by Emily | 24 Jan, 2017 | Opinion
By Seamus Boyer editor@age.co.nz Tennis often comes down to a matter of angles, with the winner best exploiting them to pick up the points. Of course, power and fitness are also important, but at the top level there’s little difference in service speeds and the...
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by Emily | 16 Jan, 2017 | Opinion
By Don Farmer don.farmer@age.co.nz Just when you think you have heard it all another story pops up to boggle your mind. And so it was on Saturday when news emerged of a 25-year-old man weighing 431kg claiming to be his country’s strongest man. Pakistani Arbab Khizer...
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by Jake Beleski | 16 Jan, 2017 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz The All Blacks will not be defending the team of the year award they won at last year’s Laureus Sports Awards, and rightly so. They failed to secure a nomination in the team category this time around, and a quick glance at...
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by Emily | 15 Jan, 2017 | Opinion
By Seamus Boyer editor@age.co.nz Masterton pool and gym users should expect a fantastic deal from whoever ends up running the Genesis Recreation Centre. Particularly given the level of service provided by the current operators, who have not even made a Masterton...
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by Seamus Boyer | 13 Jan, 2017 | Opinion
Seth Rance was a go-to player for Central Districts. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES Things didn’t quite go as planned for a couple of Wairarapa cricketers playing in the national T20 cricket final at Pukekura Park on Saturday. But one of them showed once again that...
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by Jake Beleski | 9 Jan, 2017 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz It looks like Serena Williams won’t be back at the ASB Classic anytime soon, and good riddance. It was only in the last week or so that Williams announced her belief that if she were a man she would have long ago been...
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by Seamus Boyer | 6 Jan, 2017 | Local News, Opinion
By Seamus Boyer editor@age.co.nz An eyewitness account of a Filipino fisherman’s death at Lake Onoke in yesterday’s Times-Age has stirred up an emotional response among the paper’s readers. Some have even started to point the finger at those who dug...
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by Jake Beleski | 5 Jan, 2017 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz Can Roger Federer win another grand slam title? That is the question that has been asked of the greatest player of all time since winning his 17th major at Wimbledon in 2012. The simple answer is yes he can, but the odds are...
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