Sport
Wellington Phoenix Bans Flags
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Union The Wellington Phoenix have spoken to Israeli striker Tomer Hemed after he wrapped himself in the flag of his homeland to celebrate a winning goal, saying the club needs to be “sensitive” to both sides of the Gaza conflict. It comes after Palestine
Israel Folau to Play Football Again
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news Israel Folau has been signed to play rugby league again with the Southport Tigers in the Gold Coast A Grade competition. Clive Palmer is the club’s major sponsor and is personally sponsoring Folau’s return for the rest of this year’s football season. In
We Need to Talk about ‘Laurel the Lifter’
Anne On Mother’s Day, it occurred to me that a biological man cannot recall the memory of morning sickness because he has never experienced it. He cannot know the nausea of pregnancy or the terror and love of squeezing a live human infant from his body. The labour of
Face of the Day
So players can take the knee for BLM, Maori rugby players can pray on the rugby field, Muslim players can thank Allah for their try by raising a finger to heaven, SBW is allowed to not wear his sponsor’s logo on his uniform because of his religion but a
Female Olympians Told: Shut up and Know Your Place
Back in the bad, old days, women knew their place – which meant keeping their pretty little mouths shut and not interrupting the menfolk. Men took care of the serious business, while women obediently had babies. We’ve come a long way since then, though. Nowadays, we’re firmly on the
Hang On, the Olympics Only Has Two Genders Competing, Doesn’t It?
Radio New Zealand has the following headline The story goes on to wax lyrical at how Gavin Hubbard, an average male weightlifter who changed his name and grew his hair is now going to compete at the Olympics as a woman…and it will be a world first apparently: Official
Joseph Parker
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com One feels Joseph Parker’s best day’s may be behind him. His stiff left jab major weapon was missing in action against the 37 year old, way past it Derek Chisora. Instead Joseph reduced it to a mere touching measuring rod to then bowl
CPDC and WRWF Issue Open Letter to the U.S. Olympics Committee: Stop the ‘Genocide Games’ in Beijing
The Committee on the Present Danger: China, (CPDC) Women’s Rights Without Frontiers (WRWF) WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Committee on the Present Danger: China, (CPDC) and Women’s Rights Without Frontiers (WRWF) released last week an open letter urging the United States Olympics Committee to move the 2022 Winter Olympics
Dixon and Mclaughin. Today’s Indycar Race in Alabama.
A great day for racing presented itself this morning at Barber Motorsport Park in Alabama with just enough cloud cover to provide a little respite from the sun. Alabama has been a happy hunting ground for Dixon who, although he has never won there, has placed second six times and
Scotty Mac and Dixie, Racing for NZ in This Morning’s Indycar Race
It’s been a big weekend for Kiwi racer Scott McLaughlin at the start of his first full season in the prestigious Indycar Series in the USA. Scott has been trying to break into the big American scene for some time and was recently given the chance to shine by
The BFD Nightcap
A great piece of raconteurship from the late Dean Jones – presumably from a cricket dinner in Oz sometime. Not 4K video but really amusing tales about the 1989 Ashes tour to the UK. The story at the end about the game against Notts is even better than the graphic telling