Women’s Ashes: Australia clinch T20 series against England with another win
Although they have insisted at each stage (securing the Ashes, clinching the overall series, winning the T20 series) that they want to take it one game at a time, Lanning’s side are within touching distance of going the entire series unbeaten. Since the Women’s Ashes was switched to a multi-format points-based series in 2013, no […]
Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa lead nominations
Getty Images Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa lead the nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards. Beyoncé leads the field, with nine nominations overall, including four for Black Parade, a protest anthem released at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests this summer. Swift, with six nods, could win album of the year for […]
‘Integration? It’s about top exam grades’
BBC Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School is England’s top rated school in the league tables Where is the best secondary school in England? Blackburn – and, defying all stereotypes, the school that came third in this year’s national GCSE rankings is also in the Lancashire town. So why haven’t more people heard that this is […]
Roma’s success shows there’s more to movies than Hollywood
Film companies Alfonso Cuaron’s Netflix epic Roma could become the first ever winner of both best picture and best foreign language film at the Oscars. Its success could change how the category is perceived – and shine a light on the four other worthy nominees. In the last decade, there have been changes almost annually […]
World Cup 2019: How England success can have a big impact
It’s not just England games that people want to watch and success for Bronze and her team-mates could help increase interest in the entire domestic game – as was demonstrated after Euro 2017. The 2018 FA Women’s Cup final, in which Chelsea beat Arsenal, had a record attendance of 45,423 – a 29% increase from […]
How the humble brick built the world
Getty Images Rome’s Colosseum is made of various materials including limestone, concrete and brick “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble,” the first Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus, is said to have boasted 2,000 years ago. If he did, he was exaggerating. As UCLA’s Prof Diane Favro and others […]
Paralympic World Cup: Mixed basketball fortunes for GB
Great Britain’s wheelchair basketball teams experienced differing fortunes on the opening day of the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester on Monday. The women secured a 47-43 success over a Canada side three places above them in the world rankings. Helen Freeman was the star, leading the scoring with 29 points as the hosts edged to […]
Welsh teenagers light up home cycling championships
The men’s team pursuit line-up of Tarling, Joe Holt, Will Roberts and Harvey McNaughton also laid down a marker ahead of the summer. The highly-rated Rhys Britton will return to contention for the summer too. There were also medals in the para-tandem events – with Alex Pope and pilot Steffan Lloyd taking gold in the […]
UCI Track Champions League: Katie Archibald wins scratch & elimination races
Olympic champion Katie Archibald won the women’s scratch and elimination races in the second round of the UCI Track Champions League in Lithuania. The 27-year-old Scot now tops the standings in the women’s endurance league following the double victory. Archibald also won the women’s elimination race on the opening night in Mallorca. Meanwhile, Dutchman Harrie […]
Transcontinental Race: How Fiona Kolbinger became first female winner
The actual finish was something of an anti-climax – which is often the case at ultra-endurance events. As the city residents of Brest awoke on a grey Monday morning, Kolbinger rolled into a hostel car park, dismounted one final time and stopped the clock to officially become the race winner in just over 10 days. […]