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Here's a portrait of the real winner of the 100 m sprint at Moscow: He's a photographer named Olivier Morin , who works for AF...

A 30-year-old Japanese sprinter, Kenichi Ito , has just established a new world record of 17.47 seconds for the 100 meters. Click here to a...

You're familiar, of course, with these two famous images: Bart Simpson and his sister Lisa . Now, close your eyes and form the f...

Recently, this emu at Taronga Park on the shores of Sydney Harbour was puzzled: The bird couldn't be expected to know that the gre...

Some Aussie activities don't look particularly risky at first sight. Take rock fishing, for example. There's no danger whatsoever in...

Over the weekend, the world has witnessed three splendid victories of Australians. First, there was the arrival in Sydney of 16-year-old Jes...

The dictionary informs us that a spoilsport is somebody who mars the pleasure of others. Wretched individuals who behave this way are somet...

Friends assure me that, when you get addicted to golf, you can't get it out of your system, and you can't get enough of it. Come rai...

My aunt Nancy Smith in Sydney reads this blog, and she's a keen golfer, like her husband Peter . (The adjective "keen" is a p...

For a long time, swimming spectators in France were fascinated by Laure Manaudou . Recently, they've discovered an amazing muscle-bound ...

Starting in 1950, Australia dominated the Davis Cup for a period of four years, first with the duo Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor . Then th...

In my article of 29 August 2007 entitled Sydney skies [ display ] , I criticized Australia's decision to place a jet fighter above the ...

There's a saying in French: Before you've actually shot the bear, don't try to sell its skin. We might reflect upon this wisdom ...

Whereas France is hosting the world cup in rugby, the nation's most popular individual is a soccer star: Zinédine Zidane . For those of ...

Theoretically, France should be able to defeat Ireland in this evening's pool D match of the Rugby World Cup. But theory doesn't amo...

I ignore the circumstances in which the Australian cyclist Robbie McEwan might or might not have said to football folk: " You chase a ...

That's the nickname in French of the Tour de France : la grande boucle . It's weird but wonderful to think that it'll be startin...

Tomorrow, in the opening race of the 32nd America's Cup in Valencia, the Swiss defender Alinghi will be meeting up with the Kiwi chall...

Ivan Basso , winner of last year's Giro, admitted recently that he was involved in the so-called Puerto doping scandal. Consequently, he...

I'll bet you didn't even know, up until reading the title of this post, that a lovely adjective such as "tennistic" could ...