In a packed city pub where hundreds stood transfixed by the Sydney Olympics 20 years ago, two strangers only had eyes for each other. One was Mary Donaldson, a 28-year-old advertising executive from Tasmania who had no idea the handsome European tourist she had been chatting to for hours was actually Crown Prince Frederik, future king … Read more
Nikki Webster stole the hearts of the world as a performer at the 2000 Sydney Olympics when she was just 13. And the former child star still looked remarkably youthful on Tuesday as she marked the 20th anniversary of the games on Nine’s Today show. Here’s what the 33-year-old Australian singer has been up to in the … Read more
‘I’ve recorded a whole album!’ Nikki Webster hints at a music comeback 20 years after she rose to fame at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:35 BST, 14 September 2020 | Updated: 11:35 BST, 14 September 2020 Nikki Webster rose to fame at 13, after she … Read more
‘We have to hold the Games at any cost’: The Tokyo Olympics MUST go ahead in 2021, says Japan minister as organisers step up measures against coronavirus after the pandemic delayed the event until next year By Reuters Published: 09:46 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 10:30 BST, 8 September 2020 The rearranged Tokyo Games … Read more
What makes an Olympic champion: New book explores the common attributes of elite athletes – from being a younger sibling to loving the ‘agony’ of training Annie Vernon won two world championships and an Olympic silver for rowing She explores what makes elite athletes elite in a fascinating new book Author points out skills are … Read more
GB Paralympian star Jonnie Peacock praises surgeon who amputated his leg at five, saying: ‘no human ever wants to take a limb from a child’ – as the doctor admits ‘it was a very tough call’ British sprinter had his right leg amputated after contracting meningitis at five At the 2012 London Games, Peacock memorably … Read more
Seeing double? Nikki Webster stuns fans by sharing a picture of her lookalike six-year-old daughter Skylah in her iconic pink floral dress from the Sydney 2000 Olympics By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:35 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 09:37 BST, 21 August 2020 She rose to fame at just 13, after … Read more
Israeli and German fighter jets will today honour Holocaust victims with a symbolic flyover of Dachau concentration camp to mark the countries’ fight against anti-Semitism. Israeli F-16s and Eurofighter jets of the German Luftwaffe will also overfly the nearby Fuerstenfeldbruck airbase to commemorate the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics that left 11 Israelis dead. … Read more
Rescheduled 2021 Tokyo Olympics will NOT take place unless a vaccine is found, warns Japanese researcher Japanese vaccine researcher Yoshiharu Matsuura said they might be cancelled He is part of a team with a vaccine in the pre-clinical stages of development Sporting event will be cancelled if it isn’t held by summer 2021 at the … Read more
The royal family is celebrating Princess Anne’s life on Instagram ahead of her 70th birthday on Saturday. The Firm’s official Instagram account has dedicated today’s story to the Princess Royal’s 20s, from 1970 to 1980. It highlighted the first charity Anne ever worked with, Save The Children UK, which led her to visit Kenya in 1971 … Read more