Jo Currie

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El equipo de mujeres afganas que protagonizó una espectacular fuga del Talibán

1 month ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Jo Currie

La exjugadora de cricket australiana Mel Jones fue una de las tres mujeres que organizaron y financiaron el plan para que el equipo femenino de cricket de Afganistán huyera de su país en 2021 tras el regreso al poder del Talibán. Entre las 19 jugadoras que hicieron el aterrador viaje a Australia estaba Firooza Amiri, quien temblaba de miedo cada vez que su familia era detenida en el auto en el que viajaba.
I should have been blind after stroke

2 months ago | msn.com | Jo Currie

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Ellie Roebuck: Ex-Manchester City goalkeeper on recovering from stroke and joining Barcelona

2 months ago | bbc.com | Jo Currie

As England and Barcelona goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck sips her flat white in the Spanish sunshine outside her favourite coffee shop, she looks like a player who has the world at her feet. But this is a very different picture from 12 months ago. Last February she was told that, at the age of 24, she had suffered a stroke and was left fearing she would never play football again. "I'm lucky because I should have lost my vision," she tells BBC Sport. "I should have lost my peripheral vision for sure.
The Afghan women's team who will not be silenced

2 months ago | aol.com | Jo Currie

"Don't do anything until I get back!"Mel Jones was in the middle of a television commentary, but she was also in the middle of masterminding an escape from the Taliban. The former Australia cricketer was one of the three women who organised and funded ways for the Afghanistan women's cricket team to flee their country in 2021 in what she said felt at times like "a Jason Bourne movie".
The Afghan women's team who will not be silenced

2 months ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Jo Currie

The Afghan women's team who will not be silenced"Don't do anything until I get back!"Mel Jones was in the middle of a television commentary, but she was also in the middle of masterminding an escape from the Taliban. The former Australia cricketer was one of the three women who organised and funded ways for the Afghanistan women's cricket team to flee their country in 2021 in what she said felt at times like "a Jason Bourne movie".
Afghanistan women's cricket: The refugee team who will not be silenced

2 months ago | bbc.com | Jo Currie

Thousands of miles away, Mel Jones was sitting in quarantine in an Australian hotel during the Covid-19 pandemic when she received a message from an Indian journalist asking whether she had heard about the Afghan cricket team's situation. The players had looked to the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) for assistance after the Taliban took over but received none. On their own, they were terrified under the rule of the hardline Islamist group.
Women's sport: Michele Kang announces $50m investment

Aug 1, 2024 | bbc.com | Jo Currie

Michele Kang, the owner of three football clubs including the London City Lionesses, has announced a $50m (£39.2m) global investment in improving the health of elite female athletes. Kang, who also owns eight-time women's European champions Lyon in France and Washington Spirit in the US, said she hopes the venture will mark "a new era for female athletic potential" and "drive lasting change".
Laura Roper: Hockey player talks about 'traumatic' miscarriage ahead of Olympics

Jul 3, 2024 | bbc.com | Jo Currie

Roper suffered the miscarriage at the nine-week point of her pregnancy and found it hard to process the speed with which everything had happened. “I'd actually been for a scan that day. It was all fine and then that night, I had stomach cramps and then there was bleeding,” she explains. “You then suddenly realise, this isn't normal. “That morning, everything was fine, there was a heartbeat and then in just the click of your fingers, we no longer had a baby growing.
Rosie Galligan: England international on breast reduction surgery

Jun 5, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Jo Currie

Watching England lock Rosie Galligan being lifted high in the air during a line-out in this year’s Women Six Nations, you would never know what nearly got in the way of her rugby career: her boobs. Six years ago, aged 20, Galligan had breast reduction surgery that took her from a size 32HH to a 32DD. It was a huge decision for such a young athlete but one she says made her international career possible. "Losing 2kg off your chest does make a difference," the Saracens second row told BBC Sport.
Rosie Galligan: England international on breast reduction surgery

Jun 5, 2024 | flipboard.com | Jo Currie

Abandoned bank goes to auction for £27k with thick-walled metal vault still in placeWhat does £27,000 get you in 2024? A family car but surely not a potential home? If you have vision and a renovation budget to add to it, then it …