Pucked Off
By Harbour Heather The NHL has effectively robbed hockey fans of some of the most anticipated match ups the upcoming Winter Olympics could offer, after banning their contracted players from[…]
Category: Olympics
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 26 January
The heat and the shade. Roger Federer serving at the Australia Open. Sloane Stephens making up for an early exit by getting a deal with Harper’s. Meet Joan Williamson; grandmother[…]
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Is Ice Slowly Melting?
By The Spotter It was an unpredictable outcome about which the incorrigible ego-maniac Trump somehow tried to take credit for. And it is an outcome that should by rights be the[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 18 January
This may look like some Trump / Branson mash-up next to someone dressing up as Elton John, but it’s actually former Australia Open winners Boris Becker and Billie Jean King.[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 14 January
Jimmy Neesham has been in the news a fair bit this week. Here he is at the ASB Classic doing a very ASB Classic type thing of playing Air Tennis[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 16 November
Kurtley Beale and your future overlord. There is a corner of Hamilton that will forever be Tongan. The trip through Huntly provided a clue. Stroya. Can’t wait for them to[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 3 November
The drama of a last minute equaliser. Roy Hodgson has never been that happy since boating down the Seine. Slaven Bilic not so much. Brendon Hartley’s car caught fire in[…]
So Farewell then Eric Murray
A true legend of New Zealand sport has retired at the top of his game. Eric Murray and Hamish Bond did everything. 69 races undefeated, two Olympic Gold medals etc. […]
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World Records in Athletics
By Keith Miller It must be that time of year again. The calls are out again to expunge many World Records in Track & Field events, and to start afresh. […]
The Big Owe
By Harbour Heather For a sports and history nerd, nothing’s better than stadium tours when traveling. Learning about famed stands, sitting where legends of the game once resided, and insightful[…]
