Sport injuries can be devastating to an athlete. Coping with them includes both physical and emotional healing. Not only can an injury result in very painful physical set-back, but many sports injuries can leave an athlete with a damaged psyche...

What does it mean when we say “like a girl”? It’s just a joke phrase, isn’t it, a stereotype used around the world to tease a boy: “You run like a girl!” Or perhaps a way to dismiss an unhappy young woman: “Don’t cry like a girl!” Those three...

Why not try adding these foods to your diet?

#Fish - The conducted researches have shown that those people who eat a lot of fish almost never suffer from heart disease. For example, the native Inuits of Alaska are not familiar with this...

Forget Zumba and spinning, Gillian Orr discovers how we'll be working out in 2015

Bodyweight training - Good news for those whose bank accounts took a hammering over the festive period. Bodyweight training requires no fancy, expensive...

Go Canoeing Week &paddle round the World with British Canoeing.

Go Canoeing Week is a celebration of all things paddling! This year it will take place from Saturday May 23rd to Sunday May 31st.  Our aim for the nine day event is to get...

There are many ways that busy mums, families, young people, office workers and older adults can build physical activity into their lives. Being physically active is easier than you think, especially if you make activity part of your daily routine...

Women and Sport explores the rise in the importance of both female athletes and female fans.

Aside from the digital revolution, the rapid rise in the importance, influence and value of female fans has been one of the most distinctive...

This is going to be a long day, so I will have to start at one minute past midnight and take up the whole 24 hours. A lot of coffee will be drunk.  First of all, anyone who shouts something rude at a woman playing sport will have to explain their...

The TABOO of menstruation - you can help investigate!

British tennis player Heather Watson made headlines last week when she commented on her defeat at the Australian Open, telling reporters that dizziness and nausea due to “girl things”...

France celebrates with a day of WomenSport

Saturday 24 February - Under the banner of "24 hours of women's sport” the French government, in collaboration with Femix Sports, French non-profits, and the National and French Sport Olympic...