What could a female director mean for Star Trek?
Getty Images Could Clarkson and Hemsworth be a dream team? SJ Clarkson is about to be catapulted into the big league if she becomes director of the next Star Trek film. The TV director is hotly tipped for the job by industry insiders including trade magazine Variety. And it’s already causing excitement among fans and […]
Netball World Cup 2019: ‘160,000 women take up sport after tournament’
“The Vitality Netball World Cup was an absolute whirlwind and a huge success,” said Joanna Adams, the former chief executive of England Netball, who departed the organisation after the tournament. “It was the best-sold Netball World Cup to date and we had 9,900 people register their interest to volunteer at the tournament, plus extensive press […]
Ciudad Juarez: Murder, drugs and football on the Mexican border
Ciudad Juarez was the murder capital of the world. Between 2008 and 2011, a wave of brutal violence broke across this Mexican city of about 1.3 million people on the border with the United States. Thousands were killed as rival drug-trafficking cartels fought their battle for supremacy among the daily lives of ordinary citizens caught […]
Jill Scott revisits her childhood team that produced three Lionesses
Looking back, Smith says the problem was there was no provision for girls’ football. “There was no league, the Football Association didn’t really provide anything,” he says. “The boys weren’t letting them play.” Smith did – and he can now reflect on seeing young players he coached go on to achieve international success. “I was […]
‘When I started boxing I was an angry little boy’
Getty Images London 2012 Olympics bronze medallist Anthony Ogogo shares his experience of growing up in Lowestoft, Suffolk Former boxer Anthony Ogogo was born to a white English mother and a black Nigerian father. Here in his own words, he reflects on his extraordinary journey from growing up in the UK’s most easterly point to […]
Why Trump will keep his Hollywood star
The aftermath of the pickaxe attack on Trump’s star The West Hollywood City Council has passed a resolution to request the removal of US President Donald Trump’s star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a unanimous vote. Here is why his name is unlikely to disappear. “Earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of […]
Danyal Hussein guilty of murdering sisters
Henry/Smallman family Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were found by a search party of loved ones, two days after a gathering to celebrate the older sister’s birthday A man who stabbed two sisters at random in a supposed demonic pact – a “sacrifice” he seemingly believed would enable him to win the lottery […]
Emma Raducanu: What does 2022 hold for Sports Personality of the Year winner?
The British number one will also hope to forge a strong relationship with her new coach Torben Beltz. He is, as Raducanu says, “a really positive, cheerful guy who brings great energy to the team”. That could be a great partnership. As the US Open champion, Raducanu will encounter a string of highly-motivated opponents. Witness […]
Women’s Scottish Cup: From Prima Donnas and Hooverettes to Hampden
When exactly that beginning was is a matter for debate. Go to the competition’s Wikipedia page and it lists Stewarton Thistle as the first Women’s Scottish Cup winners in 1970, when the side from the Ayrshire town’s 4-2 win left the aforementioned Prima Donnas somewhat deflated. The Scottish Football Association’s website does not start its […]
Heather Knight, Natalie Sciver and Anya Shrubsole honoured by Wisden
England’s Heather Knight, Natalie Sciver and Anya Shrubsole are among Wisden’s five Cricketers of the Year. Shrubsole also becomes the first woman on the front cover of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack All three were in the national side, captained by Knight, which beat India in the final to win the 2017 World Cup. Essex seam […]