Laila Ali – No daddy’s girl
Standing 5ft 10in in her boxing boots, attractive
Laila Ali
knew she was expected to model or act: ‘I could if I wanted to, but
that’s not me. Boxing is not a fly-by-night thing for me. I’m always
hearing “you’re so pretty why do you box?” If I were ugly, would people
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30 Aug 2001: Maria
Mutola of Mozambique playing football during a PR Meeting with
athletes and members of the German Womens Football team at the
Mommsen Stadium, Berlin +DIGITAL IMAGE+ Mandatory Credit:
Michael Steele/ALLSPORT
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Mozambique’s sprint queen
‘When
I saw Nelson Mandela for the first time, I couldn’t speak. I was
shocked and humbled that he had wanted to meet me. He had always
been my hero. Meeting him gave me the power to go on.’ Says Maria
Mutola when she lost her zest for running after Sydney 2000
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In a league of her own
"I myself
wasn't paid to play butit's a brilliant opportunity for the kids
coming through. Four or five years ago it wasn't possible.
It's a real step forward." Said
England
Ladies captain
Hope Powell
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England Manager Hope Powell looks on during the Womens International
Friendly Match between England and Scotland at the Reebok Stadium,
Bolton, England. Mandatory Credit: Michael Steele /Allsport |
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POLO – Reclaim the game
Go
to your average high-goal polo event around
England
and you might feel your worst fears have been realised. The atmosphere
just oozes money and still the only ones wearing riding boots are men.
Not all of them are white, however.
Argentineans rule
the roost
when it comes to polo, where the
gaucho – the
cowboy of the Pampas
– is a national icon. It’s also played extensively in
Mexico, India,
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Wing Commander
New
Zealander Vanessa Cootes
is the most lethal finisher in
women’s
international rugby:
her 12 tests have yielded an amazing 37 tries. Cootes burst
onto the scene by scoring four tries against
Australia
in 1995
and her finest moment so far is winning the
World Cup
in 1998
against the
United
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Keep on running
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The XVII Commonwealth Games
will be held in
Manchester,
from 25 July to 4 August
2002. It will be the
biggest multi-sport event ever to have taken place in the country,
representing a unique opportunity to showcase Manchester, the
North West and United
Kingdom as the diverse,
vibrant and multi-cultural places that they are. |
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In honour of
Her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee
the Queen’s Jubilee Baton
Relay, will take place before
the start of the games. The baton will be passed from hand to hand,
completing an epic journey, leaving from
Buckingham Palace on Commonwealth
Day, March 11 and travelling
to 20 Commonwealth countries,
before returning to the UK on June 6. It will then pass through
Northern Ireland, Scotland,
the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, Wales and England for the next
50 days. The Queen’s Jubilee
Baton Relay is an exciting national celebration - so join in! |
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