Little Olympians

Olympic organizers say they’ll hand out 150,000 free condoms but want athletes to stay 6 feet away from one another. Having sex while separated by two meters would undoubtedly be an Olympian feat in itself.

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Might a boycott of Beijing winter Olympics be on?

Pressure is mounting for a boycott of the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s persecution of the Uyghurs.

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Fireworks at the Tokyo Olympics

A rumour on Facebook suggests that the organisers will open the 2021 Tokyo Olympics with a fireworks display over Mount Fuji.

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College Table talk

On 12 April 2019, Harry Blutstein led a lively discussion on how communist regimes used sport to promote communism. It was held at Graduate

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Barry Larkin relived torch hoax

On 9 January 2018, 82 year-old Barry Larkin returned to the scene of the crime, when he visited Sydney to be filmed by German/French

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Vale Betty Cuthbert – Olympic Hero

The Golden Girl, aged 79, has died after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Betty Cuthbert’s achievements are well remembered in Australia, but she

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Chasing the money

From ancient times, the Olympic Games aspired to represent the best and athletes swore an oath to not “sin against the games.” However, from

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More Games within the Games

With a large number of espionage agents operating in Melbourne, organisers of subsequent Olympic Games were keen to discourage spy agencies interfering by encouraging

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Red Faces at the Opera

Before coming to Australia, the 87-member Chinese Classical Opera Company toured New Zealand and they were supposed to arrive in Melbourne on 19 November.

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