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[…]
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F1. Las Vegas 2023 Review
By Dewi Preece, Aiden McLaughlin, Gavin Huet and Chelsea Wintle Driver of the day Dewi – Despite being pipped by Leclerc on the final lap (copy & paste Brazil…) I’m actually going[…]
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9-2 > 10-1
By Rahul Patil Is there anything worse than going through heartbreak? Yes, it’s suffering two heartbreaks within four days. First the blackcaps on Wednesday and then India on Sunday. Next[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :-19 November
Is this the last time we will see these three in the same photo? Those four yearly photo of South Africa losing a World Cup knockout match. Let’s have[…]
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So near yet so far
By Rahul Patil My apologies that it’s taken me a while to write this piece after the first semifinal. Being the only media professional from New Zealand following the blackcaps[…]
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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Cometh the hour, cometh the bowlers
By Rahul Patil The blackcaps do two things well. They win most games of cricket that they are expected to win, and when they lose, they make sure they do[…]
F1. São Paulo 2023 Review
By Gavin Huet, Chelsea Wintle and Aiden McLaughlin Driver of the day Chelsea – Fernando Alonso had my heart on fire through that final lap. He drove a masterful defensive race,[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :-7 November
The England World Cup 2023 campaign finished so differently from the last one. Bavuma and Jansen photos will never get boring. Djokovic with another Paris masters win. He never[…]
“… and Kiwi is last of all”
By Scott MacLean Tomorrow is the first Tuesday in November, and with it the 163rd running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. It’s long been “The Race That Stops A[…]
