Tag: Sport
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 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 October 27, 2018
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The power of sport never ceases to amaze. It seems as though it can be used to help with any problem if you want it to, from helping to overcome mental illness to driving for society-wide gender equality. And, as the Invictus Games have… Continue Reading “#20) Invictus Games/Debbie O’Connell”
Category: The 52Tags: Armed Forces, Athletics, Australia, BBC Get Inspired, Ben Farinazzo, Cycling, Dean Knobel, Debbie O'Connell, Edwin Vermetten, Frozen, George Nepata, Horse Riding, Invictus Games 2018, Kadeena Cox, King's Troops Royal Horse Artillery, Let It Go, Lincoln Wellington AC, Military, New Zealand, Paul Guest, Powerlifting, PTSD, Rio 2016, SAS, Sport, Sydney, Wheelchair Rugby, Wheelchair Tennis
Posted on September 15, 2018
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What is it that defines an athlete as a ‘legend’? Some base it on the number of trophies, accolades and records a sportsperson collects over their career, others on the length of time an individual represents their country at the elite level for. Furthermore… Continue Reading “#14) Tamara Taylor”
Category: Rugby Union, The 52Tags: #HWC2018, #ShowUp, 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2018 Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup, 2018 Women's Six Nations, Abigail Dow, Alastair Cook, Amy Cokayne, Athletics, Becky Essex, Canada, Charlotte Edwards, Cricket, Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, Ellie Kildunne, Emily Scarratt, England, France, Grand Slam, Great Britain, Heptathlon, Hockey, Ireland, Jason Leonard, Jennifer Sutton, Jess Breach, Jess Ennis-Hill, Joanna McGilchrist, Legend, Newcastle University, Rocky Clarke, Roger Federer, rugby, Rugby Union, Sarah Bern, Six Nations, Sport, Switzerland, Tamara Taylor, Tennis, Tyrrells Premier 15s, USA, Zoe Aldcroft
Posted on July 20, 2018
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Sport as we know it may have only existed for less than 200 years but already it has deep rooted perceptions that can be difficult to alter. Some are positive but equally plenty are negative, arguably the most prevalent of which is that women… Continue Reading “#6 Inner Warrior”
Category: Rugby Union, The 52Tags: 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2017 Women's Rugby World Cyo, 2018 Be A Game Changer Awards, Alex Scott, Emily Scarratt, Eni Aluko, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Inner Warrior, RFU, Rio 2016, rugby, Sport, Tamara Taylor, UK, Women's Sport Trust
Posted on November 4, 2015
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Obesity is certainly a buzz word in today’s society. It’s impossible to avoid the countless reports about how both how “fat” this country is becoming. Not only that, there is also the constant spoon-feeding of stories about how “lazy” Britain is becoming too. The statistics don’t… Continue Reading “Being young, fit and healthy isn’t necessarily a good thing”
Category: OpinionTags: Cricket, GPs, Grass root sport, Great Britain, Injury, Medical professionals, obesity, Playing through pain, Sedentary, Spain, Sport
Posted on October 31, 2014
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It’s something that any person who plays sport is guilty of; playing through the pain is the done thing. If you don’t, you’re seen as weak. Your team suffers, team-mates and fans hold it against you and, more often than not, you hate yourself… Continue Reading “Injuries – they are trying to tell you something!”
Category: OpinionTags: 2012 Rugby League Grand Final, BBC, Cricket, Fitness Tests, Injuy, Leeds Rhinos, Olga Korbut, Pain, Paul Wood, PE, Playing through pain, Rugby League, Ruptured Testicle, Soviet Sports Committee, Sport, USSR, Warrington Wolves
Posted on December 2, 2012
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He won the Champions League in his first season as manager of a new club, an FA Cup… a Community Shield and the European Super Cup and now it has been decided that former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is the man to guide Chelsea… Continue Reading “Wrong man, wrong job”
Posted on November 25, 2012
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It’s the age-old question – is dance a sport? Having recently been a part of the backstage crew for my school’s dance production I think I have the answer… According to the dictionary a sport is ‘an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess… Continue Reading “You should be dancing – it may just save your life”
Category: dance, OpinionTags: ballroom, Cricket, dance, football, government, netball, obesity, rugby, Sport, zumba
Posted on November 11, 2012
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The unforgettable 2012 Olympics have given our nation an amazing legacy and also seem to have cured the problem (at least short-term) of a lack of youngesters participating in sport. The Games, however, have created a big dilemma – what on earth is going… Continue Reading “The ultimate farce”
