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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