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From Russia with love – the best souvenirs of the games

Natalie Peters reviews the best (and worst) of Sochi's Olympic souvenir booty There's no doubt the perfect Winter Olympic souvenir is a medal. A real,...

Australia’s snowboarding ‘tennis parents’ hit back

Guest blogger, Ellen Davis Meehan, defends australia's snowboarding parents and calls for an end to public punch ups in favour of transparency. Parentism. Not a...

What you don’t know about Australia’s Paralympians

Australia has an impressive winter paralympic medal history and our nation's athletes hope to add to the medal tally in Sochi. We have some pretty...

When freeskiers and boarders shoot themselves in the foot

Dana Johannsen's column accusing Kiwi Olympic freeskiers of being on an expensive ski holiday caused outrage. Now fans backlash has let the team down. If...

Australian Winter Paralympic Team announced

With just 31 days to go until the opening of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) has today announced...

Tinder Town – athletes look for love online in Sochi

Sochi Winter Olympic athletes using social app Tinder to hook up reports our journo on the ground Natalie Peters in Russia. Waiting to board a flight from...

Where’s Johnnie?

An Australian working in Sochi, Johnnie Balfour, posted photos of Sochi two weeks before the games including a video of his living conditions and a...

Our intrepid reporter in Sochi has second thoughts

Standing in line to check-in to my flight to Russia is probably not the best time to have second thoughts about travelling to the...

Hidden within, the things you didn’t know about our Olympians

Putin who?  Why RACHAEL OAKES-ASH will be cheering Australia's Olympians on in Sochi and why you should too. There is something about an Olympics that...

Having a gay old time in Sochi, Russia

Wondering what all the fuss is about the Winter Olympics in Russia and why there's been talk of boycotts, arrests and human rights? Here at...

Going gay in Sochi

I loathe writing about a person's sexuality because it really is irrelevant. Who cares who you love, it just matters that you do. It is...

Aussie Olympians thinking of firefighters

AUSTRALIA'S OLYMPIANS send message of support to firefighters in Victoria as reported by Natalie Peters from Sochi There’s snow on the ground and temperatures are...

Cyber Sochi – watching the Winter Olympics online

Come February 7, the once little known resort town of Sochi, Russia, will be home to the world's top winter sports athletes competing for...

Post Olympic blues? Memes & gifs to cheer you up

Do you turn the TV on in the hope of sequins and feathers on ice only to find Everybody Loves Raymond reruns? Do you miss...

Zero out of ten for snowboard slopestyle debut

Someone get me a beta blocker I just tried (and failed) to watch the debut of snowboard slopestyle at the Sochi Olympics on Network...

Sochi dog competes for Australia

Henry is one dog allowed at the Sochi Olympics. The three time Winter Olympian, and best friend of Aussie skier x athlete Jenny Owens...