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05/08/2012

The DustyCo Olympics post

Olympic fever has swept the world. Kuwait included with its 10 participating athletes, and we here at the DustyCo are breaking it down for you play by play. Not really, here’s just a bunch of Olympic things that are interesting. The Australian team’s jacket for the Olympics opening ceremony contains the names of every Australian - Read More -

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16/03/2012

Climbing Kili

I’m finally back from my two week African excursion and happy to say it was a successful endeavor. Having conquered the roof of Africa I can now call myself a mountaineer (and I would if it weren’t so douchey). Mountaineer or not, I can now boast alongside the small handful of individuals from Kuwait who - Read More -

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06/01/2012

Billy Beane Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About

Baseball is a boring sport. It is painstakingly slow, extremely superstitious, and an all around drag for the casual layman to watch. Because it is that, many people have tried to jazz it up a little. While stats are by no means fun, when you apply them to baseball, they can get that appearance. Couple - Read More -

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16/10/2011

When you need a Captain Majid!

With the European football season well under way we can take a look at some of the best talents around the world that went unplucked in the transfer window passed. Not just any players however, but players you could build a team around. Due to the impossibly inflated transfer market, I’ve also selected them from - Read More -

15/10/2011

Some people are just plain silly

I think Wife-Carrying tops the list for bizarre sports.Wife-Carrying is apparently a folklore sport and even has a yearly Championship Race. Fear not there is some history behind the practice; It was once common in central Finland to steal women from neighbouring villages, which gave birth to the peculiar but fiercely competitive Wife-Carrying Championship, whereby - Read More -

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05/10/2011

The Frustrating Addiction That Is FIFA 12

Because comparing video games to crack is so passe (Also, it may have been done before. By the Simpsons. Or Saud.), I’m going another route on this. We’ve all played one iteration of FIFA in the past twenty years, so an introduction is not really necessary. What is necessary is to point out the utter - Read More -