All it took was one game. One game to spark a love affair that’s lasted more than 35 years for Marita Sutherland. The Southland All Blacks mega fan from Dacre, Southland, has a room full of memorabilia, a meticulously curated scrapbook, tattoos and has even named her boys in
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I’ve not written about the latest cricket controversy, mostly because my interest in cricket sits somewhere around my interest in Married At First Sight, or watching paint dry. But, as the controversy keeps rolling on, the chance to cock a snook at those snooty, hypocritical Poms is just too
Paul Wadsworth Coffee Vice Ltd www.coffeevice.co.nz World Champion at 8 What were you doing at 7 and 8 years of age? At this age most are finding their way through school, meeting friends, watching cartoons and dreaming of lollies. Very few can add a World Record and
Young New Zealander Sarah Wadsworth has won at the world championships for disc golf, held in the US. Here is an earlier Newshub video and article concerning Sarah. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your
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Anyone who’s ever had a military medical knows perfectly well what it means to have to drop your pants and cough in front of a doctor. But that’s all too humiliating for Women’s World Cup soccer players, apparently. Swedish women’s football players were forced to prove
Novak Djokovic claimed the title of Greatest Of All Time tennis player following his men’s singles win at 2023 Roland Garros last weekend. It was a long road to achieving his goal after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews revoked Djokovic’s visa, preventing him from competing at the 2022 Australian
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Ara Abrahamian was stripped of his Olympic bronze medal for arguing with judges. Dong Fangxiao’s entire team lost theirs because she lied about her age. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall’s team lost theirs because he had a beer before competition. Lester Piggot lost his OBE after a tax evasion conviction. Jarred
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English rugby league icon Kevin Sinfield stopped short of the finish to carry friend and former team-mate Rob Burrow over the line of a marathon dedicated to him. The inaugural event in Leeds, England was named after Burrow, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019. Stuff Read more
The New Zealand government has tabled a “Integrity Sport and Recreation Bill”. In announcing the bill in Parliament, Grant Robertson claimed that it “will help protect the wellbeing of participants and the fairness of competition”. Strangely, then, the bill completely ignores the most contentious issue around fairness and wellbeing in,
