olympics

The Eternal Appeal of the Underdog, a Psychologist Explains

They seem to come from nowhere, beating the odds and the ‘big guys’ with just their innate talents. Even when they lose, we support the underdogs … but why?

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Lighting the Torch

The Winter Olympics Torching Ceremony was held today, signalling the countdown to the 2018 games.

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Power to Transform: Love Mercy

Watch the inspiring stories of women in Northern Uganda who have gained a new life from Australian Olympian Eloise Wellings’ Love Mercy charity and its Cents for Seeds program.

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Rio mob wants to run US swimmers out of town

Olympics Day 13: Stars charged for false crime report; Aussies grounded after party; where are all the fans?

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Drop of the Week: Mt Difficulty Cuvée Pinot Noir 2013

Take home a little piece of Olympic history with this sumptuous, silky pinot noir – the perfect drop for unwinding after a long week.

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Naked Olympic chief nicked; swimmers’ story doesn’t hold water

Olympics Day 12: IOC chief arrested over ticket sales; police want a word with Lochte and his mate; the sad North Korean and the cheeky twins

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Diver’s silver wedding proposal – on the Games podium

Olympics Day 9: Proposal on the podium, triplets compete in marathon, US star held up at gunpoint, Phelps finishes it, refugees’ incredible stories

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Bula! Barnstorming Fijians join Olympic gold medal club

Olympics Day Six: Pacific nation blows away “England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland”, and earns respect for grace in victory

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Rio Olympics 2016: The ‘Summer Games’ rained out

Olympics Day Five: Rain washes out rowing, tennis, swimming; another pool turns green; our continuing series – if Michael Phelps was a country, New Zealand’s still all black.

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Rio Olympics ’16: That’s why the Kiwis wear black

Olympics Day Four: New Zealand’s ‘Day of Disaster’ as team stumbles in Rio Games medal chase, a Father and Son’s pregame ritual and a Mother and Son shooting team.

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Olympic athletes go for cups to win medals

If this alternative therapy works for Michael Phelps and Sonny Bill Williams, there might be something in it.

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Oscar Pistorius ‘falls in cell’, treated for wrist injuries

Four years after his Olympic fame, did South African athlete jailed for girlfriend’s murder try to kill himself?

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Hold your nose and let the Games begin

Five days out, Olympic athletes and visitors face another fear in Rio

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Russia wont get blanket ban from Rio

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says it will not ban Russian athletes from competing at the Rio Olympics despite a report […]

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Devastating and damning report into ‘widespread’ Russian doping

The World Anti Doping Agency has asked that Russia be banned from the Rio Olympics in a light of a […]

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Olympics should be moved or postponed – Zika professor

A leading Canadian public health professor says the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro should be postponed or moved […]

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Five minutes with: Nadia Comăneci

Many of us remember Nadia Comăneci, the former Romanian gymnast, for scoring a perfect 10 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, […]

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Russian athletes could be banned from 2016 Olympics after report

Russian athletes could be banned from the 2016 Rio Olympics following a report which alleges a state-sponsored doping system. The […]

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Brazilian Chicken Skewers

Add some Brazilian flavours to your mid-week meals with these mouthwatering skewers.

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Sochi Winter Olympics – Closing Ceremony highlights

As the Sochi Winter Olympics come to a close we take a look at some of the highlights from the event’s closing ceremony performances.

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From SOCHI with Love!

Fans from all over the world dress the part to cheer their countrymen and women on at the Winter Olympics Games.

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Get to know Sochi’s indigenous tribes

Sochi’s Indigenous People, Circassians, are campaigning against the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, set to take place in the same mountain slopes they say hold the bones of their ancestors.

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Gay people welcome at Sochi Winter Olympics, says Russia’s Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged no discrimination against gay people at Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

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Olympic flame begins marathon relay to Sochi

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch is lit in ancient Olympia, heralding the start of what will be the longest torch relay for any Winter Games, including a trip to space.

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