‘Hijacker’ wanted to fly to Sochi
A UKRAINIAN man is in custody after reportedly yelling “Bomb!” and demanding the flight be diverted to Sochi.
Winter Olympics
Sochi’s dreamy opening ceremony
WITH a quirky, spectacular Opening Ceremony, Russia showed it is desperate to shed its old, grey, leathery skin.
Putin’s opening ceremony slapdown
VLADIMIR Putin gave the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron to a figure skating champion who tweeted a racist slur.
‘Chumpy’ in awe of ceremony
AUSTRALIA’S Olympic flag-bearer Alex “Chumpy” Pullin had one word for Sochi’s spectacular opening ceremony: “awesome”.
Sochi’s glittering transformation
AS THE Winter Olympic Games begin, see how Sochi was transformed from a cabbage patch to a futuristic sporting playground.
Putin’s billionaire boys’ club
TUCKED away deep inside Sochi National Park lies the lair of Vladimir Putin.
Town on a high with flag bearer
THE Victorian town of Mansfield is celebrating its hometown hero Alex “Chumpy” Pullin’s selection as flag bearer for the Winter Olympics.
Is this the weirdest movie ever made?
SOCHI Olympic organisers are so desperate to sell their city and their Olympics, they’ve gone and made possibly the worst film ever. WARNING: Your brain will explode.
Drama over roo flag at Games
A SOCHI security scuffle has erupted over a boxing kangaroo flag which was being waved by the parents of a leading Australian Winter Olympian.
Let the most expensive Games begin
BIG READ: IT’S cost more money than any other Olympics but will Sochi overcome terror threats and political controversy to shine on the global stage?
Our flagbearer has the most Australian name ever
ALEX “Chumpy” Pullin, our best gold medal chance at the Sochi Olympics, will be Australia’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony.
Pullin is Australia’s flag-bearer
ALEX “Chumpy” Pullin, our best gold medal chance at the Sochi Olympics, will be Australia’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony.
Sochi profile #1: Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin
ALEX “Chumpy” Pullin is a 27-year-old dual snowboard dual cross world champion with an Olympic score to settle.
A mug’s guide to the Sochi Games
CAMEL spins, twizzles, roast beef and burned stones? Get educated on some of the stranger terms you’ll hear during the Sochi Games.
The Aussie Bieber of Sochi
MEET Scotty James, the 19-year-old Aussie who could just be the Aussie Justin Bieber of the Sochi Olympics.
Google doodle sticks it to Putin
GOOGLE’S latest doodle has taken a clear stance on the debate around Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws on the eve of the Winter Olympics.
Putin’s plan to secure Sochi
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin’s most trusted weapon in Sochi is the covert surveillance offered by the feared FSB.
Pittman comes of ice age
JANA Pittman is back at an Olympic Games for the first time in 10 years – and this time she has a smile on her face.
Cocky Canadians trash talk US
FROM trash talking one of America’s stars to vowing to win more medals than anyone, Canada has plenty of confidence.
Bright eyes final, James cocks it up
SCOTTY James hurt his “man parts really bad” while Torah Bright jumped straight to the slopestyle final at Sochi.
Who or what is a ‘Chumpy’?
OUR flagbearer for the opening ceremony in Sochi has the most Australian name ever. That much we know. But who the heck is he?
Dreams set to come true in Sochi
FOUR years has skated by since Vancouver and now, the biggest show on planet earth, the Olympics Games, has rolled into Sochi, Russia.
Anti-corruption laws to be eased
INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee members may soon be free to roam the world again, with moves underway to wind back anti-corruption reforms.
Watt looking for opening ticket
BEING an Olympic champion doesn’t guarantee you a seat for Russia’s first opening ceremony in 34 years.
Aussies to watch this weekend
IT’S time to set your body clock to sleepless mode and cook a huge pot of borscht – Russia’s famous, hearty beetroot soup.
Sochi: To Russia with gloves
AUSTRALIA’S athletes will show off icy arctic style over kitsch clobber at the Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony on Saturday.
Shaun White quits ‘dangerous’ event
SNOWBOARD halfpipe champion Shaun White pulled out of the “dangerous” Olympic slopestyle event – prompting taunts from rivals.
Belle ready to let rip on Putin
AUSSIE star Belle Brockhoff has touched down in Sochi vowing to make a statement against Russia’s anti-gay laws.
Anne laments Olympic ceremonies
QUEEN Elizabeth II was a surprise star of the London Olympic opening ceremony, but her daughter was not a fan.
Jamaican bobsledders lose luggage
“I SEE pride, I see power, but I don’t see our luggage.” The Jamaican bobsled team has lost its equipment on the way to Sochi.
Green, gold and plenty of white
AUSTRALIA’S athletes will wear icy arctic fashion with a 1970s twist at the Sochi opening ceremony.
Sochi profile #2: Torah Bright
SNOWBOARDER Torah Bright admits she’s had to toughen up to compete in what she describes as “a roller derby on snow”.
Russia’s Sochi soft porn shoot
RUSSIA is courting controversy by featuring its female Winter Olympians in racy underwear photos, including Tatiana Borodulina, who lives in Australia.
Where’s the snow in Sochi?
IT MAY be the Winter Olympics, but there’s not a snowflake in sight from the rooms of seven of Australia’s Sochi athletes.
Putin’s ‘flame’ may light up Sochi
VLADIMIR Putin said he did not choose who will light the Olympic flame amid talk it will be his rumoured lover.
Sochi water ‘contains something very dangerous’
LIFE in Sochi is full of interesting hazards. If you can get past the toilets that can’t handle toilet paper, there’s yellow-coloured water that can’t touch your skin. And that’s not all.
This guy’s no Mickey Mouse skier
DAVID Morris’ first pair of skis as a toddler was an old pair of K2s with Mickey Mouse emblazoned on them.
Sochi profile #5: Anna Segal
WHEN Anna Segal first branched out from moguls to the hair-raisingly dangerous sport of slopestyle, her mother wasn’t impressed.
Sochi profile #4: Russ Henshaw
YOU often hear of the families of Olympians giving an arm and a leg to help their children.
Sochi profile #3: Lydia Lassila
LYDIA Lassila’s two-year-old son Kai spends so much time with his grandparents that he already speaks four languages.
Massive crash for Aussie skier
AUSSIE skier Nicole Parks walks away with just a pair of broken goggles after a spectacular crash in training at Sochi.
Inside Sochi’s ‘non-existent’ gay club
THIS is the club that Russian politicians claim does not exist. Sochi’s gay club, where Champagne sells for $600.
Baby face among Para hopefuls
A 14-YEAR-OLD and a 41-year-old are among five debutantes for Australia’s Sochi Winter Paralympics team.
Begg-Smith feeling that ‘itch’
HE’S BACK. After a major hiccup at the airport, Dale Begg-Smith finally showed up in Sochi wearing Australian colours.
Ice hot! Sochi’s sexiest stars
IS it just us, or are the Sochi Winter Olympics athletes hotter than their summer counterparts? You be the judge…
Sochi’s secret: it’s gorgeous
WHILE attention hones in on security threats and expenditure, nature has delivered a simple truth – Sochi is beautiful.
Stray dogs ‘threaten’ Sochi
A PEST control company says it has a contract to exterminate dogs throughout the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Crash confirms Bright’s fears
A NORWEGIAN athlete has been seriously injured on the same course which Torah Bright voiced her concerns over.
Sochi’s best kept secret
YOU’VE heard a lot about security issues and half-finished facilities, but Sochi is actually a nice place. Ant Sharwood knows, because he’s there right now.
Bright lights upon new romance
OUTSPOKEN Olympic snowboarder Torah Bright says she has a new man who goes by the name of Hercules.
Tudhope dreaming of Sochi
FOURTEEN-year old Sydney snowboarder Ben Tudhope could become our youngest ever winter Paralympian.
Aussie athlete’s bizarre press conference
AUSTRALIA’S high-profile snowboarder Torah Bright has bagged the Sochi Olympics on her first day in Russia. She doesn’t think the facilities are up to scratch.
Torah’s fired up over Sochi course
AUSTRALIA’S high-profile snowboarder Torah Bright has made her intentions clear, bagging the Sochi Olympics on her first day in Russia.
Crime boss and his Sochi role
A HEROIN kingpin admits he helped Russia win the Winter Games by obtaining critical votes.
Sochi profile #7: Dale Begg-Smith
WILL the real Dale Begg-Smith stand up in Sochi? Or perhaps that question should be: who IS the real Dale Begg-Smith?
Aussie athletes in Sochi lockdown
TORAH Bright was adopting a happy-go-lucky attitude despite the Australian team being ordered into a security lockdown in Sochi.
Sochi fudges torch images
Winter Olympics organisers have admitted images of the torch being lit on Mount Elbrus were taken in October and not on Saturday.
‘Chumpy’ Pullin goes for Sochi gold
EXCLUSIVE: Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin is one of Australia’s best chances for Sochi gold, but more than that he wants to be our next great bloke of sport.
Camplin juggles baby with Olympics
WINTER Olympics golden girl Alisa Camplin reveals how she will juggle motherhood with TV duty to bring viewers the best of the Sochi Games.
Sochi profile #8: Holly Crawford
THIS is a story about a blonde, good-looking Aussie snowboard halfpipe champ – but it’s not Torah Bright.
A rare look inside Russia’s underground gay scene
SOCHI’S mayor made headlines when he claimed there are no gay people in the city. These pics inside one of at least two gay clubs in the Winter Games city tell a different story.
Uptick in Sochi security threats
THERE has been an uptick in reports of security threats just days out from the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Sochi ‘most secure event on planet’
DESPITE terror threats, corruption and anti-gay legislation, the Sochi Olympics head says it will be a huge success.
Sochi profile #10: Britt Cox
EVERY Olympics, summer and winter, there are always a few young Aussies who are sent over purely for the experience.
Sochi profile #9 – Danielle Scott
IF Australia wants to win medals in our pet Winter Olympic sport of aerial skiing, we’re going to have to do a Matthew Mitcham.
Sochi profile #12: Laura Peel
AERIAL skier Laura Peel isn’t a household name like Winter Olympic gold medallist Lydia Lassila – but she soon might be.
Sochi profile #11: Jarryd Hughes
ALEX “Chumpy” Pullin may be Australia’s best chance of gold in Sochi, but a precocious Sydney schoolboy lurks as an outsider.
Prince Hubertus: the coolest man at Sochi
MEET Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe, a Mexican Olympic skier, professional pop-singer (AKA Andy Himalaya) and the best dressed man at Sochi.
The Sochi social scene
WITH the Winter Olympics just days away, enjoy our pick of the tweet pics posted by Aussie athletes aiming to pull sweet tricks in Sochi.
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