Kathryn Wicks

Kathryn Wicks

Community editor

The Sydney Morning Herald

Real life

Not all disabilities are created equal

Kathryn Wicks If your son or daughter attends a school with more than 88 kids in it, the chances are that one of those children has autism. There's a greater chance, though, you don't even know.

A fair playing field?

How successful do female athletes need to be?

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Kathryn Wicks Before they're finally given the appropriate resources and funding?

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Melissa Barbieri is pregnant

Kathryn Wicks The Australian soccer captain played three games before she knew she was carrying her first child.

True sportsmanship

Was this the greatest moment of the games?

Oscar Pistorius of South Africa hugs Kirani James of Grenada after he competed in the Men's 400m Semi Final on Day 9 of the London 2012 Olympic Games

Kathryn Wicks It was certainly one of the greatest displays of good sportsmanship.

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Still going strong

Age shall not weary her

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Kathryn Wicks How old is too old for women when it comes to sport?

The classic comeback

To get back to the top, just add fun

Kathryn Wicks One of the things we love most about sport is watching someone who gets knocked down get back up again and succeed.

Dear Gina Rinehart

An open letter to Gina Rinehart

Soccer

Kathryn Wicks Hey Gina! If you can spare some change you'll change women's football in this country forever.

Sport

Is it Stosur's time to shine?

Stosur

Kathryn Wicks Samantha Stosur has made it through to tonight’s French Open semi-final without dropping a set. Things are getting exciting ...

Sport

Clever tactics

Kathryn Wicks All of a sudden netball coach Lisa Beehag’s madness makes perfect sense.

Super woman

She's a super freak

Perry

Kathryn Wicks Ellyse Perry possesses enough athletic talent to represent her country in two sports. So why did she get an ultimatum from Canberra United instead of a fitting send-off?

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Sport

Yes, we can

Rowing

Kathryn Wicks Straight from the ‘‘they said you’d never make it’’ files this week comes the Australian women’s rowing eight.

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Australia's top 10 female medal hopes

Pearson

Kathryn Wicks Get some sleep in the bank now - the Olympic Games are only two months away.

Sport

Our women are worth it

Sport

Kathryn Wicks If only FFA bosses and their rich club owners spent more time cooking up better ways to present women’s football and improve players’ skills than bickering about a few million dollars.

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Sport

Game changer

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Kathryn Wicks Is professional athletes' use of social media having an impact on motivating fans to attend matches?

Fighting fit

Let's get physical

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Kathryn Wicks Eleven years ago Trudy Gardner won the right to play in the national netball league while pregnant. How times have changed.

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Let's get angry

Netball

Kathryn Wicks A sell out match and an outcry from angry fans is not enough to make Channel 10 broadcast an important international netball game live.

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Are we guilty of playing nice with our sportswomen?

Swifts

Kathryn Wicks KATHRYN WICKS ponders whether we are soft on our sportswomen when things don’t go their way ... and, if we are, is that letting them down?

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Sport

Wanting it all

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Kathryn Wicks Co-captain of the NSW Swifts netball team Mo’onia Gerrard, on wanting to continue her career as a professional sportswoman and have six children too.

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Threat to axe W-League to save a few dollars

Austalia's striker Kyah Simon (L) celebrates with Austalia's striker Caitlin Foord (C) and Australia's defender Kim Carroll after scoring the 1-1 goal during the Group D match of the FIFA women's football World Cup Australia vs Norway  2011.

Kathryn Wicks Should A-League club owners decide to axe their W-League sides to save a few dollars, it could cost Australia their chance to win the Women's World Cup.

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Bridging the gap

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Kathryn Wicks Why is it so hard for women's sport to make the jump from semiprofessionalism to professionalism?

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