Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 16 August
By Keith Miller It’s amazing how many emotions you can experience in 12 hours’ worth of sport. After the extreme disappointment of watching the Men’s Black Sticks lose to Germany[…]
Monthly Archive: August 2016
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NRL Rewind: Round 23
By Stephen Gallagher Bulldogs 20 Sea Eagles 16 It was a loss that killed their season off. They dominated the first twenty minutes did Manly, but out of three opportunities[…]
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Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 15 August
By Keith Miller Well, what a weekend. New Zealand scored another Gold medal – in the closest of close calls – and a couple of other medal hopes were on[…]
Credit where it’s due
That Women’s shot-put final this afternoon was sporting theatre from the top drawer. Obviously, all of New Zealand wanted Valerie Adams to do three in a row, especially after the[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 13 August
China’s Chen Ruolin, left, and Liu Huixia during the synchro diving final. Meet Eric, the guy whose job it is to walk around the Olympics with a big sack of[…]
Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 12 August
By Keith Miller Finally – the curse is broken, and my decision to take leave over the Olympics has been justified. Terrible Thursday & Woeful Wednesday are behind us –[…]
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The NZR aren’t quite as demonic as you may think
The New Zealand Sevens team have been knocked out of the Olympics, and the sky is falling. This was not unexpected, although the one win in four games probably was. […]
Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 11 August
By Keith Miller I’m starting to wonder this taking-time-off-to-watch-the-Olympics gig was such a good idea after all. A couple of golds for NZ would have been nice over the past[…]
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NRL Record: Round 23
By Stephen Gallagher THURSDAY: Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs V Manly Warringah Sea Eagles – ANZ Stadium – 21.50NZT With the faintest of hopes for the finals, the Sea Eagles have to[…]
Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 10 August
By Keith Miller It all started so well overnight from a NZ perspective. Yet it could be argued that after so much expectation, this was one of NZ’s most disappointing[…]
