‘SPORTS’ Articles
Written by Ozy Mandias on 02 September 2010
Pakistan Cricket have announced a new shirt sponsor for their upcoming tour of New Zealand. Speaking at an official press conference last week the Pakistan Cricket chairman, Ivabin of Dosh, named the TAB as the new shirt sponsor. This comes after months of close contact between the two parties as thay have attempted to broker [Read more]
Written by Ozy Mandias on 02 September 2010
Today is the 2nd of September. Whenever New Zealanders recall our nation’s great sporting deeds, the events of September 2, 1960, will always occupy a prominent place. That was the day of the “Golden Hour” when Sir Peter Snell and Sir Murray Halberg indelibly inked the country’s name on the Rome Olympic Games canvas. so [Read more]
Written by Ozy Mandias on 30 August 2010
Mark Greatbatch, the Black Caps coach, has come out in praise for his team following their inconsistent tour of Sri Lanka. The team got off to a superb start scoring 280 in the first match and then lost the next two games being dismissed for 120 and 118. Greatbatch was encouraged by the consistent form [Read more]
Written by Ozy Mandias on 26 August 2010
Richie McCaw has defended his use of his team’s ‘Get out of Jail’ card to claim victory against South Africa in Soweto over the weekend. The card was used with perfect timing as the ALL BLACKS trailed by 8 points with 15 minutes to go. Looking down and out, captain fantastic issued the card to [Read more]
Written by Ozy Mandias on 25 August 2010
Kenya’s David Rudisha has broken the 13-year-old men’s 800 meter world record at Berlin’s Diamond League meeting on Sunday. Below is the WR progression from our very own Peter Snell. I remember watching Wilson Kipketer race in the World Champs in Athens. The video footage of the race is in German but it kinda adds [Read more]
Written by Ozy Mandias on 24 August 2010
Check out the new All Black safety video put out by Air New Zealand. Gone are the naked bodies of a few years ago and now we have the All Blacks fronting the show. For those who like nudity there is some towards the end so viewer discretion is advised as it is explicit. I [Read more]
Written by Ozy Mandias on 20 August 2010
Ricky Ponting has taken on the mantle of Glen McGrath and predicted a 6-0 Australia win in the up coming Ashes series. Ponting said, “A 6-0 whitewash is absolutely possible. There’s no reason why not. It’s all in our hands. It’s how well we play and how well we take charge of different situations.” The [Read more]
Written by Ozy Mandias on 18 August 2010
Roger Federer shows that despite not being the tennis threat he once was, he has developed a humourous streak. Don’t know if this is fake or not but it is a rather cool video. [Read more]
Written by Ozy Mandias on 16 August 2010
Tiger Woods has come to hate golf and wonders why anyone would play the silly game if you were a useless Sunday hacker. Tiger Woods stinging criticism of golf came following his recent display at the USPGA at Whistling Straits. ‘What a complete waste of time golf is! In all my years playing the game [Read more]
Written by Ozy Mandias on 14 August 2010
The IRB has scheduled an impromptu meeting after the latest ‘BATTLE OF THE #7’ between Ritchie McCaw and David Pocock ruined the last Bledisloe Cup match. The IRB is concerned that both players are so good, so clinical and so far in front of every other international player they are running rugby as a spectacle. [Read more]