‘She drank beer all the time and smoked ciggies!’ Erin McNaught reveals the surprising truth about playing Olympic legend Dawn Fraser in Drunk History By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:27 BST, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 10:27 BST, 5 October 2020 Erin McNaught confessed she was shocked to discover Olympic legend Dawn … Read more
In a packed city pub where hundreds stood transfixed by the Sydney Olympics 20 years ago, two strangers only had eyes for each other. One was Mary Donaldson, a 28-year-old advertising executive from Tasmania who had no idea the handsome European tourist she had been chatting to for hours was actually Crown Prince Frederik, future king … Read more
Nikki Webster stole the hearts of the world as a performer at the 2000 Sydney Olympics when she was just 13. And the former child star still looked remarkably youthful on Tuesday as she marked the 20th anniversary of the games on Nine’s Today show. Here’s what the 33-year-old Australian singer has been up to in the … Read more
‘We have to hold the Games at any cost’: The Tokyo Olympics MUST go ahead in 2021, says Japan minister as organisers step up measures against coronavirus after the pandemic delayed the event until next year The 2021 Games must go ahead no matter what, Japan’s Olympic minister says The Tokyo event was pushed back … Read more
What makes an Olympic champion: New book explores the common attributes of elite athletes – from being a younger sibling to loving the ‘agony’ of training Annie Vernon won two world championships and an Olympic silver for rowing She explores what makes elite athletes elite in a fascinating new book Author points out skills are … Read more
GB Paralympian star Jonnie Peacock praises surgeon who amputated his leg at five, saying: ‘no human ever wants to take a limb from a child’ – as the doctor admits ‘it was a very tough call’ British sprinter had his right leg amputated after contracting meningitis at five At the 2012 London Games, Peacock memorably … Read more
Her mini-me! Nikki Webster stuns fans by sharing photos of her six-year-old daughter Skylah in her iconic pink floral dress from the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:35 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 10:08 BST, 21 August 2020 Nikki Webster rose to fame at just 13, after … Read more
Israeli and German fighter jets will today honour Holocaust victims with a symbolic flyover of Dachau concentration camp to mark the countries’ fight against anti-Semitism. Israeli F-16s and Eurofighter jets of the German Luftwaffe will also overfly the nearby Fuerstenfeldbruck airbase to commemorate the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics that left 11 Israelis dead. … Read more
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