By James Rodbourn With an aging team and some ordinary recent results, New Zealand test cricket fans could be forgiven for clutching at some straws while looking for positives. Well[…]
Author: Sportsfreak
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Sporting pictures of the Week :-11 December
Crap culture starts at the top. Pep knows exactly what he’s doing here. Because that’s totally normal behaviour from Haaland. Remember when we laughed at Wegner’s puffer jackets? A full-on[…]
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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F1. Abu Dhabi 2023 Review
By Aiden McLaughlin, Gavin Huet and Chelsea Wintle Driver of the day Aiden – Yuki Tsunoda qualified in P6 and finished in P8, yet he’s my driver of the day – confusing?[…]
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[…]
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[…]