Greece lightning!
Sydney tried its best but the 2004 Olympics in Athens are
to the first truly drugs-free Games of the modern era. Every participating
country will be free to use as many banned drugs as they like,
the IOC has ruled.
Tiger Woods' balls
test positive for steroids: The world's greatest golfer
could be stripped of recent grand slam successes after his balls
were found to contain more than 1000 times the allowed amount
of the steroid nandrolone.
Superman effort:
Actor Christopher Reeve has astounded the medical world
by not only stepping out of his quadraplegic's wheelchair but
playing a full game for the Chicago Bulls. Drugs are suspected.
Biggest team of
mugs around: Bug readers were recently asked the question:
"Who would be the biggest team of mugs in world sport at
present - Olympic or otherwise?" A whopping 92 percent named
the current England cricket side.
Mug of the Sydney
Games: The
greatest sports mug of them all and Australia' self-confessed
No 1 cricket tragic, Prime Minister John Howard, has taken out
this award from a quality field.
NEWS:
OZ news in brief : The
state of play around the world's most livable nation.
World news: The state
of play outside of Oz.
POLITICS:
Good Lord!: The Bug
has been handed pre-publication extracts of secret diary entries
showing just how effectively municpal government is working in
at least one Australian city. The exact location has been deleted
on legal grounds.
AND OUR REGULAR REVIEW COLUMNS AND COLUMNISTS
Morrie Bezzle: Our financial
wunderkind explains how you can pay homage to the world's Paralympians.
Rufus Badinage: Politically
neutral to his bootlaces, Australia's leading political analyst
nevertheless calls for a fair go for embattled Workplace Relations
Minister Peter Reith.
Doctor Dick: Our award-winning
sexologist discharges more sound advice aimed at ridding the world
of its sexual woes.
A Fright at the Poms: A
regular column about the goings-on in the mother country.
Kisma Ayriars:
Life's guiding hand from the master soothsayer.
TRAVEL BUG:
Lauda Air rates highly: The
Austrian airline has scored a remarkable 98.75 percent - the highest
ever recorded - in the Bug's rating system for international airlines.
PLUS ALL OUR REGULAR REVIEWS:
Movies: High
Fidelity, Gossip, Space Cowboys, One Day in September ..... perhaps
some others.
CD reviews:
From our panel of experts.
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