Author Archives: Sophia Smith

Recipe: Summer garden salad of beetroot, radish & celericious with smoked trout fillets

Celericious has been developed to offer a celery with a sweeter, less aniseed-y flavour and a slightly less stringy texture. It’s perfect in a salad like this with beetroot and smoked trout.

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Sportsister catches up with Jade Jones

Last month Jade Jones made Olympic history, when she won Britain’s first ever taekwondo Gold medal and became Team GB’s youngest gold medallist of the London 2012 Games, after the 19-year-old proved victorious in the women’s -57kg category. Sportsister caught up with Jade to find out what life’s like as an Olympic gold medallist.

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Event review: The British 10k

In July 25,000 runners flocked to London to take on the British 10k. Inspired by the thought of running a route past some of the world’s most iconic landmarks, Sportsister’s Jessica Whittington joined them.

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Summer Sizzlers

The forecast is looking good so make plans to barbeque at the weekend and with these recipes, even if the weather does stop play, you can easily enjoy them indoors too.

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Wheelchair Basketball: Britain suffer second defeat of Games

Great Britain’s women’s wheelchair basketball team have suffered their second loss in two days after losing to Australia 51 – 24 at the North Greenwich Arena today.

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Paralympics: What to watch – Sunday September 2

Sportsister’s guide to what to watch and who to look out for on the fourth day of competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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Sitting Volleyball: GB women play first ever Paralympic match

Great Britain’s women’s Sitting Volleyball team made history at the ExCeL centre this morning, as they played their first ever Paralympic match. The British side, ranked 13th, failed to gain a victory however, as they were beaten by Ukraine 25-9, 25-20, 25-14.

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Cycling track: McGlynn wins silver in tandem time trial

Great Britain’s Aileen McGlynn won tandem silver in the Women’s Ind. B 1km Time Trial at the velodrome this morning.

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Sportsister catches up with Danielle Brown

Beijing gold medallist Paralympic archer Danielle Brown is the first ever disabled athlete to win gold for Team England in an able-bodied event at the Commonwealth Games. Danielle suffers from reflex sympathetic dystrophy in her feet, which means she is constantly in chronic pain. Sportsister caught up with the inspirational 24-year-old, before she moved into [...]

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Event review: Cycletta Wiltshire

Cycletta is a series of women-only bike rides, taking place in beautiful locations and friendly environments across England.

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