Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
Three Welsh hockey players are called up by GB for first time since 2013
Three Welsh international hockey players have been selected to train with Great Britain. It is the first time since 2013 that Wales has been represented…
London 2012: Nicole Cooke ‘knows what it takes to win’
Welsh cyclist Nicole Cooke is in the UK for Sunday’s Olympic road race with team orders likely to hinder her chances of another gold medal.…
London 2012: Rebecca Adlington tells Team GB to seize the moment
More than 10,000 athletes from 204 nations will compete for a total of 302 gold medals in London, which also hosted the Games in 1908…
London 2012: Day-by-day guide to the highlights
Despite his recent travails, this is the one many people around the globe will be waiting for: Usain Bolt in the men’s 100m final. Never…
London 2012: Team GB football team eye historic opener
The match against the Football Ferns will be Team GB’s first in the Olympic women’s competition and Powell is aware there will be intense media…
Olympics volleyball: Brazil women beat United States to retain gold
Earlier, Japan beat South Korea 25-22 26-24 25-21 to claim the bronze. The USA came into the match at the Wembley Arena unbeaten in 21…
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2012
Voting for this award closed at 18:00 GMT on Saturday, 8 December 2012. The winner of BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2012…
Lia Thomas: Transgender athletes ‘not a threat’ to women’s sport
The heart of the debate on whether transgender women athletes should compete in women’s sport involves the complex balance of inclusion, sporting fairness and safety…
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…
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…