Monthly Archives: May 2011

Getting started - Football

Participation levels for women’s football are at an all time high, with 1.1 million girls currently playing the sport in England. So why not put your best foot forward and become a part of the team?

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Modern Pentathlon: Olympic medallist Fell wins World Cup silver at Chengdu

Britain’s Beijing 2008 Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell (pictured) won her first Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of the year by taking silver in Chengdu, China on Saturday.

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Netball: Mavericks are first to Grand Final

Sometimes winning or losing can hinge on tiny things, on just one or two key seconds in a match; in the play-off for a place in the 2011 FIAT Netball Superleague Grand Final that match-deciding moment came half-way through the second quarter.

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Paralympics: GB crowned trophy champions at Paralympic World Cup

Great Britain were crowned BT Paralympic World Cup trophy champions on the final day of the competition, which saw the world’s best Paralympic swimmers in action at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

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Canoeing: Strong weekend for GB women as the World Cup Series closes

Great Britain women stamped their mark on the world of crew boat racing, winning the Gold in the K4 500m on Saturday in Duisburg, Germany.

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Athletics: Pavey beats Radcliffe in Bupa London 10,000 race


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Netball: TeamBath’s campaign for fifth Superleague title ends in play-offs

TeamBath’s bid for a historic fifth Fiat Netball Superleague title ended with a 57-53 defeat to Surrey Storm in a pulsating play-off match at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Friday.

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Swimming: One swim, one team, one million pounds to charity

The Swim is a unique celebrity relay team challenge, tackling the treacherous Irish Sea from Holyhead to Dublin, a distance of 56 miles, to raise £1 million for Cancer Research UK.

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Sportsister meets Louise Hazel

She got the podium finish she wanted at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi last year and now has her sites firmly set on London 2012.

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The Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open

When: 18 August – 20 August, 2011 Where: Archerfield Links, East Lothian, Scotland Details: The Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open golf tournament will be the 18th tournament of the 2011 Ladies European Tour schedule, and hopes to attract a host of top Scottish players and LET professionals back to the course to compete for the €200,000 [...]

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