The Doha Disaster
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘We witnessed the greatest number of athletes, the highest level of performances and largest stadium audiences ever seen across the event’s 16 editions.’ Lord Sebastian Coe, IAAF[…]
Tagged: politics
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NZR Badly Wrong and Need a Re-Think
By The Spotter (Wrote this a little while back, but then the cricket got amazing…) I do actually quite like Steve Hansen, but unfortunately he drove off a cliff in his own team bus recently in the[…]
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“Support Women’s Sport Basin Reserve”
By Harbour Heather Angry about the potential renaming of the Basin Reserve? Good, that’s the point. You know what I’m angry about? The fact that when a photo of Tayla[…]
Holding Out For A Hero
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘I want to be the best. I don’t want to be the best of my gender, I want to be the best in the league.‘ In a[…]
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Megan Rapinoe
By Harbour Heather Megan Rapinoe is important, and here’s why. Yes, she’s one heck of a soccer player (note – American player, American term). She’s scored the last four goals[…]
Let Her Play
By Scott MacLean It takes a fair bit to get my blood really boiling, but this nonsense this morning out of Hawkes Bay did. Briar Hales has been effectively excluded[…]
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Leave the Preaching at the Altar
By The Spotter It’s high time to do away with religious dogma and associated preaching in sport. It’s an affront to me to literally brainwash people with attitudes that originated a couple of thousand[…]
Representation Matters
By Harbour Heather Should New Zealand’s sports organisations not have women making up at least 40% of their governance at all levels (local, regional and national) by 2021, they risk[…]
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Something Reeks and it’s the IAAF
By The Spotter Ah yes; I recall even as a kid 12,000 miles away that a feeling within me always wanted Steve Ovett to thrash the pants off Sebastian Coe whenever they[…]
Competitive Journalism
This whole Scott Kuggeliejn thing is kind of getting out of hand. When a major sporting body issues a statement and no mainstream organisation is willing to run with it…[…]
