Australian Open
When we left Rod Laver Arena after midnight, there was a huge, three-quarter moon hanging right over the skyscrapers of downtown Melbourne. One half expected to see Rodger Federer's face on it.
But he is not a three quarter sort of guy. What we had seen from the Swiss maestro throughout two weeks of fascinating tennis at the Australian Open was as close to 100% perfection as you are going to get from anyone playing through a grueling Grand Slam. And at 36? When will it end? He doesn’t know and, if he wasn’t always being asked the question, he probably wouldn’t bother about it too much—not when he can still float across the surface of his sport with such thrilling ease.
Until the final, he hadn’t lost a set. Unlike the Wimbledon final when he was suffering from blisters, a fit Marin Cilic was too good not to push him all the way this time, but Federer still knew where the finish line was and went for it with a dazzling dash to victory by 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Having served really poorly in the fourth, it was amazing how quickly he was able to regain total dominance after a tight first game.
Winter Olympics
PyeongChang 2018's vision for the 2018 Games is to offer the Olympic Movement and the world of winter sports New Horizons - a legacy of new growth and new potential never seen before. Its Winter Games plan is one of the most compact in Olympic history, it offers a unique stage on which the world’s best athletes can achieve superior performances. With PyeongChang’s strategic position in Asia, and its access to a young and fast growing youth market, the 2018 Olympic Winter Games will no doubt expose new generations of potential athletes to the power of winter sport. Will be held in PyeongChang South Korea from February 8-25.
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