The 2019 Women’s Six Nations kicks off tonight when England take on Ireland determined to overcome the disappointment of finishing second last year. Captain Sarah Hunter and her Red Roses side missed out on a second consecutive title with an agonising one point defeat to France in their fourth game and will be fully focused [...]
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 the last 20 years and there will be one common contributory [...]
Surbiton Hockey Club’s Hannah Martin fulfilled a lifetime ambition by scoring on her home international debut in front of a boisterous home crowd last Saturday (June 10). Appearing on the internationals stage for just the fifth time, Martin converted a clever penalty corner routine to score her first goal for England and level the game [...]
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 ten after such a momentous year for British sport but, with [...]
I’ve been converted. It’s a day I thought would never come. Being an old-fashioned so-and-so, I’ve resisted this new uprising for so long. I’m not a fan of change and like to preserve the status quo - as the saying goes, if something isn’t broken then there is no need to fix it. But even [...]
2014 was a year full of sporting brilliance, medals and record-breaking moments. Continuing on from the first part of this review, below are my seven favourite moments from the last year: 7) Brazil’s boys battered The 2014 World Cup saw plenty of spectacular moments, including James Rodriguez’s sensational volley and the Netherlands’ humbling of reigning [...]
World Cup - arguably the most popular phrase in the UK, if not the world, at the current moment in time. With just two days until what some say is the second-biggest multi-national tournament (after the Olympics), I should be really excited. But I’m not. Yes, I’m looking forward to it, but I feel as [...]
