Wednesday, 28 January 2015

MARTINA HINGIS AND THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN: MEMORIES FROM THE HAPPY SLAM

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There were not many who could stop Martina Hingis at the Australian Open from 1997-2002 Twenty years ago in 1995, a circumspect teenag...
Thursday, 22 January 2015

DAPHNE AKHURST - THE FIRST LADY OF AUSTRALIAN TENNIS

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Daphne Akhurst and Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup presented to ladies singles winner at the Australia Open There was a girl, a lady who ...
Thursday, 15 January 2015

THE LASTING LEGACY OF FREDERICK ARTHUR STANLEY - 'STANLEY CUP'

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Changes in design of Stanley Cup from the original to the existing It was in the winter of 1888, at the age of 47, Frederick Arthur rec...
Monday, 12 January 2015

SPIRIDON LOUIS: THE HERO OLYMPIC MOVEMENT BADLY NEEDED

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Panathenaic Stadium where I had the opportunity to run a few meters retracing Spiridon Louis route  When I ran those 200 metres to the...
Tuesday, 16 December 2014

TWO OLYMPICS, TWO MEDALS.. SAME YEAR - CHRISTA ROTHENBURGER LUDING

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CHRISTA  ROTHENBURGER  LUDING  - AS A SPEED SKATER AND AS A CYCLIST   It took me some time to learn the tricks of cycling only to real...
Wednesday, 26 November 2014

WILLKOMMEN DAVIS CUP IN DER SCHWEIZ

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                                                     Team Switzerland with the 2014 Davis Cup title                             Image Cou...
Tuesday, 25 November 2014

GET SHORTY - EXPERIMENTS WITH TENNIS

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                Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt face each other in 2015 for an experimental match       Photo Courtesy: News.au The t...