18 AWW.COM.AUAUGUST 2017
In the
news ...
Lightning
strikes gold
Super Netball team
Sunshine Coast Lightning
was showered in gold
after claiming victory over
the Giants in the inaugural
Grand Final in Brisbane (left)
on June 17. The captain of the
Indian national women’s cricket team,
Mithali Raj (above), in England for the
ICC Women’s World Cup, turned the tables
on a (male) journalist who asked her who
her favourite male cricketer was. Mithali
retorted, “Do you ask the same question to
a male cricketer? Do you ask them who their
favourite female cricketer is?”Dame wins
in Monaco
Dame Helen Mirren
was enchanting in
a sparkling white
gown at the 57th
Monte Carlo
Television Festival,
where she was
awarded the
Crystal Nymph
in recognition of
her achievements
in TV. The radiant
actress was
presented with the
prestigious prize
by Monaco’s Prince
Albert II on June 20.