Annette sharp

LONDON - Infuriated by an Australian journalist's comments on his fitness regime and unhealthy habits, Hollywood actor Russell Crowe not only challenged the journo to a cycling duel but also defeated her.

RUSSELL CROWE challenged an Australian journalist to a cycling duel after the writer mocked his fitness regime and unhealthy habits.

Annette Sharp, an Australian newspaper columnist, went into the bad book of Gladiator star Russell Crowe when she mocked at a picture of the actor where he was smoking and eating while riding a bike.

SYDNEY - An Australian newspaper mocked Russell Crowe for smoking and shoveling down a fatty meal during a recent bike ride, so the notoriously salty actor set out to prove he is still in gladiator shape - by challenging the paper's gossip columnist to a duel by bicycle.