Veteran Ringmaster Banishes Demons and Tames two Beasts
By The Spotter When after ten agonising years, Roger Federer got one over his long-term old rival Rafael Nadal in the fifth set of a major final, Federer’s boundless, child-like[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 26 Jan
Lump in the throat time. Chapecoense plane tragedy survivor Jackson Follmann entered the pitch holding the Copa Sudamericana trophy. What an Australian Open this has been for the veterans. Serena[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 19 Jan
Fan on fan action at the Australian Open. And here are some more fans with those strange shirts. And look; an adaptation of a flag as a beach towel. Dimitri[…]
Those 2016 moments via Youtube
‘Tis the season to get lazy and find a range of YouTube links to some of the more memorable sporting moments of the year, The Icelandic hoof. Remember this was[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 16 September
Ah yes, Jose. Taking defeat in a way only Jose can. Elsewhere in European football, Legia Warsaw are back, and they want you to know it. It ended up in[…]
Stan – the under-appreciated man
By Martin Hearnden Stan Wawrinka’s US Open triumph was his 3rd major win in his 3rd final; this is some conversion rate. He has also won his last 11 finals in[…]
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A Jurassic Serve from Moore
By The Spotter Raymond Moore, the dinosaur. A quite serendipitous rhyme, but one which aptly sums up the now former director of the Indian Wells, California event- one of the biggest tournaments[…]
Sharapova and Meldonium
By Scott MacLean When Maria Sharapova announced she’d be holding a press conference in Los Angeles the rumour mill fired into action. What was it about? Retirement? Pregnancy? Another line[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 5 February
Buller is not the best known semi-province in New Zealand. It is tucked away at the north end of the South Island’s west coast. Its population is less than your[…]
Sporting pictures of the week :- 28 January
The Wellington City Council and the New Zealand Cricket Museum ran a selfie promotion during the week where you could pose next to a cut-out of a current player. Trent[…]
