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[15] 69% opposed a national nickname, partly from a sense of decorum [16] and partly because the best names were already taken by other teams. [16] [17] Athletics Australia held a competition for a nickname for its squad for the 2001 World Athletics Championships. [18] The winning entry was "the Diggers", from the nickname for ANZAC soldiers. [18]
Australian slang for 'an Australian person or thing'. Women's: Southern Stars [3] [4] [5] The team was formerly known as the Southern Stars. In 2017, Cricket Australia overhauled its approach to the women's game, dropping the team title to bring the team at par with the nickname-less men's side. [6] [7] 1948 Men's team in England: The ...
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Before 1995, the nickname for the women's team was just "Female Socceroos", derivative of the male squad. Thus in 1995 the Australian Women's Soccer Association joined with Special Broadcasting Service to broadcast a naming competition for the female team. Out of five names, the popular vote chose "Matildas", from the song "Waltzing Matilda ...
"The Don" = Donald Bradman, Australian, generally acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time, Australia "Fab Four" = Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and V. V. S. Laxman; India [169] "The Fearsome Foursome" = Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner; West Indies [170] "The Wall" = Rahul Dravid,
Instead, you can go for a silly nickname for your girlfriend, like hot stuff, bubba or main squeeze. ... Dream girl. Snuggles. Bella. Doll face. Angel. Aphrodite. Light of my life. My one and only ...
The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) are, as of August 2023, ranked second in the world. [2] Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984, they are one of Australia's most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic gold medals (1988, 1996, 2000), two World Cup gold medals (1994, 1998) and four Commonwealth Games gold ...
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.