More about women in sport

Black on Black on Black: tennis edition

written by Luke Davis on 11th January 202511th January 2025 by lukealexdavis

A triple prizer?!

Glorious on the female and non-binary photographers ‘changing the way we see sport’: We all know those iconic sports photos—the triumphant victory, the crushing defeat. But there’s a whole world of sports photography out there, and many of its most exciting voices are female and non-binary.

This Cool Link was published 5 months ago. (#)

Taisiia Onofriichuk’s Olympic rhythmic gymnastic performance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” was sensational for multiple reasons. I’m surprised that the Olympics, Eurosport or BBC haven’t covered this yet.

This Cool Link was published 6 months ago. (#)

Olympics / Summer Olympics

Shout out to Sifan Hassan for winning gold in her first Olympic marathon

written by Luke Davis on 11th August 202411th August 2024 by lukealexdavis

Is there any long distance race she can’t win?

Olympics / Summer Olympics

I stand with Imane Khelif

written by Luke Davis on 2nd August 202411th September 2024 by lukealexdavis

Fuck transphobes.

Olympics / Summer Olympics

Simone Biles landing the first ever Olympic Yurchenko double pike

written by Luke Davis on 31st July 202431st July 2024 by lukealexdavis

I don’t have any words left. Just sublime.

It’s Nice That spoke to Middle East Archive’s founder Romaisa Baddar about the archive’s new photography book, Football: Each image paints a vivid portrait of different expressions of the sport and its shared love in so many different spaces

This Cool Link was published 10 months ago. (#)

It’s Nice That profiled Craig Stronach’s creative project with the England Lionesses who played in the 1971 Women’s World Cup in Mexico, better known as the Lost Lionesses.

This Cool Link was published 1 year ago. (#)

Wrestling

Grapple Theory on the best Black British wrestlers right now

written by Luke Davis on 18th October 202318th October 2023 by lukealexdavis

They’re Black and they’re wrasslin’, innit bruv?

Sport

Simone Biles wins a record-breaking 21st world championship gold medal

written by Luke Davis on 7th October 202314th January 2024 by lukealexdavis

Flipping heck!

Tennis

Coco Gauff is the 2023 US Open Women’s Singles champion

written by Luke Davis on 10th September 202310th September 2023 by lukealexdavis

And she hasn’t even reached her final form yet!

Soccer

Spain are the 2023 Women's World Cup champions

written by Luke Davis on 20th August 20231st January 2025 by lukealexdavis

Spain defeated England 1-0 to win their first Women’s World Cup and become the second nation to win a FIFA World Cup in men’s and women’s senior football. For England, it was another disappointing end to a World Cup but a positive run nonetheless.

Basketball