Six Reasons for All Whites Pessimism on Thursday.
It’s a thin line between pessimism and realism Privacy Gone We’re not winding down the build-up hours in the arse end of Miramar now, practicing behind a huge black tarpaulin,[…]
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Five Reasons for All Whites Optimism on Thursday.
Chris Wood The intrigue around his late semi-scratching of Wood before the Wellington leg was one of the more intriguing sub-plots of the afternoon. And when he did come on[…]
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Hope Springs for Wellington and Lima
By The Spotter Literally and figuratively, Chris Wood will need his wingman, Marco Rojas tomorrow (and gee, how he has been the absolutely forgotten man in all the build-up) to[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 10 November
In Lima they are preparing this rather large flag to greet the All Whites next week. Meanwhile, back here, their players, fans and mascot have arrived. Te Maire Martin was[…]
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The Google Translate Playoff game
The FIFA Intercontinental Playoff is almost on us. These encounters have involved Bahrain, Mexico, and now Peru; three nations with which New Zealand has had no other sporting rivalry. So[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 3 November
The drama of a last minute equaliser. Roy Hodgson has never been that happy since boating down the Seine. Slaven Bilic not so much. Brendon Hartley’s car caught fire in[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 27 October
Where to start. KP, Flintoff, Jamie Redknapp and John Barnes pose for the camera. Some things have changed over the years, but not Barnes’s sense of fashion. “You know the[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 20 October
The Rugby League World Cup has provided so much entertainment, and it is still over a week away. Here’s a promotion in Sydney with each team represented by a …[…]
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What’s it all worth anyway?
By Scott MacLean That grumbling sound you’ve heard over the past 24 hours? Probably the noise being made over the cost of tickets for the All Whites intercontinental playoff match[…]
There’s More Chance of the Andes Melting Overnight
By The Spotter If there was one FIFA men’s World Cup finals tournament to miss (well, maybe aside from the one after), perhaps it would be this coming one in Russia. Borrowing a apt[…]
