Activewear hits popularity peak, despite 76% of women feeling it can be sexist. Abby Chinery looks into the sportswear industy. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comAugust 28, 2017
The TOTAL BWF Badminton World Championships are coming to Glasgow this August. Gemma Willman talks us through the female players to watch out for. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comMay 15, 2017
As new legislation comes into force Abby Chinery investigates the gender pay gap in football. Although the fans are just as loyal, and the players just as passionate, little progress has been made to bridge the gap between men and women in football. This is especially true when it comes to the sizeable pay checks associated with male footballers. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comMay 9, 2017
The new Scotland U16 Girls squad held its first weekend camp of the season in December at Glasgow Green and their manager, Justine Westwood, takes us through what this entailed. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comApril 24, 2017
Catriona Morrison writes about the transition from professional athlete to business woman. “What are you going to be when you grow up?” (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comNovember 10, 2016
by Sirri Topping, LEAP Sports Scotland The summer of ’92, a six year old boy sits upset in the corner of a hospital ward, his arms crossed and brows furrowed. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comOctober 27, 2016
Guest Blogger Rachel Barton shares her thoughts on why golf should be included in the Paralympics. Statistics recently gathered from the Active People Survey conducted by Sport England revealed, ‘over 82,000 people with a disability are participating in golf within England at least once a week.’ Golf has weathered its fair share of unfounded stereotypes. Often dubbed the ‘old man’s sport’, many believe that professional golf is simply a large-scale version of the crazy golf kids play at their local parks, and that golf offers little in the way of physical exercise. This is simply untrue. As noted in Golf Digest,…
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In this blog Tamir Davies, from Journalistic.org, highlights the ongoing gender pay gap between men and women in golf...Muirfield it seems is only the tip of the iceberg! (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comMay 31, 2016
In this Blog we hear from Caroline Gibb (Mallory Powers) of Auld Reekie Roller Girls, as they head Stateside to face world’s top roller derby teams Auld Reekie Roller Girls (ARRG) are currently ranked 48th in the world and this month we’ll be the only UK team representing at the Big O Tournament in Oregon, playing four games in four days against teams ranked as many as twenty places above us. Good results could mean qualification for divisional play-offs and another US trip later in the year. (more…)
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