Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
Nigeria basketball: Fiba warns of long-term impact of withdrawal from internationals
“Nigeria is due to participate in the Fiba 2023 Basketball World Cup (FBWC23) qualifiers and 2022 Women’s Basketball World Cup,” Fiba said in a letter…
Tory donor accused of racist Diane Abbott remarks
Getty Images A major Tory donor has apologised after reportedly saying MP Diane Abbott made him “want to hate all black women” and that she…
Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images
AI-GENERATED IMAGE This image, created by a radio host and his team using AI, is one of dozens of fakes portraying black Trump supporters Donald…
Lesotho’s Kick4Life FC to be ‘world’s first’ top-flight club with pay equality
Kick4Life FC describes itself as “the world’s first football club exclusively dedicated to social change.” It began its journey 15 years ago, when British brothers…
Osian Roberts has ‘fallen in love’ with Morocco
The 55-year-old is satisfied with what he has achieved so far despite all the challenges caused by the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. “We have used…
Christine Mboma: Namibian looking at sprint double this season
This week she ran a new personal best and the joint second fastest time of the year as she won the 100m at the Athletics…
ScotlandIS chief executive Polly Purvis to retire
ScotlandIS Polly Purvis has run ScotlandIS for the past six years The head of digital technology industry body ScotlandIS has announced that she will retire…
Basketball Africa League: 2022 season to tip off with women’s landmark
Champions Zamalek and AS Sale are among five teams returning to the BAL, with seven clubs making their debut this year across the two conferences.…
Agnes Tirop: Family await justice a year on from Kenyan runner’s murder
Tirop’s murder instantly raised wider issues in Kenya, specifically surrounding domestic abuse and gender-based violence, and how to tackle them. It also highlighted the pressures…
Tokyo 2020: The referee making Olympic history
Through it all, Sara says her religion kept her grounded. “I believe that if I do my best with everything, the best will come back…