Tokyo 2020. I’m back! Back on the international hockey scene after 17 months out of the game and back…
Category: Hockey, The 52Tags: 2019 EuroHockey Championships, 2019 FIH Pro League, Australia, Chile, England, England Hockey, EuroHockey Championships, FIH, FIH Olympic Qualifier, FIH Pro League, GB, GB Hockey, Hockey, London, Netherlands, New Zealand, Olympics, Paris 2024, Rio 2016, Shona McCallin, Spain, Tokyo 2020
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…
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
Posted on June 15, 2019
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What better way to round off our year-long journey than with the team that ignited my passion to try and bring about gender equal sports media coverage? I was one of around 10 million people watching Great Britain’s women win a stunning gold medal…
Category: Hockey, The 52Tags: 2014 Rugby World Cup, 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015 FIFA World Cup, 2016 Olympic Games, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019 FIFA World Cup, BBC, Bodyguard, BT Sport, Christmas, Crista Cullen, Emily Defroand, Europe, FIH, Great Britain, Helen Richardson-Walsh, Hockey, Hollie Pearne-Webb, I'm A Celebrity, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Rio 2016, Sam Quek, Strictly Come Dancing, Tess Howard, The Netherlands
Posted on June 2, 2019
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Photo credit: Hockey Wales Alun Wyn Jones, Jess Fishlock, Ryan Giggs, Helen Weston, Sam Warburton, Sarah Thomas – just some of the incredible athletes to have come out of Wales. Each has a multitude of accolades – both individual and team – to their…
Category: Hockey, The 52Tags: 2017 EuroHockey Championships II, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Abi Welsford, Alex Danson, Alun Wyn Jones, EuroHockey Championships, football, GB Hockey, Gethin Jenkins, Glasgow, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Helen Weston, Hockey, Holcombe HC, India, Jess Fishlock, Leah Wilkinson, Lisa Daley, London 2012, Manchester United, Natasha Marke-Jones, netball, Paul Edwards, Rugby Union, Russia, Ryan Giggs, Sam Warburton, Sarah Jones, Sarah Thomas, Sian French, Team Wales, Wales, Welsh Sports Hall of Fame
