[caption id="attachment_393" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "I'd take my job any day instead of an office job," says Northern Ireland squash player Madeline Perry (c) SquashSite's Twitter account[/caption] Squash is one of the most physically demanding sports on the planet. The sheer pace and intensity of it calls for...
[caption id="attachment_335" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Why isn't Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce considered a "living legend" too? (c) Fraser-Pryce's Facebook page[/caption] 'Living legend' is a term reserved for a particular man in the world of athletics: Usain Bolt. The six-time Olympic champion declared himself so after his sprinting clean sweep at the 2012 Olympics. But,...
[caption id="attachment_293" align="aligncenter" width="700"] England footballers pose for an Oscars-style selfie (c) Lianne Sanderson[/caption] "Wow, how'd you get that big black eye?" I asked Laura Bassett. "Didn't you hear?" she replied. "A massive fight!" She started laughing. She had actually headbutted Natasha Dowie, accidentally, in training....
When I was playing football as a youngster, I wouldn't say I had sporting role models but I definitely admired some people's sporting prowess. Former Manchester United number seven Eric Cantona, for example. He was so exciting to watch. I had my celebration prepared for...
You might not have heard them shouting but rugby league has a reason to be noisy. The sport is sometimes given a hard time in the media for being rugby union's poorer, less popular cousin. But off the field some very exciting work is going...
[caption id="attachment_171" align="aligncenter" width="599"] New Zealand's Sevens team take to their hotel corridor for core strength training when a storm prevents them from training outside during the Women's Sevens World Series in Atlanta (c) Taranaki Rugby[/caption] Why are there no women in rugby union's international Hall...
[caption id="attachment_58" align="aligncenter" width="585"] Britain's Natasha Jonas & Nicola Adams (right) manhandle Hollywood stars Robert De Niro & Sylvester Stallone(c) Hey U Guys[/caption] With a successful Olympic debut under its belt, women's boxing is growing fast. More women in the UK are boxing than ever before,...
[caption id="attachment_28" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Cyclist Victoria Pendleton on the front cover of Observer Magazine, 2009 (c) Alan Mahon[/caption] "Stick thin, big boobs and a pretty face," is how Rebecca Adlington, Britain's double Olympic swimming champion, believes society wants women to look. She made the comments towards...
[caption id="attachment_65" align="aligncenter" width="700"] England celebrate their back-to-back women's Ashes victory in Hobart, Australia (c) Scott Barbour/Getty Images[/caption] England have retained the Ashes*. Captain Charlotte Edwards, who has won the Ashes five times already, ranked the victory in Australia as one of the most rewarding. The...