Valentine's Day: A Recipe for Sporting Love

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Before getting started, though, feel free to play some of these love songs to get you in the mood for sporting love.

Tamsyn Manou - Jana Pittman


Leading into the 2004 Athens Olympics Tamsyn said "Jana loved all the drama" and Pittman then suggested Lewis, who posed for Ralph magazine, was more focused on being a "bikini babe" than athletics. As sensational as their bitch fight was, it's time to move on.

Now part of Australia's bobsled team in Sochi, Jana has had plenty of practice at patching up relationships. She married English athlete Chris Rawlinson in 2006, separated from him three years later, remarried him in 2010 and split again 13 months later.

Simon Katich - Michael Clarke


Best to make any dinner booking as early as possible, say 5.30pm? And don't tell Simon to expect to be there any more than 20 minutes, Pup has places to go, and people to see.

Tommy Raudonikis - Laurie Daley


According to Tommy, Laurie's nose is too big to get in close for a peck so maybe these two should instead share a candlelight dinner of bangers and mash at Wests Leagues. Tommy could tell Laurie where the Blues have been going wrong for the past eight years and Laurie, well, Laurie could just have his ears boxed off.

Craig Foster – Ange Postecoglou


It's been almost seven years since Ange Postecoglou was savaged by Craig Foster on SBS (over the success of a junior football) and we think enough water has gone under the bridge for them to kiss and make up, especially now that Ange is in charge of Foster's baby.

Kevin Pietersen – Anyone connected with English cricket


This could require a restaurant the size of the MCG if KP decides he should spend Valentine's Day kissing and making up with everyone he's managed to offend/bag/backstab over the years. Or maybe he'll settle for a kebab with sycophant Shane Warne.

Eddie McGuire - Tim Paine


Tim would have accepted Eddie's invite for dinner at Crown's Bistro Guillaume but he's too busy getting his passport ready for the upcoming Champions League. That's the one the Melbourne Stars WON'T be playing in.

Frank Farina - Sydney FC fans


One thing is certain here the drinks will be on Frank....literally.

Lleyton Hewitt - Andrew McLeod


These two could finally bury the hatchet after their very public bust up in 2005. Let's not involve Tyson Edwards or any of their wives, otherwise we'll either have the cat fight of the century or a recreation of the Playboy Mansion. Either way, there's not enough cops in Adelaide to hose them all down.

Mick Malthouse - Nathan Buckley


The master and the apprentice deserve a night out together. On Malthouse's insistence, it would have to be at his bunker, and Nathan would be on washing up duty, a romantic foot rub for the man who taught Bucks everything he knows would be in order too. But there's no way Bucks will be playing chauffeur. We all know what happens after Bucks drives the Ferrari.

Mark Webber – Sebastian Vettel


We advise Mark to leave home 10 minutes before Sebastian, just so they arrive at the restaurant at roughly the same time.

John Tomic - Thomas Drouet


After clocking Drouet – Bernard's training partner flush on the scone - we doubt these two would get to the first course. If Tomic Snr is anything like 'agro tennis father' predecessor Damir Dokic, he'll be too busy enquiring about the price of fish to notice Drouet scamper out to the loos, and then the car park, before the first drinks are served.

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