Category: Women Doing Amazing Things

The Hundred: Tammy Beaumont and Tom Abell to lead Welsh Fire
New recruit Tom Abell will lead Welsh Fire in the men’s Hundred with Tammy Beaumont taking the role for the women’s team in 2023. Sophie…

Kit Symons: Wales boss Robert Page adds coach to Euros staff
Wales manager Rob Page has added former national team coach Kit Symons to his European Championship backroom staff. Symons, 50, served as a coach for…

Sweden has long opposed nuclear weapons – but it once tried to build them
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) In the years after World War Two, neutral, peace-loving Sweden embarked on an ambitious plan – build its own atomic bomb. Sweden…

Sophie Day: Cricket’s artist who shone at the Women’s Big Bash League
Many cricket lovers see the sport as one of art’s truest forms. That is true for Melbourne Stars spin bowler Sophie Day perhaps more than…

The Hundred: Alex Griffiths glad to put the Welsh into Fire
One of Welsh Fire’s big-hitters in the competition was Australian batter Georgia Redmayne. As well as her classy performances on the pitch, she was also…

Joe Biden formally wins Democratic nomination to take on Trump
Reuters This is Joe Biden’s third attempt to win the presidency Joe Biden has formally won the Democratic Party nomination to take on Donald Trump…

Deadly fire traded across border
AFP Buildings in the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon were hit by rockets fired from Gaza Eight people have been killed in a flare-up of…

Could ‘green shoots’ of recovery really save Rishi Sunak from calamity?
BBC Click! That sound you hear is the core pieces of the election snapping into place. After this week, the questions our two big parties…

Essex University study finds link between genes and sporting ability
PArkrun Top performers had a combination of 19 key gene variants linked to running performance, the research said Genetics play a major part in athletic…
Meeting the fourth Mrs Zuma
Ironically these are the same traits that have alienated him from the aspirational middle class. South Africa has a broad constitution where civil, religious and…