Posted on July 14, 2020
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The return of Test match cricket last week brought back a sense of familiarity long sought by so many. Rain delays, English batting collapses and the result going down to the wire – it was as though nothing had changed, despite the lack of… Continue Reading “Cricket’s female commentators shining bright despite gloomy start to British summer”
Category: Cricket, The 52Tags: 2009 Women's ODI World Cup, 2009 Women's T20 World Cup, 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup, 2019 Men's ODI World Cup, Alex Hartley, Alex Scott, Alison Mitchell, Australia, BBC, Charlotte Edwards, Cricket, Ebony Rainford-Brent, England, England Cricket, Eni Aluko, football, Fox Cricket, Isa Guha, ITV, Lizzy Ammon, Mel Jones, Melinda Farrell, Natalie Germanos, SJA, Sky Sports, Test Match Special, TMS, USA, Vicki Sparks, West Indies, Women's Cricket World Cup
Posted on March 15, 2020
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Photo credit: Brian Cleary, Brian Cleary/BCPix.com While gender equality has grown exponentially across many sports in recent years, motorsport has often been criticised for failing to follow suit. And when it did try to address the issue with the creation of the W Series,… Continue Reading “Katherine Legge & Christina Nielsen: The two women silently leading a motorsport revolution”
Category: Motorsport, The 52Tags: 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, 2017/18 Europa League, 2018 Macau GP, 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, 2019 W Series, 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2020 European Le Mans Series, 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Alessandro Balzan, Alice Powell, Allsvenskan, Andy Lally, Arsenal, Bitske Visser, Christina Nielsen, England, football, Germany, Graham Potter, Great Britain, GT Daytona, Italy, Jamie Chadwick, Katherine Legge, Motorsport, Ostersunds FK, Sophia Floersch, Sweden, The Netherlands, USA, W Series
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,… Continue Reading “Thank You Alex Danson-Bennett”
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… Continue Reading “Heat, storms & goals – McCallin reflects on first tour of 2020”
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 5, 2020
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It was upon belatedly receiving her Olympic bronze medal in 2018 that Marilyn Okoro realised she still had more to give athletics. Ten years after being part of the 4x400m quartet that initially finished fifth in Beijing, Okoro – alongside Christine Ohuruogu, Kelly Sotherton… Continue Reading “Okoro hoping for Tokyo swansong as she prepares to give her all in 2020”
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 2007 World Athletics Championships, 2009 World Athletics Championships, 2010 European Athletics Championships, 2011 World Athletics Championships, 2018 Mullers Anniversary Games, Athens 2004, Athletics, Beijing 2008, Christine Ohuruogu, Dame Kelly Holmes, Great Britain, Jeanette Kwakye, Jenny Meadows, Kelly Sotherton, London, London 2012, Marilyn Okoro, Nicola Sanders, Olympics, Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, SportSpiel, Team GB, Tokyo 2020, USA, Wigan
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,… Continue Reading “The 52’s Favourite Moments Of 2019”
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 15, 2019
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Julia Cook looks at one of the latest controversies dogging athletics after Mary Cain alleged abuse by banned doper Alberto Salazar during her time with Nike Oregon Project Mary Cain shocked the sporting world last month with her allegations of abuse by Aleberto Salazar,… Continue Reading “Cain’s allegations raise further uncomfortable truths for athletics”
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 2013 World Athletics Championships, Alberto Salazar, Allyson Felix, Athletics, Mary Cain, New York Times, Nike, Nike Oregon Project, Olympics, Shalane Flanagan, USA
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 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… Continue Reading “Lionesses’ Wembley extravaganza epitomised #BeSeenBeHeardBeInspired; now we need all sports to get on board”
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 September 30, 2019
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With the 2019 World Athletics Championships well underway, Julia Cook takes a look into the issues of body shaming that have become more and more prevalent in track and field over recent years. There’s no doubt about it, Eilish McColgan is having a sensational… Continue Reading “The track and field stars hitting back against body shamers”
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 200m, 2019 British Athletics Championships, 2019 World Athletics Championships, 3000m Steeplechase, 400m, 4x400m, 5000m, Allie Ostrander, Amber Campbell, Anyika Onuora, ASICS, Athletics, Commonwealth Games, Doha, Eilish McColgan, European Athletics Championships, Great Britain, Greg Rutherford, Hammer throw, Heptathlon, Jess Ennis-Hill, London 2012, Long jump, Middle-distance running, NCAA, Olympics, Qatar, Rio 2016, Scotland, Super Saturday, USA, World Athletics Championships
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