Nicol David hopes to dominate squash until 2020 Olympics
“But from the first world title up until now, every year the level has been so different. The players are so much closer and the depth is so much stronger, and there’s a lot of sports science involved now.” David calls Amsterdam a “second home” after 10 years there and generally only makes it back […]
Frozen eggs: US tech giants’ perk to attract female talent
The news that Facebook helps its US female employees pay for the cost of freezing their eggs, while Apple is planning to introduce the policy in January, has drawn a mixed response. The companies say they want to empower woman and see it as a way to recruit and retain top female talent to a […]
PV Sindhu: How India’s Olympic badminton star became a sponsors’ dream on £126,000 a week
After her return from Rio, she received cash prizes from the different state governments and government institutions worth Rs 13 crore (130m rupees – about £1.4m), while, as a comparison, gold medallist Marin received Rs 70 lakh (7m rupees – about £77,500) from the Spanish government for her achievement. Sindhu was also awarded land from […]
Rio 2016: History for Bolt as women’s hockey team & Skelton add to GB gold haul
Bolt, 29, has said the Rio Games will be his final Olympics as he plans to retire from the sport after the 2017 World Championships. He signs off having won all nine Olympic finals in which he has appeared. Bolt has claimed gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at Beijing 2008, London 2012 […]
Eat Out to Help Out discount used 64m times in three weeks
HM Treasury Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the scheme is helping to protect nearly two million jobs Diners used the Eat Out to Help Out scheme more than 64 million times in its first three weeks, according to the latest Treasury figures. The scheme, which is now in its final week, offers customers in restaurants, pubs […]
Tokyo 2020: Britain’s leading lights in the sports returning for Tokyo
Not a new sport exactly, but baseball and softball return to the Olympic roster in 2020 after being cut from the 2012 and 2016 Games. Great Britain has little past history of Olympic baseball, but came second in the European Olympic qualifier for Beijing 2008, and now British Baseball believes the country can take the […]
PM unveils ‘conditional plan’ to reopen society
Boris Johnson: “We are taking the first careful steps to modify our measures” Boris Johnson has unveiled a “conditional plan” to reopen society, allowing people in England to spend more time outdoors from Wednesday. The PM also said people who could not work from home should return to the workplace – but avoid public transport. […]
Photographing the neighbours during lockdown
Caroline Lowbridge BBC News Lizzie Adams Lizzie Adams’ project was inspired by this photo of her brother Chris and his family Faced with no work due to weddings being cancelled, photographer Lizzie Adams decided to spend time doing portraits of her neighbours. She has been combining her daily exercise with “lockdown photo-shoots”, assisted by her […]
Commonwealth Games 2014: Wales’ six-month countdown
Non Stanford, the current World Triathlon champion, which she won in her first senior season in 2013, is one of the clear favourites for the women’s race on 24 July. The 25-year-old is focused on her Commonwealth bid and training in Leeds with the Brownlee brothers – Olympic champion Alistair and his younger brother Jonny, […]
Will offices be safe for a return to work?
Jane Wakefield Technology reporter Getty Images Offices will need to change in order to conform to social distancing measures As lockdowns start to ease in many countries, so the tentative return to work begins, leaving people understandably concerned about how safe a space an office will be in the middle of a global pandemic. Alongside […]