Great Britain’s women’s basketball team are ‘on the cusp of something special’. These are the words of Basketball England CEO Stewart Kellett. And he’s not wrong. In 2017, they failed to reach for the main draw at the Women’s EuroBasket event. In 2018, they… Continue Reading “The remarkable rise of GB women’s basketball”
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Posted on September 25, 2019 by moults
Alasdair Hooper takes us through the almost unprecedented situation in North America where many of the world’s best ice hockey players are refusing to play professionally in order to get the rights they deserve. Imagine a scenario where 200 of the best footballers refused… Continue Reading “The Dream Gap Tour: How 200 players are fighting to change the face of women’s ice hockey”
Category: Ice Hockey, The 52Tags: 2018 Winter Olympics, Alyssa Gagliardi, Barclays FA WSL, Billie Jean King, Boston College, Boston Pride, Canada, Canadian Women's Hockey League, Coyne Schofield, FA WSL, football, Fran Kirby, Hilary Knight, Ice Hockey, Kim Little, Marie-Philip Poulin, National Hockey League Players' Association, National Women's Hockey League, NBA, NHL All-Stars, Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, Pyeongchang 2018, San Jose Sharks, Sarah Nurse, Steph Houghton, The Dream Gap Tour, Toronto Furies, USA, WNBA