Understanding physical injuries and mental health in sports
Zimbabwe women’s cricket captain, Mary-Anne Musonda, talks about leadership, the future of the women’s game, and giving back to her community. Liam Parker: Can you talk about your background and life outside of cricket? Mary-Anne Musonda: I am 30 years old, born in Zimbabwe to a Zimbabwean mother and a Zambian father. I …
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As a child, it’s hard to imagine anything better than making a living by playing the sport you love. For a lot of little boys and girls growing up, football is seen as simply the best sport in the world. Turning out for every match in front of thousands of screaming fans, while getting paid …
For many of us, sport big part of life, which is why it is quite unfortunate that this pandemic has taken much of sport away from us. Professional sports, in particular, have been hardest hit, with ABC News reporting how this worldwide health crisis ‘has shaken Australian professional sport to the core’. In fact, sports during …
Mike Chabala may be known best as a Full-back for a string of top MLS clubs such as Houston Dynamo, Portland Timbers, and D.C. United. Lately though, using his soccer prowess and fitness levels, he has been growing his business, Sphere, a soccer-inspired fitness platform that has seen an uptick in engagement and usage during …
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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 …
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 …
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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 »
Nathan Wells is the strength & conditioning coach at England Squash. Having worked in a range of sports from football to cheerleading, Nathan has an almost unparalleled breadth and depth of experience in sports strength and conditioning In this exclusive, we caught up with Nathan to talk about Strength & Conditioning Coaching at England Squash, …
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Lauren Tuffrey is a county cricketer from Derbyshire and started playing cricket when she was 11. Tuffrey is a pathway coach for the Derbyshire Cricket Foundation (DCF) and has joined Spondon Women’s team in the newly created East Midlands Women’s Cricket League this season. We caught up with Tuffrey to discuss the scope of cricket …
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Sarah Roder, a registered psychologist with an extensive background working in high-performance sport and wellbeing. We recently caught up with Sarah to talk about her work with athletes, leading the Athlete Wellbeing & Engagement Program at Squash Australia, and the challenges the pandemic has brought to working within the space. Sportageous is a proud …
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