The swimmer who learned in a borrowed pool
Lane six, Tuesdays only, and a coach who never charged.
Features
Dawn training: the city’s earliest runners set out before the traffic
Photo essay. Placeholder for photography by Aoife Lynch.
Floodlit: a Tuesday-night league under the motorway
Photo essay. Placeholder for photography by Aoife Lynch.
Chalk and silence before the lift
Photo essay. Placeholder for photography by Aoife Lynch.
The last lap: a stadium empties as the light fades
Photo essay. Placeholder for photography by Aoife Lynch.
Serve: courtside at a community tournament
Photo essay. Placeholder for photography by Aoife Lynch.
Boundary: a summer of club cricket in the long light
Photo essay. Placeholder for photography by Aoife Lynch.
From refugee camp to starting line: the athlete rebuilding a life through sport
Seven years, four countries and one pair of borrowed spikes.
The migrant workers who built a cricket league in a car park
Sunday mornings, a taped-up bat and 14 teams.
Where women play: the football pitch that changed a village’s rules
One pitch, one rota, and a conversation the village had been avoiding.