13 Most Unfortunate Names In Sport
A combo of bad parenting, immature humour and just complete bad luck. Here are the 13 most unfortunate names in sport. Be glad you aren’t one of these guys! 1. Butt Fuchs 2. Rusty Kuntz A fine example of some truly, awful parenting. 3. Steve Sharts Ah, careful how high you lift your leg there […]
13th January 2017 read full article13 Most Unlucky Sports Accidents Ever
1. Silva Snaps On December 28th, 2013, UFC legend Anderson Silva faced Chris Weidman in a rematch for the Middleweight belt Silva had lost at UFC 162 earlier that year. Unfortunately for Silva, it didn’t exactly go to plan. Take a look. 2. Dr Darius Vassell In 2002, Aston Villa striker Darius Vassell was out […]
13th January 2017 read full article‘I train full-time thanks to Sports Crowdfunding’
BRITISH star Skeleton Racer Kim Murray has been welling up with thanks for her sports crowdfunding campaign supporters, after exceeding her target by a whopping 127%! Murray, hailing from the Isle of Wight, was a top long jumper, but she got spotted by the Power2Podium talent search and entered skeleton. Turns out, she’s seriously good, […]
24th February 2016 read full articleThe Barefoot Runner Making Olympic Marathon Waves
PARDON NDHLOVU joined PledgeSports.org to raise marathon running funding as he is on the cusp of making the Rio 2016 Zimbabwe Olympic Team. We knew he was talented and we knew he was fast, but what we didn’t know is that this marathon runner, who sits second on the list to make Zimbabwe’s Rio 2016 team, […]
9th February 2016 read full articleAthlete of the Week: Takanyi Garanganga
The Next Face of African Tennis: Takanyi Garanganga 2014 is the Breakthrough Year for Zimbabwean Takanyi Garanganga. Hailed as “The Next Face of African Tennis”, the 23-year-old is the third highest-ranked African on the ATP Tour. As a junior Takanyi Garanganga reached a ranking high of 17th in the world, impressing in the French Open, […]
14th September 2014 read full articleCrowdfunding: The Future of Sports Fundraising
Sports Fundraising Goes Online. Meet Sports Crowdfunding CROWDFUNDING can never completely replace traditional methods of sports fundraising, but it has emerged as the perfect supplement to present sports funding. In a time when all governing bodies have tight belts, funding for sports is become scarcer and more guarded than ever and athletes have to work […]
7th September 2014 read full articleAthlete of the Week: Sam Cairns
Brilliant But Brutal: Biathlete Sam Cairns FEATURED athlete of this week is Scottish Biathlete Sam Cairns. Sam Cairns is leading the way for biathlon – a sport that is mostly unknown in the UK but massively popular in Scandinavia – in Britain, having represented Team GB in the European Youth Olympics last year. Biathlon is an endurance sport […]
3rd September 2014 read full articleAthlete of the Week: Tom Reed
GB Judoka Tom Reed is fresh off the podium from his incredible performance at the Commonwealth Games. Having won the silver medal, he is hungrier than ever to secure his place on Team GB for the Rio 2016 Olympics. We caught up with him to find out more about life as an elite Judo player… […]
12th August 2014 read full articleAthlete of the Week: Cathal O’Donovan
Cathal O’Donovan is Ireland’s top duathlete, having dominated the sport in Ireland and the UK for the last year. He’s on PledgeSports to raise funds to get to European Duathlon Championships in Austria this August. In this week’s feature Cathal tells us about his up coming competition schedule, niggling injuries, training and how he stays […]
30th July 2014 read full articleAthlete of the Week: Tamara Maxantova
Tamara Maxantova is the latest athlete to run a project with us. She is awesome! Since starting racing in 2011, she has progressed from a beginner triathlete, to Olympic distance and has sailed straight forward to the ironman distance. Tamara finished her first ironman race in a brilliant 11hours 10minutes in 2011. In July 2014, […]
22nd July 2014 read full article