Alice Dearing: Black Swimming Association charity launched to get BAME people swimming and safe in the water
“Black people can’t swim, they are too heavy, and it’s not a sport for us.” Alice Dearing, one of Britain’s
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Olympics
Jack London: Medals of GB’s first black Olympic star to be sold
The first Olympic medals to be won by a black British athlete have been put up for auction. Valued at
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British sport accused of ‘unacceptable’ lack of ethnic diversity in boardrooms
The British sport sector has been accused of an “unacceptable” lack of ethnic diversity across its boardrooms. Research by UK
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Team GB’s only black swimmer: ‘I understand why girls would quit over their hair’
“I vividly remember a black girl saying at training that the reason black girls don’t swim is because of their
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How a proud mum’s Facebook post got her kids into the Olympics
Cape Verde has never won an Olympic medal, and despite the country sending only four swimmers to the 2020 Olympics,
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Paralympian Stef Reid has prosthetic limb made for her at The Leprosy Mission’s Anandaban Hospital in Nepal
GB Paralympian StefReid lost her right foot in a boating accident, aged 15. But despite her talent and tenacity seeing
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Why Ellis Genge, Katarina Johnson-Thompson & Jadon Sancho are an inspiration
“I want people to see this and realise if you are young, black and British you can 100% excel in
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