8am: The human is particularly excited this morning, talking about a big night of sport and checking the batteries in the remote. This looks ominous. 9am: Now, she’s carb loading. Banana pancakes. Which I’m expected to help her cook, by the way. Midday: So, it seems tonight I am to navigate the Australian Open women’s…
Tag: Socceroos
Tim Cahill exits the World Cup stage
The headline said it all. “Australia Just Scored the Goal of the World Cup. Yes, Australia.” Until a few hours ago, it was hard to imagine anyone beating Robin van Persie’s flying Dutchman effort for goal of the tournament. And then Tim Cahill did this. It couldn’t have come at a better time. Just a…
Some free World Cup advice for England
Regular readers will know I’m not generally one for helping the English out of a pickle. One of my favourite pastimes as an irreverent Antipodean is thumbing my nose at the mother country, especially in all matters sport. Please see Exhibit A, B, C and D, otherwise known as my Ashes coverage. So if you’re…
World Cup: we’re beating Spain!
When it comes to soccer,* Australians are a blindly optimistic lot. We came into the World Cup with by far the lowest ranking of the 32 countries and then got handed the crappiest draw of any team. That’s the New York Times saying that, by the way, not just this Aussie diehard. And yet we…
On-field celebrations: The good, the bad and the ugly
After the Windies smashed Australia over the fence and out of T20 World Cup contention, serial slogger Chris Gayle took to the field and danced the jig he reserves for special occasions. As his teammates joined him in a fairly aggressive rendition of Gangnam Style, some asked whether it was the done thing to carry…
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