“I hate the word feminist,” British sailor Tracy Edwards informed the TV cameras earlier than embarking on a round-the-world race with the first-ever all-woman crew in 1989. “I [just] like to be allowed to do what I want to do.” Four years earlier, she had begged her approach onto a South African yacht because the prepare dinner. “I never wanted anything in my life as much as to fit in with those guys,” she recollects within the new documentary “Maiden.” Instead, “I was treated like a servant” on the boys membership. ‘Maiden’: three out of 4
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Albania on cloud nine at maiden success
You only had to see the look on Armand Sadiku's face when he scored what proved to be Albania's winner against Romania to see what the goal mean to his team – to his whole nation for that matter.The celebrations that greeted Albania's maiden finals success at the final whistle in Lyon were equally exuberant, but that was just the start. Even at midnight, as the players' bus pulled awa from the Stade de Lyon, they were still singing "Ti Shqipëri më jep nder" (You Albania Give Me Honour), and while they were straight to bed when they got home, fans and team staff stayed
Haase claims maiden ATP title
Dutchman Robin Haase won his first ever ATP title on Saturday as he beat experienced Spaniard Albert Montanes 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the clay court final. Haase, 24 and appearing in his first final, looked to have blown his chance when 30-year-old Montanes, a winner of five ATP titles, levelled the match. However, the 53rd-ranked Dutchman – who has had his best ever season in the Grand Slams this year reaching the third rounds of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon – regrouped and romped through