The BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells Masters) is well underway in California, the main draw having started on the 9th of March. As an ATP/WTA 1000 tournament, it is one of the most significant events of the season aside from the four grand slams. Several key players will be in attendance, including Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil […]
The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida is often tipped as golf’s fifth major tournament. It has one of the largest purses in the sport, with this year’s prize total standing at $25 million. As a result, its attendance tends to include all of the world’s top players. For that reason, […]
Formula 1 is not a sport that is typically associated with environmental sustainability. With its fast cars and twenty-two races taking place all around the world, this association for resource wastefulness is not unfounded. However, Formula 1 has in recent years attempted to clean up their image in the face of growing pressure. In 2019 […]
Netflix’s breakthrough F1 series Drive to Survive has captured audiences in a way no one could have predicted. Since its release, TV broadcaster ESPN has reported almost a doubling in F1 viewership. Therefore, it was no surprise when Netflix announced they had commissioned a follow-up show covering golf’s PGA Tour: Full Swing. The announcement was […]
Some of my earliest memories of athletics are running cross country at age ten, alongside the boys, fiercely competitive, and trying to beat them. I had no concern for how my body was different from theirs. Fast forward to age sixteen, and I was lining up to run 800m at a county track event with […]
It’s an experience many women know all too well: You’re watching a sports match in public or reacting to the ESPN notification on your phone when suddenly, a man takes notice. “Oh, do you like that team?” he asks. Before you can answer, he cuts you off. “Who was their highest goal scorer in 2004? […]
Formula 1, since its initiation in 1950, has been dominated by men both on and off-track. Only two women have raced in a Grand Prix in the history of the series, the last being Lella Lombardi in 1976. The fact that there are currently no drivers identifying as women on the F1 grid can be […]
Edinburgh rugby was back at DAM Health Stadium to confront Leinster on 4 March. With only four matches before the playoffs, Mike Blair’s players had to take points to make the top eight after adisappointing defeat against Scarlets two weeks ago. Facing the unbeaten leader in round fifteen of the BKT United Rugby Championship (URC) […]