Sporting pictures of the Week :-26 January
Some more Coco Gauff. You can feel the heat from here. The Australian Open really does provide some great shots. Durham v Manchester City in the women’s FA Cup. Weekly[…]
Category: Football
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Sporting pictures of the Week :-14 January
You may have heard that Coco Gauff really likes New Zealand. Here she is getting presented with a pretty cool korowai after winning the ASB Classic. Here she is earlier[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :-4 January
Two icons of Auckland cricket in the one photo. SCG has started a new tradition; celebrating greats from touring sides. So big. Fans get to play on the hallowed turf[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :-22 December
One of the anomalies of next year’s Olympic Games is that surfing is being held in Tahiti. The IOC proposes building an aluminium judging tower on a much loved beach,[…]
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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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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[…]
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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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[…]
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[…]
