by Jake Beleski | Jan 9, 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 | Jan 6, 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 | Jan 5, 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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by Jake Beleski | Jan 1, 2017 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz Young tennis prodigy Jade Lewis represents the next chapter in a so far fruitless campaign to find New Zealand’s first Grand Slam women’s champion. The 18-year-old was this week granted a wildcard into New...
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by Emily | Dec 23, 2016 | Opinion
By Don Farmer Don.farmer@age.co.nz A bracket of big sports stories have been in the news this week, some good, some not so good and some a bit baffling. Colin Cooper’s appointment as coach of the Chiefs from 2018 was welcomed throughout the rugby world especially as...
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by Jake Beleski | Dec 23, 2016 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz How many batsmen in the current Black Caps team would you say are worth the price of admission alone? The elegant Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill – when in form – but that’s it. Brendon McCullum showed in 21...
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by Emily | Dec 19, 2016 | Opinion
By Seamus Boyer editor@age.co.nz The outdoors provide so much enjoyment to Wairarapa people, but can be incredibly dangerous if you’re unprepared or do some silly things. Or you can just be unlucky. Over the weekend there were a number of incidents around the country...
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by Jake Beleski | Dec 18, 2016 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz World Rugby has taken its campaign against head injuries a step too far. From January 3, the rules around what is deemed dangerous in terms of contact with the head will tighten, but to an almost ridiculous degree. The new laws...
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