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Dame Katherine Grainger - UK has a ‘treasure trove’ of inspiring sportswomen
Dame Katherine Grainger is one of the best-known and most iconic figures in British sport. After silver medals at Sydney 2000, Athens...
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Mar 7, 20234 min read


Neah Evans - Olympic medal-winning cyclist and veterinary surgeon
Image courtesy of SWPix / British Cycling “When I was younger I loved horses and wanted to be a professional eventer, but I thought...
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Feb 22, 20236 min read


Jordan Santana: ‘skating like a girl’, Olympic dreams and the ‘540 McTWIST’
“If someone says you ‘skate like a girl’ it’s a compliment,” states the American. “Girls are killing it right now!” Jordan Santana drew...
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Feb 12, 20235 min read


Natalie Metcalf on UK netball growth and Thunder’s historic target
Images courtesy of England Netball, Getty & Ben Lumley The Vitality Netball Super League is “closing the gap” on Australia’s top-flight...
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Feb 11, 20233 min read


Tabby Stoecker – from circus skills to skeleton sliding
“I used to specialise in the trapeze and the adrenaline rush you feel from flying through the air was incredible - similar to speeding...
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Feb 7, 20234 min read


Sarah Jackson on ‘chatting 💩’ and surfing through sewage
Sarah Jackson has walked through excrement, tolerated chemical burns, rashes, countless upset stomachs and an autoimmune infection which...
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Feb 2, 20235 min read


Roos Zwetsloot – from hockey player to Olympic skateboarder and business woman
Images from @rooszwettie Skateboarding made a major cultural breakthrough in the 1990’s with Tony Hawke – and to an extend also Bart...
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Jan 29, 20235 min read


Meet Layla Guscoth - Dr. Netball
“Challenges, like injuries, can be so hard to deal with physically and even more so mentally, but when you work through them you become...
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Jan 23, 20235 min read


Elle McDonald - How catching Covid led to a England Netball call-up
When elite athletes recall first dreaming about representing their country on the biggest stage most will nostalgically reflect on a...
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Jan 15, 20233 min read


Ellen White - champion on and championing off the pitch
“You don’t have to be the best at something to make your dreams come true, just look at me,” stated a very modest Ellen White in her...
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Jan 9, 20233 min read


History-maker Cheryl Foster - ‘more players should become referees’
Referees are different. They have to be strict, unemotional and perhaps even detached from the sport, right? Cheryl Foster laughs when...
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Jan 4, 20234 min read


Bryony Page – spinning to successes after career-threatening injuries and ‘mental blocks’
Image courtesy of Bryony Page and British Gymnastics Great Britain is currently enjoying a golden-era of female sporting-success with the...
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Dec 13, 20224 min read


Kylie Masse - swimming medals, records and ‘making a difference’ for Canadian girls
“I hope to leave a legacy in swimming, but also for female athletes across all sports,” Kylie Masse tells the Women’s Sports Alliance...
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Dec 13, 20224 min read


Kelsey Mitchell - WNBA “warrior” and point-scoring superstar
“Don’t let anyone else dictate how you want your future to go, it’s up to you,” Kelsey Mitchell tells the WSA. The American is a...
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Dec 5, 20223 min read


Stephanie Frappart – pioneering football referee – her career, in her words
“I hope it (breaking barriers) serves as an example to female referees and to any young girls who may aspire to be a referee,” Stephanie...
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Nov 28, 20224 min read


Hannah Mills on Olympic success and sustainability
Images courtesy of World Sailing and Hannah Mills Gold at Tokyo 2020 saw Hannah Mills become the most successful female Olympic sailor in...
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Nov 17, 20224 min read


Kadeena Cox – people doubt my disability and say I fake it
Picture courtesy of @ParalympicsGB “I get told I shouldn't be in the Paralympics, that I don't have a disability,” states Kadeena Cox,...
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Nov 8, 20223 min read


Viktoriia Marachuk - Ukrainian orphan, Paralympian and refugee fighter
“I am not a soldier, I cannot hold a gun, but this fight is for my country and everyone at home,” Viktoriia Marachuk told herself as she...
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Nov 4, 20229 min read


Rugby League World Cup will ‘innovate like London 2012’ – Clare Balding
The 2022 Rugby League World Cup will be “thrilling” for fans to watch and “change the game for everyone.” That is the view of leading...
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Nov 1, 20223 min read


Caitlin Beevers - World Cup can Transform Women’s Rugby League
Rugby players often look at their football playing counterparts with a sizeable degree of envy – given the profile and finances in the...
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Oct 31, 20224 min read
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