As Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett will tell you, comebacks are hard. So it’s a big deal Michael Phelps is at the Rio Olympics at all. No other bloke has swum at five Games. And no one of his vintage has a right to be doing this. The legendary turn tho https://t.co/UNt5zWt7DL by @ScottPorter via…
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Bring on the Commonwealth Games buffet
When it comes to food, there are times when the call of the buffet, with its all-you-can-eat prawns and multiple choice desserts, is simply too great. For an Australian sports fan, this is the appeal of the Commonwealth Games. Where the Olympics serves up precious morsels of victory, the Commonwealth Games is a veritable smorgasbord…
London Olympics: Aussie hoighloights Day 5
I woke to carnage. When I went to bed last night, the Poms had finally bagged their first gold medal out at Eton Dorney. That was bad enough. But by the time I got up, they’d dug up another, thanks to Bradley Wiggins and his infernal time trial prowess. Worse, the Poms had moved ahead…
London Olympics: Aussie hoighloights Day 4
Some bloke called William Arthur Ward, who made a living out of writing inspirational quotes, once said: “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” And as Day Four dawned in London and the 100-metre freestyle heats beckoned, the question on everyone’s lips was: Can Magnussen bounce back? Course he can! Big strapping…
London Olympics: Aussie hoighloights Days 1 and 2
It’s a routine we’ve made our own. On Day One of Olympics competition, we head to the pool and plunder its gold. But coming in to the last event of the day, Team Down Under was in very foreign territory – completely and utterly medalless. Our great hope Stephanie Rice had given it her all…
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