A common goal
The Commonwealth Games - known as the Friendly Games - are held every four years. They have a three word moto "Humanity - showing that sport...
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Australia's Emma McDonald is an acrobatic pilot for team "BeyondGravity", racing her plane at high speeds and low altitudes, weaving her way...
World Cup Winners
"The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance". So said...
Originals
It's nearly 20 years since Wimbledon decided to award equal prize money. The tennis world has come a long way since a group of women players...
Two weeks at Wimbledon
It's one of the most refined sporting venues in the world. Hydrangeas and petunias, complemented by climbing roses and foxgloves, A glorious...
So much more than sport
With around 15 tattoos across her arms neck and throat and a habit of wearing temporary tattoos on her face when playing, it's fair to say O...
A fantastic adventure
"Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul." So said US actress Jamie Lyn Beatty. So this week we fill your soul with fantastical...
World Cup: Beyond the pitch
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death... I can assure them it is much more serious than that." So said legendary Liverpo...
Close knit
This week we take a tour of England highlighting the stories and legends from every part of "This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this...
Pioneering
Four pioneers from four different sports all of whom trod a path where no path had previously existed. Along the way their determination not...
Dominance
Winning is great, but hard work. Never loosing is much rarer and almost impossible. This week four elite sport stars who didn't just win, th...
'Cold hands, warm heart'
We start in the Arctic Circle, via the Welsh valleys, where Cath Pendleton has always loved swimming. Born from a childhood playing in the r...
What happened next
Do you ever find yourself thinking back to the good old days, whenever they were, and thinking about someone you've not seen for a while and...
Run for your life
Author Dagny Scott Barrios, once wrote “Every run is a work of art, a drawing on each day's canvas. Some runs are shouts and some runs are w...
Why it's never too late
"It is never too late to be what you might have been" so wrote the Victorian author George Elliot. Having searched the globe for the best st...
Organ-ised chaos
It's amazing how many people are involved in anyone sporting endeavour... Of course the athletes are the stars of the show, but then there's...
Clinging on
Sometimes the daily grind can feel like climbing the sheer face of a mountain, and all that's keeping you hanging are the very tips of your...
Risk and fear
Risk and fear are bed fellows. It's difficult not to feel some fear when you are taking a risk... But as some people are fond of saying "The...
The swan effect
When we see our sporting heroes it's often in highly pressurised situations... and yet the look calm, controlled and steely eyed... but what...
Doing things differently
Growing up, Katrina Webb was crazy about sport. But aged eighteen she had a choice to make. Did she continue to hide her disability? Or embr...