Time for Tennis Sensations of the New Year
The tennis season has already entered the home stretch and now the second Grand Slam tournament – Roland-Garros – is ahead. Who will become a winner on the soil court[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 26 January
The heat and the shade. Roger Federer serving at the Australia Open. Sloane Stephens making up for an early exit by getting a deal with Harper’s. Meet Joan Williamson; grandmother[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 18 January
This may look like some Trump / Branson mash-up next to someone dressing up as Elton John, but it’s actually former Australia Open winners Boris Becker and Billie Jean King.[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 24 November
So farewell then Anthony Hudson. Here he is in his last engagement with the All Whites; saying goodbye in Lima. Ashes Corner. This is what it’s all about. It’s not[…]
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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[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 13 October
The joys of the South American football, and that away game in Bolivia. Brazil players sucking up the oxygen following their clash in the weekend. Anyway, the guinea pig eaters[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 29 September
The Sheffield Derby. And the mascot is the one who is focussed, which is what we have come to expect from a mascot. Spartak Moscow’s tifo for their Champions League[…]
Man gives honest interview. Vilified
Tennis is a lonely sport; almost uniquely so, and one that attracts a certain type of driven person. From Jennifer Capriati, through Boris Becker to Andre Agassi it is full[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 20 July
Pure delight in the Sunwolves coaching box. “These guys spent 12 days acclimatising for this?” The traditional shot of a South African cricketer being consoled by an opponent at the[…]
Perpetuating a myth
Is the women’s draw at the French Open actually taking place? It doesn’t appear to be in New Zealand anyway. There is no doubt this is a busy month for[…]
