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The Olympic Games Oldest Champion’s Remarkable Journey

For many aspiring athletes their focus is to make it to the Olympic Games. For the few for whom that dream becomes a reality, the goal then becomes to win a medal. For the oldest surviving Olympic medallist her dream

Some Rules Are Made To Be Broken

The Tokyo Olympic Games will be an Olympic Games unlike any that has gone before. Not only will the covid restrictions make life interesting for the athletes, the judges, umpires, official timekeepers and all of those involved in the media,

Just Another Day?

Growing up there were two sporting events that mattered. Both were such big events they were separated by two years. They were the Football World Cup and the Olympic Games. They were the pinnacle in sport. The modern Olympic Games

Inspirational Athletes – 7

When you mention the sport of water polo there are people of a certain generation that immediately think of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and the epic match between Russia and Hungary known as the “Blood in the Water” match

Why Must Athletes Be Seen, But Not Heard?

How many Politicians have used sport to try and win favour with voters? Those who remember the Sydney Olympics will recall how then Prime Minister John Howard was like and Australian version of “Where’s Wally.” Except rather than wearing a