The Greatest Games We Ever Played

The Greatest Games We Ever Played
Author: Geoff Prenter
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1997
Genre: Sports
ISBN: 9780330360289

Compilation of 43 notable Australian sporting performances over 50 years. Includes the 1996 AFL Grand Final, Australia's soccer win over Argentina in 1988, the tied test cricket match between Australia and the West Indies in 1960 and Margaret Court playing Billie Jean King in 1970. Copiously illustrated. The author is a former journalist and sports reporter.

Mark Beretta's Greatest Moments in Australian Sport

Mark Beretta's Greatest Moments in Australian Sport
Author: Mark Beretta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre: Sports
ISBN: 9781925972986

Mark Beretta OAM is a journalist, TV host, author, national water-ski champion, and Australia's most-watched sports presenter. But first, foremost, and most fervently he is a sports fan. He's spent his whole life either competing in, commentating on, or just enjoying sport. Since starting as an eager young radio sports reporter in 1990, and then joining the Seven Network in 1995 - a role that's taken him to 13 Olympic Games and just about every major sporting event in between - Mark has had the privilege of being up close to history in the making, including many special moments that this sports-mad nation will never forget. But which were the sporting moments that really got his heart racing, hairs tingling and tears flowing? In Mark Beretta's Greatest Moments in Australian Sport, Mark audaciously counts down to the greatest of them all, from the Australian Women's T20 World Cup cricket win to ... well, you'll just have to see. It could be Steve Waugh's last-ball century at the SCG, Ariarne Titmus defeating the greatest female swimmer of all time, John Aloisi's penalty against Uruguay or Ian Thorpe's five gold medals in Athens. Cadel Evans's Tour de France and Adam Scott's US Masters could both be worthy winners, as could Ash Barty's Wimbledon win or Cathy Freeman's heroics at the Sydney Olympics. Australia is lucky to have a sporting history like no other. You might not agree with the ranking, but you will love reliving these special sporting moments from the best vantage point in Australian sport.

Australia's Blackest Sporting Moments

Australia's Blackest Sporting Moments
Author: Stephen Hagan
Publisher: Ngalga Warralu Publishing Pty Ltd
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2006
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1921212004

In this collection of incidents of racism in Australian sports, the author is honest in his condemnation of the offenders, sporting administrators and government officials who continue to deny that there is a problem of racism in sport.

Great Australian Sporting Moments

Great Australian Sporting Moments
Author: Michael Roberts
Publisher: The Miegunyah Press
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2008
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0522855474

"This is a fully illustrated book highlighting some memorable moments in Australian sporting history."--Provided by publisher.

That Night

That Night
Author: Adam Peacock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2015-12-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781458767646

It's 16 November 2005. An unbearably tense penalty shootout to determine whether Australia or Uruguay will claim a place in the World Cup finals is reaching its climax. As John Aloisi takes a few steps back from the penalty spot, the Socceroos are weighed down by 32 years of failure. Eighty - three thousand people at Stadium Australia - and a few million others around the country - hold their breath. Could this really be the moment? In That Night, Fox Sports presenter and football journalist Adam Peacock recounts the amazing background to one of Australian sport's truly unforgettable events. It's a story not just of an epic encounter with Uruguay, but of the three dismal decades that preceded it - decades defined by bureaucratic infighting and incompetence and a string of sometimes heroic, sometimes simply humiliating defeats. The players themselves - and Dutch super - coach Guus Hiddink - explain why this time it was different. How they managed to smash the seven - time hoodoo and ultimately reinvigorate the world game in Australia. The success of the A - League, the Socceroos regularly qualifying for the World Cup finals and winning the Asian Cup, interest in football at an all - time high - it all began on a November evening in 2005 as a single sweet strike from Aloisi's left boot entered Australian sporting folklore. It all changed, That Night.

30 Australian Sports Legends

30 Australian Sports Legends
Author: Loretta Barnard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2008
Genre: Sports
ISBN: 9781741662863

For many Australians sport is an obsession - some even call it a religion! Others just enjoy having a bit of fun while keeping fit. Our remarkable sportspeople compete in a huge variety of events, making Australia one of the world's most successful sporting nations. Everyone has a favourite sport they love to play or team they want to join. This collection features thirty of your favourite sports stars and events, including icons such as Ian Thorpe, Cathy Freeman, Dawn Fraser, Donald Bradman and Phar Lap. They appear alongside other greats such as Casey Stoner, Lauren Jackson, Karrie Webb, Midge Farelly and Layne Beachley. Plus, you'll find novelty sports for animals and humans. Have you ever thought about racing a camel or a lizard? Or how about having a boat regatta . . . in a dry riverbed? Whether you're after laps, goals, swings, strokes, marks, aces, waves or hoops, 30 Australian Sports Legends has fascinating facts, trivia and - oops! - sporting mishaps to appeal to everyone.