Women's Sport Stories & Opinions from athletes - Page 4 of 17

Para Sports

We left with the cat and $50

Lakeisha Patterson - Contributor

Lakeisha Patterson has stared down cerebral palsy, epilepsy and online bullying. However, it’s the strength of her mother that leaves the Paralympic swimming star truly in awe.

Football

Flair, raw talent and togetherness

The AthletesVoice Team

The Matildas enter the Women’s World Cup as frontline contenders. Here, in their own words, every squad member looks ahead to the tournament.

Netball

Invisible disease with a heavy price

Sarah Klau - Contributor

‘I’ve wondered, ‘Why me? Surely the doctors have made a terrible mistake…’’ World Cup-bound Diamonds player Sarah Klau is determined to ensure her new reality won’t get in the way of reaching her potential in netball.

PV Clips

Matildas ‘victims of discrimination’

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Australia’s women’s football team, which will be one of the favourites at the World Cup in France starting this weekend, is leading a push for equal …

Ink

Never let evil control your life

Jayme Fressard - Contributor

She remembers her mum bawling her eyes out, because the fear was that she couldn't feed her family. Now her tattoos remind Jayme Fressard to be fearless.

Football

‘Team of thugs that kicked players’

Lisa De Vanna - Contributor

Matildas veteran Lisa De Vanna looks at the rise of the women's national team and pays tribute to the legend who had the biggest impact on her.

My Story

Episode one

The reasons I never quit

Liz Ellis - Contributor

Three mementos remind Liz Ellis how team sport inspired confidence in a young 'bookworm' who became the captain of her country.

Netball

When I heard the news I screamed

Sam Wallace - Contributor

Sam Wallace's father suffered a second stroke just before Easter. He told his devastated daughter to fight her urge to come home, and stay to make him proud.

Olympic Sports

Dangerous myth of the perfect body

Kaarle McCulloch - Contributor

This is what Kaarle McCulloch learnt while living in her 'Harry Potter broomstick cupboard'. And how she came to accept her body for the way it is.

Tennis

The special one: ‘Our sister Ash’

Sara Coppolecchia and Ali Egstorf - Contributors

She may not have done her fair share of the cleaning as a kid, but Ash Barty is making it up to her sisters, and their kids, now she’s hit the big time.

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