Emma Raducanu’s success shouldn’t be measured in dollars but in her cultural impact way beyond tennis Opinion: Raducanu success should be measured in cultural impact There are two stories written when any sports star bursts on the scene in the way that Emma Raducanu has this summer. The first is about how much money they’ll earn and the second surrounds the number of people who will immediately take up the sport because of it. Both narratives are overly simplistic for different reasons. Distilling Raducanu’s sporting achievement to monetary gain – and let’s face, it [...]
Women’s rugby has just showed it is streets ahead of the men’s game with new competition WXV Why WXV is exactly what women's rugby needs “It’s not as good as men’s.” That is such an obvious response to any number of women’s sports. As if to evidence such a lowly perception of women’s sport, the recent announcement of the Women’s Six Nations postponement was met with a deluge of misogyny and comments from men who said they simply “don’t care”. Initiated by Stef Evans of Bristol Bears, the women’s rugby community countered in [...]
My sporting life: Synergy managing director Lisa Parfitt on women’s sport and her passion for running Synergy's managing director Lisa Parfitt on championing women in sport, running and her hockey umpire father. What is your sporting passion? My passion for any sport has never really faltered but my true energy and personal passion now is women’s sport. I have two young daughters and I want them to grow into strong, independent women [...]