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Yorkshire appoint Ottis Gibson as new head coach on three-year deal
Yorkshire have appointed former West Indies all-rounder Ottis Gibson as their new head coach on a three-year deal.
Bodybuilder Rene Campbell wants to change the view of what women should look like
By Noura Abou Zeinab, for CNNUpdated 1143 GMT (1943 HKT) December 2, 2020(CNN)Counterpointed by a number of striking tattoos, hers is a body defined by muscle. She is a mother of two who embodies power and strength.Rene Campbell has dedicated most of her life to sculpting her once diminutive frame into one that, she says, goes «completely against what society thinks a woman should look like.»The bodybuilder's dedication has brought plenty of awards but building her dream body — gaining over 85 pounds, going from a UK size 8 to 14 — has had its challenges, too, both physically and mentally. «I was very insecure about my body image, very insecure about myself as a person,»
Australia's first international cricket team found fame in the UK. At home, they were betrayed
By Ben Westcott, CNNUpdated 1032 GMT (1832 HKT) April 5, 2021Harrow, Australia (CNN)Growing up in the small community of Harrow in southern Australia, 86-year-old Lachie Turner spent his childhood hearing legends of the great Aboriginal cricketer Johnny Mullagh.«The story used to be that he could win a match, batting with just the handle of a pickaxe,» said Turner, with a smile. Mullagh was a hero in Harrow, and the surrounding livestock communities, where homesteads dot the landscape along miles of single-lane dirt roads.At a time when being Indigenous meant you could be thrown off your land, forced into Christian missions or even shot, Mullagh — of the Jardwadjali people from
Japan's sumo wrestlers: Meet the women changing the face of the sport
By Emiko Jozuka, Don Riddell and Daniel Campisi, CNNUpdated 0913 GMT (1713 HKT) January 5, 2022Nagoya, Japan (CNN)With a steely look, Senna Kajiwara charges headlong into her opponent.The two pre-teen girls grapple for a dozen seconds before Kajiwara ousts her rival from the ring.At this sumo tournament, no loincloth-clad men are competing for the title of «grand champion.» Instead, girls aged between 8 and 12 are going head-to-head and step-by-step changing the future of Japan's male-dominated national sport.«Some people are surprised and even shocked when they find out I do sumo. They tend to think that sumo is just for boys and men,» Kajiwara told CNN Sport.«I think if we get more girls and women in sumo then we'll be able to level the
UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad determined to settle "unfinished business" with Leon Edwards
Belal Muhammad is not letting the feud with Britain's Leon Edwards go.