FIVE members of the Great Britain women’s squad from London 2012 have been selected for this summer’s delayed Olympics in Tokyo.
Karen Bardsley, Steph Houghton, Jill Scott and Ellen White of England will compete in their second Games, as will Scotland’s Kim Little.
The five are included in an 18-strong squad selected by coach Hege Riise and announced by the British Olympic Association this morning.
The group contains 15 England players, two from Scotland in Little and Caroline Weir and one from Wales in Sophie Ingle. There are none from Northern Ireland for what will be Britain’s second appearance at an Olympic Games in women’s football.
Thebe Magugu and Rich Mnisi feature in adidas Pride collection
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Weâre entering June, International Pride Month, soon. To honour the LGBTQ+ community, two South African designers have partnered with adidas for the Pride collection.
LMHZ Prize 2019 winner Thebe Magugu and Rich Mnisi feature in the Love Unites campaign, a collection that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community.
In a statement released by the clothing company, they said that the collection draws inspiration from Pride colours.
Thebe Magugu for adidas. Picture: Supplied
âWith pieces spanning style and performance wear, the expansive collection looks to hero a âDo It Yourself (DIY) visual aesthetic born from the LGBTQ+ communities who had sought to create their own spaces for self-expression.
Adidas has launched a brand-new ‘Love Unites’ collection for Pride 2021.
The sports brand has released a range of apparel and footwear featuring graphics inspired by the LGBT+ community.
The collection starts from £20/$10 and it’s now available from the Adidas UK website and the Adidas US website.
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It features style and performance wear, all inspired by a ‘Do It Yourself’ visual aesthetic, which Adidas says “is born from LGBT+ communities who had sought to create their own spaces for self-expression.”
The visuals include fluid geometries and expressive and layered graphics which feature on special edition Pride colourways of classic Adidas silhouettes like Nizza, Forum, UltraBoost 5.0 DNA and AdiZero Pro V1.