Raising the profile of marginalised and underrepresented athletes and sports professionals.
The SportsMENTA Conference is the first sports and mental health conference in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). Its first iteration recently concluded, with famed athletes from the region, such as squash world number 1, Ali Farag and world number 2’s, Mohamed ElShorbagy and Nouran Gohar. We caught up with SportsMENTA’s founder, Ally …
Just why is the Australian Open women’s trophy called the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup? As with most tennis trophies there is a wonderful story behind what is now typically called the “Daphne”. Daphne Akhurst was Australia’s leading woman tennis player of the 1920s. She won the Australian Championship 5 times and died tragically at the …
Nayelly Hernandez is one of the few people in Mexico, a country where people live, breathe and die football, to have played squash professionally. Her squash journey has taken her on the PSA World Tour, to college at Trinity in the USA, and to Gold at the Pan American Games. Nayelly Hernandez may no longer …
We still have to explain that Squash is like Racquetball: Nayelly Hernandez Read More »
Aleksandra Miroslaw is a Speed climber, Double World Champion, European Champion and an Under Armour ambassador. With a ticket to Tokyo 2021, in Climbing’s debut at the Olympics, Aleksandra is determined, focused and eager to get things rolling. We caught up with her to talk about her journey, climbing in Poland, the Olympics and what …
Polish climber, Aleksandra Miroslaw on her journey and Tokyo 2021 Read More »
Andrea Fjellgard grew up on a tiny island in Norway, called Lovund where she first began to play the game of squash. Since then, she has taken the game by storm in Norway, and is now playing on the Professional Squash Association World Tour. At the age of 24, her journey on the squash court …
Andrea Fjellgaard: Battling MS to becoming a leading squash pro Read More »
Lorena Soto is a former professional footballer from Paraguay. She played for the Women’s national youth and senior football (soccer) team (football and futsal FIFA) and in a D1 College in the US. Lately her focus has shifted to Becas Deportivas, a social-development focused sports organisation that provides young Paraguayans with an opportunity to get …
Lorena Soto on Becas Deportivas & football for education Read More »
Cricket from Vanuatu first made global mainstream news after a Domestic T20 league was streamed across the world on YouTube, as one of the only live sports available to the masses at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, cricket has been growing steadily in the island nation. Selina Solman is the captain of the …
Selina Solman on cricket in Vanuatu and its progression Read More »
Luliia Kaplina is a Russian speed climber. She talks about her climbing career and clears the air about the Olympic scandal involving Russia. She plans on focusing her energy on her climbing career, aiming for an individual speed discipline in the 2024 Olympics and furthering the name of her country in the sport. Read her …
Luliia Kaplina on speed climbing and the Olympic controversy in Russia Read More »
Mia Weeda, an Australian climber was born in the Netherlands, moved to Australia with her family and has qualified for the Youth World Championships. She now wants to regularly climb in World Cups and hopes to qualify for the Olympics one day. Sportageous caught up with the 16-year old to discuss her story, aspirations and …
Mia Weeda: Australian climbing, vying for the Olympic spot and her future Read More »
Tatiana Saunders is a goalkeeper for Lewes FC, the first football club in the world to pay their women’s team the same wages as their men’s team. Tatiana grew up in a small town called Rye, just outside New York and began playing football at the age of 6. She initially played for her school …
Tatiana Saunders: Lewes FC goalkeeping and a finance career Read More »
