After two full blingless days, our sailors have got the Australian medal tally ticking over again, bless their soggy cotton socks. Tom Burton had to finish six places ahead of Croatian Tonci Stipanovic to secure gold. With some tactical brilliance I don’t begin to understand, he forced Stipanovic into a penalty turn at the start,…
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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…
The hard men of the peloton
With the World Cup over, all that’s left to be revealed is whether Holland’s Arjen Robben will be made an honorary Italian for his diving prowess or if Russia can blow more money in four years’ time than the $51 billion it spent on the Sochi Olympics. As the Brazilians bid farewell to the remaining…
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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