This holistic approach to athletic preparation resonates with audiences, particularly in a time where there’s greater awareness of the pressures athletes face, both mentally and physically. The way women like Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, and Keely Hodgkinson balance performance with personal care sends a powerful message: beauty routines are not frivolous distractions but integral parts of mental and emotional preparation.
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Leading into these events, the expectation of record-breaking performances was set on era-defining superstars who had entertained us all for the better part of ten years. However, 2024 more so than any other year in the new decade, saw the emergence of a new generation of athletes ready to take over.
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English men have been sulking about' 58 years of hurt’, whilst in the same period: women have fought for the right to play again, created the FA Women's Cup, pushed to develop a professional League, and won a major European tournament—and you didn't hear them make a fuss about it.
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So, we've got new cars and new rules. But who's going to capitalise on this shaken up grid and make a good run for glory? Having poured over the admittedly vague data from Spain, I've drawn up these, at times wild, predictions. And yes, I set these in stone (and in audio on a podcast) after the Spanish testing. This means I knew nothing of the immediate evolutions of the sidepods or Mercedes ditching theirs entirely. We'll see how that pans out.
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The global motorsport circus that is Formula One is back! At the time of writing, we've just finished an interesting week of testing at the Circuit Barcelona de Catalunya, with teams unveiling their answers to Formula One's new technical regulations.
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As the old adage goes: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. So here we are trying to fix the World Cup, the most-watched sporting event on Earth. After all, only 3.5 billion people watched the 2018 tournament, so it's probably about time we rejuvenate this ailing formula, right?
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Even as someone who has loved cricket since childhood, domestic English cricket can be a little impenetrable. The County Championship’s structure is at best a little convoluted, at worse downright baffling - and the changes to its format have even the most devoted county cricket fans confused.
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Anxiety and climbing, how the Olympics showed the world how great climbing can be for our patience, wellbeing, and attitude to life.
I got really into watching the climbing at the Olympics.
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The Football Association (FA) was created over 150 years ago. First records of the humble kickabout date as far back as 206 BC China. Yet female pundits, commentators, or journalists are an altogether new phenomenon.
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With the start of the new season just around the corner, we take a look at some of the most iconic premier league goal celebrations in an attempt to fill the premier league football limbo.
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The Football Association (FA) was created over 150 years ago. First records of the humble kickabout date as far back as 206 BC China. Yet female pundits, commentators, or journalists are an altogether new phenomenon.
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Throughout society, there has long persisted the stigma that motherhood and elite sport are incompatible. Many sportswomen since the Victorian era have had to give up their sporting careers to start a family. Nevertheless, an increasing number of elite sportswomen are proving how outdated this stigma is and that motherhood and elite sport can go hand-in-hand
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'Spursy' - a certain fragility in the team that consistently fails to live up to expectations and crumble within sight of victory. In the aftermath of Tottenham conceding the bragging rights to their fierce rivals for the first time since 2018, it seems almost obligatory to delve into the problems which have emerged within the Lilywhites over the past few months and how The Special One was outfoxed by Mikel Arteta last Sunday.
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Community is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. We're all experiencing feelings we've never felt before during the current pandemic because of things we never realised we missed. Who would have thought we'd yearn for the early morning commute or running to catch a bus in the rain. Little things like that we don't realise we need. Community sports are no different.
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Throughout history, women have faced endless barriers to equality in sport. At the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, women were banned from competing; the founder, Pierre de Coubertin believed women’s sport to be “uninteresting” and “improper”.
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Darts more than any other sport is about the crowd. The atmosphere at the "Ally Pally" is legendary. For those who've never sat down for a day at the darts, the schedule runs like a stag do dream. Groups, in fancy dress, arrive in the afternoon buoyed by a morning's drinking. Each player walks out to a tune the room can all wail along to.
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I will be focusing on possibly the most controversial trend of the year, the remaking and reimaging of iconic sneaker silhouettes. It’s like a remix of a song - if it adds value to the original song then it’s cool, if it doesn’t, then there’s no point for it to exist.
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So now you know all the secrets of how to break a marathon world record. While it might take you a few years to achieve it, I’d certainly recommend using the freedom to run that Boris has given you. It’s great for escaping the four walls of your room, clearing the head and boosting your mood. Who knows, you might find yourself alongside Kipchoge on the start line at the Tokyo Olympics next year.
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In only five/six game weeks, we are experiencing a season we all could scarcely have imagined, so what the hell has happened to the Premier League?
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To think, the activity of skateboarding in the East Midlands town centre of Kettering (where I'm from) and others around the country, would land you an ASBO, but could also win you an Olympic medal. It's no wonder the IOC's decision raised a few eyebrows.
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