While the world of sports has certainly come a long way with regards to diversity over recent years, much work still needs to be done to ensure equal treatment of all ethnicities. In honour of Black Liberation and the continuing work ahead, Tasha Johnson speaks to Sharon Andrews, former UK athlete, to discuss her experience competing for Team GB as a black woman.
Super Saturday for Team GB in Pyeongchang
Last Saturday Lizzy Yarnold’s final blitzing run put the cherry on the cake for what was a phenomenal skeleton campaign from Team GB. Following from Dom Parson’s impressive bronze in the men’s event, the ladies […]
Sport | A new Dibaba emerges to steal the show in Birmingham
There were many encouraging performances from British athletes at the Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham. The event was treated by many of those competing as a chance to ramp up their preparations for the World Indoor […]
Sport | Winter Olympics – The week ahead
After an exhilarating first week and a half of speed, snow and controversy at Sochi 2014 there are still plenty more events to look forward to. Here’s when and what to watch. Monday The weeks action […]
Sport | Jenny Jones secures first ever GB medal on snow in slopestyle
“Britain just dominated the slopestyle”. Of course, this is not strictly true. Any rational observer would see that Norway’s silver in the men’s, Finland’s in the women’s, and a gold medal in each for the […]
2012: SPOTY the difference
WARNING: Satirical Content, all points made are intended to be light-hearted and slightly amusing. However the point about Chelsea is deadly serious. Award season has come upon us, X Factor, Strictly and now athletics […]
Nautical nakedness for Club’s calendar
9.11.12 The University’s Boat Club (LUUBC) is to produce its “most nakedest calendar yet”, with shoots taking place across Leeds and York. Organiser, rower and model Nick Gandy described the preparations for the LUUBC calendar […]
Post London 2012 blues
Sunday night saw the close of what has universally been accepted as the greatest Paralympic Games of all time. With a record 2.7 million tickets being sold, and nearly all events being sold out […]
The Big Debate: An English National Anthem?
Scotland and Wales have their own sporting anthems, is it about time England ditched “God Save The Queen”?
Get Your Game On! Shop Our Great Britannia Round Up
Jumping the hurdles that come with online-shopping, we’ve picked out the best of the reds, the whites and the blues, for you to look the part for the team.