In the space of a month, ‘King K’ has produced an electrifying month of tennis to win a tournament, flamed out in the first round of his next one with a record setting fine meltdown, accused the ATP of being corrupt, and flattered to deceive at the US Open. So business as usual right?
Continue readingNot again! After so much promise, the FIBA Basketball World Cup ended with yet another 4th place finish for Australia. After four Olympic 4th place results, starting in 1988 in Seoul, the wait for a major medal continues.
The Boomers aren’t alone in sports teams and athletes who have found it hard clinch victory at crunch time though.
So after 25 days of enthralling (when not rained out) cricket, we end with no winner. Try explaining that to your nearest American. What we did have were two flawed teams, which exploited each others deficiencies to produce the best Ashes series since 2005’s epic.
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