Will Gompertz visits the pageant of plants ★★★★☆
BBC She wasn’t doing it to sell a song but to promote her “Back to Nature” garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, a co-created “woodland wilderness” designed to promote the benefits of an outdoor life for mental and physical wellbeing. It is a project she has put her heart and soul and back into […]
Sharron Davies hopeful of getting retrospective Olympic gold medal
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communist rule in Eastern Europe the full extent of East Germany’s doping programme became apparent. Thousands of young athletes were given performance-enhancing drugs in a bid to bring sporting success in East Germany, with their women dominating swimming and athletics in particular. The new […]
Triathlon World Series: British women target Edmonton success
Britain’s top female triathletes – Vicky Holland, Non Stanford and Helen Jenkins – will compete at the penultimate World Series event in Edmonton on Sunday. They should be in contention for honours as the top three in the World Series standings, external will all be absent. In the men’s race, neither of GB’s Brownlee brothers […]
Murdoch aims to continue curling after cooling retirement talk
However, Muirhead and her rink-mates were unable to defend the title since the qualifying Scottish Championships were held at the same time as their bronze-medal winning exploits in Sochi. The same will apply to the men later in the year, with Murdoch missing out on the chance to add to his six medals at World […]
Sochi 2014: GB curlers hail ‘dream’ bronze medal
The medal was also Britain’s first women’s Olympic curling medal since Rhona Martin team’s gold in 2002 and Muirhead said they were determined not to go away from Sochi empty handed. “I’m mentally buzzing. It’s been a constant rollercoaster,” she said. “We’ve had some tough losses and great wins and many of the games have […]
The haircare business that reaches 12 countries
‘The best time to start your business is… now!’ They say that when a woman gets a new hairstyle it means that there is something big going on in her life. For Michelle Ntalami back in 2013, the big thing was sadly that her father was gravely ill with cancer. And when his chemotherapy treatment […]
Captain Sophie Ingle says Wales Women are inspired by Euro 2016 success
“These are obviously two big games, we have to focus on Bosnia first, but it’s a massive week and where we are against England, these games will decide that,” she said. “I think there is more pressure on us now, because we have got those good results that we needed away from home. “But it […]
WSL: Bristol City Women see off Everton
Bristol City shattered Everton’s post-derby optimism with a 2-0 away win in the Women’s Super League. The home side beat Liverpool in their last outing but were handed their seventh league defeat of the season. Ella Rutherford broke the deadlock in some style on 65 minutes, volleying a diagonal to the left side of the […]
India tennis icon who showed hate could be defeated
Getty Images Statistically, Sania Mirza may be no match for all-time greats like Serena Williams, but it’s hard to overstate the tennis star’s impact on sport in India, especially for women. Her black hair tied in a quick bun, Mirza’s dark eyes focused across the net on Tuesday, as she bounced the ball three times […]
Premiership Rugby and others must look into addressing ‘underfunding’ – Exeter’s Tony Rowe
Exeter chief executive Tony Rowe says the authorities running rugby union must look into finding ways of increasing funding available to clubs. London Irish went into administration last week, while Wasps and Worcester were removed from the top flight earlier this season after money issues. Rowe bought a stake in a hotel at Sandy Park […]