Horton’s strange claim to Taiwanese fame
MACK Horton has made it as a truly global star with Taiwanese animators highlighting his infamous smack down of China’s Sun Yang with a hilarious video.
Sports Life
Usain Bolt photo sends the world nuts
THE greatest Australian moment of Rio 2016 may have just gone to someone who isn’t even an athlete, thanks to a perfect photo of Usain Bolt.
Aussie behind that incredible Bolt photo
CAMERON Spencer was one of 600 photographers who watched Usain Bolt win gold in the 100m. He explains how he sent the internet into meltdown.
The real king of the pool in Rio
MICHAEL PHELPS’ last-ever Olympic swim showed once and for all who was king of the pool in Rio, writes MIKE COLMAN.
Olympic swimmers head out to party in Rio
RIO CONFIDENTIAL: As Australia tries to sleep off our disappointment in the pool, Rio’s Olympic swimmers have headed out to party.
Usain Bolt breaks streaming record
USAIN Bolt just can’t stop breaking records. His victory in the 100-metre final was not in the world’s fastest time, but he set a new benchmark for live-streamed events.
Olympian’s insane Macca’s binge
AN Aussie Olympian has comforted himself after bowing out of the Rio Games by gorging on a huge McDonald’s feast. Six burgers were just the start.
The hottest sport at the Olympics
IT is the hottest sport at the Rio Olympics and its athletes added a touch of glamour to the first two days of competition.
US sport anchor’s epic Olympics rant
A US sport anchor found a novel way around Olympics broadcast restrictions, airing his Olympic updates over video of his high school wrestling match.
The Rocky story to inspire Aussies
IF the Australian Olympic team needed a Rocky story to inspire it at the Rio Games, now it has one … and he’s a little champ!
‘The Rio pool smells like farts’
OH dear. Rio officials have made an embarrassing declaration that ‘chemistry is not an exact science’. Now the diving pool has been closed.
Solo labels Sweden ‘cowards’
STAR USA goalkeeper Hope Solo has launched an extraordinary attack on Sweden, calling them ‘cowards’ after their stunning upset.
The unseen luxurious side of the Olympics
FROM beanbags set in the shadow of Christ the Redeemer statue to a pulsing disco festival, this is the side of the Olympics you don’t see.
Cate’s big admission after 100m
CATE Campbell and Cam McEvoy have made the toughest admission of all after failing to medal under intense pressure.
Troubled Hackett’s warning to new champ
AS Grant Hackett recovers from a year of drama, including missing Rio and a drunken midair incident, he’s got a warning for new champ Kyle Chalmers.
Rio’s green pool saga gets even weirder
THE amazing colour changing pools in Rio have been the talk of the Olympics. Now it seems they have claimed a new victim – this guy’s hair.
Swimmers urged to ditch FINA ‘circus’
OLYMPIC swimmers have been urged to revolt against FINA with the director of WASCA calling on athletes to create their own breakaway body.
‘Nude’ divers cause online frenzy
VIEWERS of the diving are all hot and bothered after a combination of Speedos and graphics made it look more like porn.
The place to be seen in Rio
RIO CONFIDENTIAL: It was the hottest ticket in town, the shot in the arm these Olympics desperately needed.
Americans blast ‘dirty’ Boomers
THE Boomers’ thriller against the Dream team has had an explosive postscript, with an NBA superstar branding us “dirty”.
Boomers v ‘Dream Team’ stops the nation
THE epic Olympics clash between the Aussie Boomers and USA Dream Team has proved to be the game that stopped a nation with more live streams than the Melbourne Cup.
‘It’s like everybody was crying’
ATHLETES are complaining about feeling unwell after a second Olympic pool began to turn to a murky green colour.
Rio Village ‘sexually charged’
AWAY from the Games, Olympians are looking for a different kind of match. Athletes from nearly every sport are “looking for fun”.
The secret life of Sun Yang
THE Rio Olympics’ most controversial swimmer, China’s Sun Yang, has a secret girlfriend and a privileged background.
Back to school for TV bound Magnussen
JAMES Magnussen has promised he’s still got “fire in the belly” for more Olympic glory, but in the meantime he’s eyeing a career on TV, with hit show The Block in his sights.
Seven presenter’s awkward Olympic gaffe
A CHANNEL Seven commentator has suffered a massive gaffe on live TV, and surprise surprise, it was all to do with Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.
‘Great’ Britain? Stuttering Poms go quiet
RUBBING the nose of a famous old rival in the dirt is normally considered extremely poor sportsmanship. But when it comes to the struggling Poms …
Hortons issue global apology
THE Horton family know it’s time to apologise — but it won’t be to drug cheat Sun Yang or even a furious Chinese public.
Cody Simpson’s fan moment in Rio
CODY Simpson has a global teen fan base and 3.1 million Instagram followers. But the Aussie singer had his own fan moment when he met one of Australia’s Rio gold medallists.
Why I’m not cheering for Australia
IT’S Olympics time and everyone is donning their green and gold except me because I’m torn between two nations that keep meeting at the Games.
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