Sporting pictures of the Week :- 7 Apr
The start of IPL 10. And, bless, they’re all mates again. And has anyone thought of using the lid of a cup as a pretend hat before? Characters. Yuzuru Hanyu[…]
Category: Olympics
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 2 Apr
How cool is Lauren Boyle? “Squad on pool deck…one punter said I’m the odd one out. No. My loyalty is with SPEEDO, always, not that other brand.” Beauden Barrett is[…]
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Laurel Hubbard
By Harbour Heather If you’re not familiar with the name Laurel Hubbard, you soon will be. Making most mainstream news this weekend was Laurel’s selection in the New Zealand women’s[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 10 Feb
Colour coded trolling. Shaun Pollock, one of the great ginger athletes of all time gets made to wear that jacket, in front of that background. Even the cameraman got in[…]
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Karen Pickering
Karen Pickering MBE is a seasoned athlete, a swimmer who has competed in a staggering four consecutive Summer Olympics, from 1992 to 2004. She has picked up a whole host[…]
Sporting pictures of the week :- 16 September
Ah yes, Jose. Taking defeat in a way only Jose can. Elsewhere in European football, Legia Warsaw are back, and they want you to know it. It ended up in[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 9 September
Welcome to the 2016 Paralympics. Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham, an extreme wheelchair athlete, somersaults after speeding down a MegaRamp in the Opening Ceremony. Which is pretty cool. What is not so[…]
Sporting pictures of the week :- 25 August
So farewell to Rio then. And nobody seemed more tired at the end of it than the women’s Steeplechase finalists. Never, ever, mess with a Mongolian wrestler. A feel-good picture[…]
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The Olympic Awards
By Keith Miller As the Closing Ceremony brings the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to an end, it’s time to reflect on a fine performance from the New Zealand team. With[…]
Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 21 August
By Keith Miller As we head towards the end of Rio 2016, a bit of excitement towards the end of the tournament was always going to be welcomed with open[…]
