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Meet the team: Breast Cancer Care Cycling Team

Women’s  road cycling is definitely on the up and there are loads of new teams forming, Sportsister caught up with one of the newest  – the Breast Cancer Care Cycling team to get the low-down.

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Tried and tested: Carrera Foldable Helmet

Bike helmets are not always the most exciting product to test – they do the job and sometimes they look nice too. But this helmet from Carrera is unique as it folds up by a third, making it easy to store when you are out and about. Pretty neat huh?

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Football: Jill Scott and Fara Williams head-to-head

With the start of the 2013 FA Women’s Super League season just a few days away, Sportsister spoke to Jill Scott (Everton) and Fara Williams (Liverpool) about the game, the teams and the players to watch.

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Tried and tested: Gore Countdown 2.0 Shorts

The most important bit of kit for cyclists is arguably a good pair of shorts – I tested this pair of Gore multi-purpose shorts on the road, and on a very mucky off-road ride and they passed both tests with flying colours.

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Sportsister’s Healthy Eating Week

In an attempt to keep the new year healthy eating regimes going strong past January, Sportsister is going to be running a special ‘Healthy Eating Week’ next week on Sportsister.com.

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Rowing 8,000 miles across The Pacific Ocean? You must be mad.

Hello and welcome to our blog. Thank you to the ladies at Sportsister for so kindly sharing our journey with you all We are looking forward to keeping you all up-to-date with our preparation and journey across the world’s largest ocean over the next year. The first question that pretty much everyone asks us when [...]

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JoJo Maman Bebe maternity swimsuit

Trying to keep your fitness up through your pregnancy? So is Sportsister’s Heidi so she has been testing out a maternity swimsuit.   RATING: 4/5 – if I had a smaller bust I’d give it 5/5 I tested the JoJo Maman Bebe’s black maternity swimsuit, and I have to say, I love it! I’m currently [...]

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Fitta Mamma maternity sportswear

Keen to keep exercising right through my pregnancy, I jumped at the chance to test out the new line of Fitta Mamma maternity sportswear. According to research regular exercise can reduce some of the physical symptoms of pregnancy such as backache and tiredness as well as improving stamina to help prepare for labour and aid [...]

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Christmas gift guide – Our best buys for over £50

Looking for that sporty something? With gifts this great you’ll be adding them to your own wish list. Here are our best buys for over £50.   Christmas gift guides: – Our Best buys for under £25 – Our Best buys for under £50  

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Christmas gift guide – Our best buys for under £50

Looking for that sporty something? With gifts this great you’ll be adding them to your own wish list. Here are our best buys for under £50.   Christmas gift guides: – Our Best buys for under £25    

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