Sporting pictures of the Week :-3 December
Well done Bangladesh; celebrating their firs test victory at home against New Zealand. Galatasaray is always such a welcoming place to visit. The perfect photo of Mikel Arteta. There’s already[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :-26 November
Travis Head arriving at a T20 series days after the World Cup man of the match performance. You know those days would have been great. Mitch Marsh going alpha following[…]
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Boots and Bombs
Boots and Bombs: How New Zealand football grew up in the 1960s and 70s, by Craig Stephen (2023, ISBN 978-0-473-67266-9). Not many books start with an account of a hairy[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :-14 November
Glenn Maxwell getting the level of photo taking adulation typically reserved for the likes of Sachin Tendulkar. The under rated fans of the Cricket World Cup were the Dutch. Finnish[…]
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Expectations in check
By Scott MacLean The Phoenix Men kick off their A-League campaign this weekend, away to Western Sydney on Sunday afternoon, and expectations of matching last year’s playoff place might have[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :-1 October
Japan rugby team paying respect to their fans. Taffy Anscombe and family. Not so happy Eddy. UpTheWahs gingerbread man. Even at the Ryder Cup there’s room for some UpTheWahs. […]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :-10 September
Aren’t you coming back from an injury Brodie? On the field it started so well. Rugby World Cup fever in full force in Paris. Lotu Inisi showing how you score[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :-3 September
Ah Ireland; we want to let you into a little secret. Painting players on the side of an aeroplane prior to a Rugby World Cup is cursed. World Athletics Champs[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :-27 August
The sight of World Cup victory. Things went sour later on, but you can’t take away this joy. Casey McLoed of Jamaica at World Athletics champs taking an unusual trajectory[…]
What comes now?
By Scott MacLean It’s hard to deny that the Women’s World Cup these past five weeks has seen some of the best sporting entertainment ever seen on these shores, complete[…]
