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 September 14, 2019
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Women’s sport is receiving more coverage than ever before But gender equal media sports coverage can’t be a fad; it needs to be the norm We are dedicated to giving women’s sport the platform it deserves The platform to #BeSeenBeHeardBeInspired 🔗 https://t.co/kwcMbxk70v pic.twitter.com/2v21WQniOx —… Continue Reading “#BeSeenBeHeardBeInspired – The Next Chapter For The 52”
Category: The 52Tags: #BeSeenBeHeardBeInspired, #RedRoses, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019 Netball World Cup, 2019 Women's Ashes, 2019/20 Barclays FAWSL, Barclays FAWSL, BBC Sport, Ben Stokes, Cricket, Dina Asher-Smith, England Rugby, football, Georgia Elwiss, GiveMeSport, GiveMeSport Women, Katerina Johnson-Thompson, Katherine Brunt, KJT, Leanne Riley, Natasha Hunt, netball, Sky Sports, Sky Sports Netball, talkSPORT, Telegraph Women's Sport, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Women's Six Nations, Women's Sport Trust
Posted on March 17, 2019
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“I’m a survivor; I’m not gonna give up; I’m not gonna stop; I’m gonna work harder. I’m a survivor; I’m gonna make it; I will survive; keep on surviving.” There can be no doubting how empowering this chart-topping hit from Destiny’s Child is. It’s… Continue Reading “#39) Kadeena Cox”
Category: Athletics, Cycling, Paralympics, The 52Tags: 1984 Paralympics, 2015 World Para-athletics Championships, 2017 World Para-athletics Championships, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, BBC, Beyonce, Cycling, Dame Sarah Storey, Destiny's Child, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Isabell Barr, Kadeena Cox, London, Multiple Sclerosis, Rio 2016, Rio 2016 Paralympics, Sale Harriers, Skeleton, Team GB, The Guardian, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
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 21, 2018
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Retirement is one of sport’s inevitabilities, alongside success, failure and injury. And while there will always be some upset at seeing their favourite athletes walking away, the mark of one that’s truly special is the universal outpouring of love sent their way after making… Continue Reading “#19) Lizzy Yarnold”
Category: The 52, Winter OlympicsTags: #NotARedCard, A Question of Sport, British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association, Charlotte Dujardin, Great Britain, Heptathlon, Jade Jones, Laura Deas, Laura Kenny, Lizzy Yarnold, Martha Kelner, Nicola Adams, Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, Rusada, Russia, Sean Ingle, Shirley Robertson, Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Steve Redgrave, Skeleton, SportSpiel, Steph Cook, Team GB, The Guardian, Twitter, WADA, Wales, Winter Olympics
Posted on August 18, 2018
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“I didn’t really know what my purpose was when I was getting out of bed.” “I didn’t see any purpose in my life anymore, I’d stopped playing cricket and actually once I stopped playing cricket, life got worse. ” These are the words of… Continue Reading “#10) Kate Cross and Sarah Taylor”
Category: Cricket, The 52Tags: Anxiety, BBC, Cricket, Depression, England, Great Britain, Hockey, Kate Cross, KSL, Lancashire Thunder, Mental Health, Nic White, Rio 2016 Olympics, Sarah Taylor, Shona McCallin, Stumped, Sussex CCC, The Guardian
Posted on September 18, 2014
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How many of you can name the golfer in the above picture off the top of your head? If as many of 5 of you can then I’ll be extremely impressed. That is Michelle Wie, arguably the most famous female golfer in the world… Continue Reading “Vote For the Future”
Category: UncategorizedTags: 2013 Open Championship, 2015 Women's World Cup, Alex Salmond, American Football, Baseball, BBC, Cardiff City FC, Cricket, football, Golf, Great Britain, Jessica Ennis, Michelle Wie, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Rugby Union, The Guardian, The Independent, Women
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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