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Australia and the World Cup

In less than two and a half months, Australia is taking on the World Cup!

Unfortunately for them, they’re going at it with Brazil, as well as Croatia and Japan in Group F.

You can follow the team on the Australia World Cup Blog over at BotosnAll’s World Cup site. Recent posts have included Best Australian Never to Play at a World Cup? and The Overseas Roundup.

Photos Outrage Australian Sports Officials

Really, what were these people thinking? Since when has playing with guns become cool and funny again? Photographs of a trainer conducting mock executions of young Australian swimmers at a military-style boot camp prompted outrage from athletic officials on Wednesday.

The images published in local newspapers earlier this week showed a trainer holding an imitation 9 mm pistol to the heads of kneeling swimmers at a camp being held outside Melbourne.
Photos Outrage Australian Sports Officials

Demand for flights and tours soars

Australia is going to World Cup for the first time in 32 years and some people have been saying this whole time for the event. After the national team qualified, demand for flights and tours has soared.

Cycling’s sisters come to grief

Cycling’s sisters come to grief after a tragic accident killed one of their teammates and seriously injured five others after a car careened off the road. The members of the Australian National Cycling Team were on a training ride in Europe when an 18-year-old novice driver swerved and struck the team. The driver was not speeding or under the influence, and is expected to receive a suspended sentence in what is being called a tragic accident. The injuries the women received were very severe and the scene was described as gruesome. I can’t imagine …