IN THE world of live television, sooner or later someone needs to realise that it is best to assume you are ALWAYS on air. Canadian CBC announcer Byron MacDonald landed himself in serious hot water during the broadcaster’s showing of the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay final yesterday. After team USA took the gold, closely followed […]
A CANADIAN TV station made a grovelling on air apology last night after one of its commentators said a 14-year-old Chinese swimmer “died like a pig” when she lost a race. Byron MacDonald, a broadcaster for the country’s national station CBC, landed himself in hot water following the women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay final yesterday. […]
The tubby Ethiopian swimmer dubbed “Robel the Whale” after belly flopping at Rio 2016 admitted he was too fat yesterday – then claimed he had been on a diet. Robel Habte’s paunch hung over his Speedos before he made a big splash at the Olympic pool. But he claimed to have lost more than SIX […]
MICHAEL Phelps has cemented his place in the history books this Games, notching up three golds so far and taking his overall Olympic title tally to a whopping 21. He looked like the happiest man alive as he cuddled his son Boomer and kissed emotional fiancée Nicole Johnson following his latest win in the men’s 200m butterfly […]
THERE were plenty of memorable moments at the London 2012 Olympic Games, but it was one athlete’s reaction that caught the world’s attention. When US gymnast McKayla Maroney had a fall during her solo effort, she ended her 33-vault hitting streak and dashed her hopes of winning. It’s safe to say that McKayla was less […]