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How a TikTok Star Gave Forgotten Underdog Stories a Platform

How a TikTok Star Gave Forgotten Underdog Stories a Platform

by Dylan Sidhu | May 30, 2025 | Home, Mindset

How TikTok star Conna Chahal tapped into the ‘hopecore’ trend and reminded his 184,000 followers that anything is possible in sport. In 2022, Conna Chahal was just a lad from Coventry working a 9-5. He started posting sports content on TikTok to test out the waters,...
Q&A: Three-Time Olympic Champion Ed Clancy: ‘I had the weight of the world on my shoulders’

Q&A: Three-Time Olympic Champion Ed Clancy: ‘I had the weight of the world on my shoulders’

by Jack Dean | May 30, 2025 | Home Carosel, Mindset Top Story

From a career-threatening injury to Olympic immortality. The untold story of how Britain’s most decorated team pursuiter fought through isolation, doubt and unbearable pressure to make history. I know what you’re thinking. How could a three-time Olympic...
Champions: The Film Shattering Stereotypes with a Cast of Actors with Disabilities

Champions: The Film Shattering Stereotypes with a Cast of Actors with Disabilities

by Liv Firth | May 29, 2025 | Film Top Story, Home Carosel

When Matthew Von Der Ahe was in high school, his drama teacher asked for him to be removed from her class due to him having Down syndrome, which is a genetic condition that can cause developmental delays. “She suggested that I would not be able to keep up with her...
How Burnout Taught One Teen to Run for Joy, Not Likes

How Burnout Taught One Teen to Run for Joy, Not Likes

by Fleur Tortice | May 29, 2025 | Mindset

Forget metrics. Success lives in the moments. At just 16, Sam McGowan used to run chasing likes, leaderboards, and perfection. Until he burnt out, now, he’s running without a watch and without apology. This is how he found freedom on his terms. It started...
In Conversation with Dudley Stokes: The Driver of the Iconic 1988 Jamaican Bobsleigh Team

In Conversation with Dudley Stokes: The Driver of the Iconic 1988 Jamaican Bobsleigh Team

by Jack Dean | May 29, 2025 | Home Carosel, Relive Top Story

“This is ridiculous. This is not how it was meant to be. I thought, how am I here?”  The Jamaican bobsleigh story is the most unlikely in the history of sport. Thirty-seven years on, the driver, Dudley ‘Tal’ Stokes, reflects under the...
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