Posted on December 7, 2020
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It’s not often you’ll hear someone utter the phrase ‘one of the best experiences of my life’ when talking about an event from 2020. But, in amongst all the chaos this difficult year has wrung upon us, Emily Defroand and Tess Howard have indeed… Continue Reading “The ‘Social Awakening’ That’s Been #UNLOCKED By Women’s Sport Trust”
Category: Hockey, The 52Tags: #IAmEnough, #UNLOCKED, Adam Sills, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, BBC, BBC Sport, Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, Canterbury, Emily Defroand, England Hockey, GB Hockey, Ireland, Maddie Hinch, Para-athletics, Paralympics, Rugby Union, SportSpiel, Tess Howard, The Telegraph, Victoria Cotton, Wheelchair Racing, Women's Sport Trust
Posted on November 16, 2019
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(Image Credit: British Athletics) Paralympic champion. Five-time European champion. Seven-time World champion. Throw in a Commonwealth title, a Paralympic silver medal and two world records and it’s easy to see why we’re asking if Sophie Hahn is one of the greatest British athletes of… Continue Reading “Is Sophie Hahn one of the greatest British athletes this era?”
Category: Athletics, Paralympics, The 52Tags: 2013 World Para-athletics Championships, 2016 European Para-athletics Championships, 2017 World Para-athletics Championships, 2019 World Para-athletics Championships, Archery, Asafa Powell, Australia, British Athletics, Charnwood Athletic Club, Commonwealth Games, Danielle Brown, European Para-athletics Championships, Great Britain, Hungary, Jamaica, Justin Gatlin, London, London 2012, London 2012 Paralympics, Luca Ekler, Margarita Goncharova, Olivia Breen, Para-archery, Paralympics, Rhiannon Clark, Russia, Sophie Hahn, T38, Tyson Gay, USA, Usain Bolt, World Para-athletics Championships, Yohan Blake
Posted on November 24, 2018
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Ask any journalist to recount everything they’ve written and it is almost guaranteed they won’t be able to remember the majority. But every now and again there is one that sticks with you forever. For me that’s the tale of Sammi Kinghorn. What the… Continue Reading “#24) Sammi Kinghorn”
Category: Athletics, Paralympics, The 52Tags: 2017 World Para-athletics Championships, 2019 World Para-athletics Championships, Accident, Commonwealth Games, Disability, Eben, Ebenezer Scrooge, European Champion, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, London 2017, London Stadium, Marathon, Paralympics, Paralysis, Rio 2016, Sammi Kinghorn, Scotland, sportscotland, SportSpiel, Sprinting, Sunday Mail, Tokyo 2020, Wheelchair Racing, World Champion
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… Continue Reading “#23) Liz Nicholl CBE”
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 November 10, 2018
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It’s no secret that media coverage of women’s sport is far inferior to men. The stats are damning; research by Women in Sport in 2015 found that just 7% of all sport media coverage in the UK focused women, with the figure as low… Continue Reading “#22) #SeeSportyBeSporty”
Category: The 52Tags: #SeeSportyBeSporty, Athletics, BBC, BT Sport, Emily Freeman, Great Britain, Hannah Cockroft, ITV, Katie Whyatt, Lizzy Yarnold, Lucy Anne-Holmes, Natalie Jackson, No More Page 3, Olympics, Paralympics, Sky Sports, Sport, The Guardian, The Sun, The Telegraph, Totally Runable, Women In Sport
Posted on November 4, 2018
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Photo credit: Alex Paske “It’s so important to be passionate about what you do. That’s what we tell every child we work with, whether that’s in sport or otherwise.” These are the words of Alex Paske, the founder of the Mintridge Foundation and winner… Continue Reading “#21) Alex Paske”
Category: The 52Tags: #SWOTY, Alex Paske, Archery, Athletics, Charity, Cricket, Danielle Brown, England, Grassroots, Great Britain, Hockey, Judo, Marilyn Okoro, Mintridge Foundation, Nekoda Smythe-Davis, Pamela Cookey, Paralympics, SportSpiel, Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year, Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year 2018, United Kingdom
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… Continue Reading “My Top 10 Sporting Moments – 2016”
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 February 17, 2013
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So, anybody else been following the Women’s Cricket World Cup recently? How about the female version of the Six Nations? And did any of you follow England’s netball stars during their series whitewash of world number 1s Australia last month? I’m guessing for the… Continue Reading “Time to Wake Up and Accept the Obvious”
Category: OpinionTags: Andrew Flintoff, Anya Shrubsole, Australia, BBC, Ben Ainslie, Bradley Wiggins, Brendan McCullum, Brian Lara, Celtic, Chris Ashton, Cricket, David Weir, Elizabeth Lambert, Ellie Simmonds, England, France, Gary Hooper, Hannah Cockroft, ICC Women's World Cup 2013, Ireland, ITV, Jessica Ennis, Juventus, Katherine Brunt, Katherine Grainger, London 2012, netball, Olympics, Paralympics, RBS Women's Six Nations, Ricky Ponting, Scotland, Simon Zebo, Sir Chris Hoy, Sky Sports, Stefanie Taylor, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Steve Harmison, Wales, West Indies
Posted on February 10, 2013
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It seems as though the Olympics have had more than just a positive effect on sport in this country… After England’s superb victory over Brazil on Wednesday the press were… well, positive! It’s fantastic – journalists now realise that our country can win things… Continue Reading “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”
Category: London 2012, OpinionTags: Becky Adlington, Brazil, Cricket, England, Great Britain, India, Jack Wilshere, Jessica Ennis, Joe Hart, John Inverdale, Lizzie Armistead, London 2012, Luis Felipe Scolari, Mark Cavendish, Mark Hunter, Olympics, Paralympics, Rowing, Roy Hodgson, Shelley Rudman, Sir Steve Redgrave, Skeleton, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, Usain Bolt, Zac Purchase
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