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Witness To Two Historical Matches

Posted on September 30, 2010 by in Sport

Witness To Two Historical Matches

Since the 1977 VFL grand final draw between North Melbourne and Collingwood drew, Charlie Ashton has been a Collingwood supporter. In the replay, the following week, North Melbourne were victorious. What are the experts predicting…

Death By Sauna

Posted on August 10, 2010 by in Sport

Death By Sauna

Even though the human body is not designed to deal with temperatures anywhere near boiling point, contestants in the World Sauna Championship still tried to beat the odds. Read more…

Attempt At World Record Jet Ski Ride

Posted on August 1, 2010 by in Sport

Attempt At World Record Jet Ski Ride

Adventurer and father of three, a 51-year-old will try to ride a jet-ski about 32,000km from London to New Zealand, in an attempt to break the previous jet-ski journey record of 18,400 kilometres. Read more…

Laura Dekker Grounded Once More

Posted on July 21, 2010 by in Sport

Laura Dekker Grounded Once More

Once again, Laura Dekker, the would-be youngest solo around the world sailor, has been thwarted, as Dutch child protection services asked judges, in the Netherlands, to extend her supervision by 12 months. Larua still plans to succeed before her 17th birthday…

Paul Picks The Winner Again

Posted on July 11, 2010 by in Entertainment, Sport

Paul Picks The Winner Again

It seems the entire globe became caught up in the FIFA World Cup fever. Paul, the oracle octopus whose premonitions perfectly predicted the outcome of all six German World Cup games, first generated anger from Argentinean fans who believe his pick doomed Argentina in the quarterfinals. The psychic, winner picking, octopus known for his amazingly [...]

Betting Big On World Football

Posted on July 5, 2010 by in Sport

Betting Big On World Football

With turnover that will make history, the global gambling industry is anticipating its busiest five weeks ever, as fans rush to place bets on the 64 games between 32 nations, competing for the once every four years, FIFA World Cup. If history is anything to go on, the World Cup is expected to change the [...]

Teslas Sporty Electric Car

Posted on July 5, 2010 by in Sport

Teslas Sporty Electric Car

Tesla has released details of its latest phenomenon, the electric car model, the racy-looking Roadster 2.5. The vehicle boasts a 250 mile maximum driving range, which is a tremendous boost on past efforts. Find out how electric cars could make things worse for the environment…

Robbery Of World Cup

Posted on July 1, 2010 by in Sport

Robbery Of World Cup

Seven replica trophies of the FIFA World Cup, plus equipment and team garments, were stolen from FIFA’s temporary, but heavily secured offices in Johannesburg, the South African police reported. This is not the first time the World Cup has been stolen…

Giant Herring Monster Of The Deep?

Posted on June 21, 2010 by in Environment, Science, Sport

Giant Herring Monster Of The Deep?

A Giant Herring measuring 3.5 metres was washed up off Sweden’s western coast, the of its kind discovered Scandinavian waters in more than 130 years. Discover where you can catch Giant Herrings…

FIFA World Cup Centre Of Internet Scam

Posted on June 21, 2010 by in Business, Sport

FIFA World Cup Centre Of Internet Scam

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has detected a number of scams related to the FIFA World Cup. “These types of messages typically come in waves and play on a person’s topical interest in the event as a hook,” ACMA chairman Chris Chapman said. See the kind of tent city the FIFA world cup [...]