Raising the profile of marginalised and underrepresented athletes and sports professionals.
Anja Santini Mikulic is a Croatian climber. At 15, she is one of the rising stars in sports climbing. We caught up with her to talk about Croatian climbing, her future ambitions and climbing. Zushan Hashmi: Tell us about how you picked up climbing as your sport of choice? Anja Santini Mikulic: I started climbing …
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Catalina Peláez is a professional squash player who represents Colombia and has a career-high ranking of 56. In this feature interview, we sat down with her to talk about squash in Colombia, her journey with the sport and more. Zushan Hashmi: Tell me a little bit about your life and how you got into squash? …
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Anna Tsyganova is a 23-year old Russian climber who started her career in 2005. In this feature, she talks about her motivations, the highs, and the lows of her journey. Zushan Hashmi: How did your father, a champion mountaineer, influence you to start climbing? Anna Tsyganova: I think climbing was within me before I was …
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Carla Khan is the only female member of the legendary Khan Squash dynasty. Reaching a career-high ranking of 21, Carla was all set for greater heights, but her career was cut short by injuries. We sat down with Carla to discuss all things squash and talked about her journey in the sport, alongside the current …
Carla Khan: The Squash dynasty, squash in Pakistan and being at the top Read More »
Abiha Haider is a Pakistani footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Pakistan women’s national football team. She has also represented Pakistan in the AFL, and sits down with us in this interview to talk about being a dual athlete, breaking world records and her passion for social activism. Furqan Ur Rehman: How did …
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In Australia, when one thinks of the greatest female athlete, names like Cathy Freeman, Sally Pearson, Sam Kerr and Elysse Perry, come to mind. However, one well-forgotten, and, arguably, Australia’s greatest athletes amongst both men and women, to ever play a sport, is the former professional squash player, Heather McKay. Embed from Getty Images Outside …
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Farida Mohamed is an Egyptian professional squash player. As of April 2020, she was ranked number 41 in the world. She won the 2018 Growthpoint South Africa Open PSA professional tournament. In this exclusive, we chat to her about her career, and how she has come up the ranks so quickly. Furqan Ur Rehman: How …
Despite the lack of support at Pakistan’s federal and provincial government level, the father and daughter duo of Mahboob Khan and Sarah Mahboob Khan are breaking barriers one step at a time, their hardwork and dedication towards tennis is both inspiring and refreshing. Sarah is currently the no. 1 ranked female tennis player in Pakistan. …
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We spoke to Kanzy El Defrawy about her experiences as a squash player and the rise of Squash in her home country, Egypt. Zushan Hashmi: Tell us about your life before squash? Kanzy El Defrawy: I started squash when I was 7, so for me, there wasn’t really much before squash. The only memories I …
From Egypt to America with pro squash player, Kanzy El Defrawy Read More »
Introduction There is a widespread belief that competition is a ‘natural’ phenomenon in human beings, and that it should therefore be fostered in such subjects as physical education, and certainly within the national sporting context. However, my research rejects this truth claim about competition and competitive sports being ‘natural’ and instead examines how competition has …
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