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Little Olympians

The Japanese organised of #olympics2021 have stopped worrying about #COVID19 and turned their minds on…

Football star champions school meals

Ever since Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists at the Mexico Olympics in…

1980 protest not forgotten

Polish gold medal winner, Władysław Kozakiewicz, enraged spectators at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow with…

Might a boycott of Beijing winter Olympics be on?

Australian independent senator Rex Patrick has called for countries to boycott the #Beijing2022 Winter #Olympics…

Olympic Hero: Peter Norman

To become an Australian sporting hero means winning a Brownlow Medal, breaking a world record…

Barry Larkin relived torch hoax

On 9 January 2018, 82 year-old Barry Larkin returned to the scene of the crime,…

Vale Betty Cuthbert – Olympic Hero

The Golden Girl, aged 79, has died after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Betty…

Chasing the money

From ancient times, the Olympic Games aspired to represent the best and athletes swore an…

More Games within the Games

With a large number of espionage agents operating in Melbourne, organisers of subsequent Olympic Games…

Red Faces at the Opera

Before coming to Australia, the 87-member Chinese Classical Opera Company toured New Zealand and they…

Barely commercial Games

While the Olympic Games might be big business today, in 1956 it was small beer,…

Unsporting Behaviour

Governments behind the Iron Curtain were justifiably fearful of public protests, which could threaten their…

Art as a tool in the Cold War

In the early stage of the Cold War, the State Department decided to exhibit American…

History of the Cultural Olympiads

The Olympic Games are more than about sport, according to former boss of the International…

Under the Southern Skies

Alexander Kuleshov arrived in Melbourne by ship on 7 November 1956, together with most of…

Sport behind the Iron Curtain

Despite widespread unrest among the Soviet Union satellites, which were treated as feudal vassals rather…
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