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Olympic Badminton: Women’s Singles Gold Medal Match
Which Chinese player is going to snaffle the gold? By Katie Garner Players: Wang Yihan versus Li Xuerui (both China) China is set to win both the gold and silver in the women’s singles, but [...]
Olympic Badminton: Women’s Singles Bronze Medal Match
Everything to play for between China and India as they combat for the final medal By Katie Garner Players: Saina Nehwal (India) Wang Xin (China) The afternoon’s badminton session kicks off with the bronze medal [...]
Olympic Match Fixing from Chinese Badminton
In it to win it, or fix it? By Katie Garner Watching some of the women’s singles games in the badminton last night, I was shocked to suddenly hear boos ring out around the famed [...]
Barefoot Running – The Next Big Thing?
As I tackle my own Race for Life, it gets me thinking about jogging in general By Katie Garner I was watching a very interesting programme on the BBC the other night, which was basically [...]
Great Energy Foods for Sports
When you’re on court, the last thing you want to think about is flagging energy levels. Katie Garner shares what foods will keep you on the run… The humble banana - find out why [...]
What a weekend for a Wimbledon Final!
As summer seems to have gone into hiding, Wimbledon comes to a close with some fabulous finals By Katie Garner You wouldn’t have expected that settling down on the sofa with some delicious chocolate popcorn [...]
Wimbledon Fashion – too much for club night?
Anyone else getting sports-wear envy at the women’s Wimbledon fashion this year? By Katie Garner I wouldn’t call myself a hard core tennis fan, but I do enjoy settling on the sofa to watch the [...]
Britishness at its best – Wimbledon
Tennis’s ultimate Grand Slam kicks off on Monday – who’s your money on? By Katie Garner The recent wet and windy weather can only symbolise one thing –the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in [...]
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