IndyCar cheating scandal: Season opening violations come back to sting Scott McLaughlin’s Team Penske

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Normally, race weeks are all about the long build to Sunday’s crescendo, but this time around, IndyCar dropped a bombshell by announcing revised results from last month’s season-opening St. Petersburg Grand Prix, in Florida. With one of its flagship teams caught cheating, multiple drivers disqualified, and a new race winner declared, this might be the […]

Cricket’s long-standing battle between bat and ball: Is the IPL money-driven ‘show’ ruining the contest of the game?

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The IPL has changed the game of cricket, there is no doubt about that. Millions of dollars splurged onto players each year, not just rewarding the players for honing their craft but changing lives forever. But it seems the league has forgotten about the great battle between bat and ball – in fact, this season […]

‘Failing to inspire much confidence’: Sergio Perez is racing the clock to prove that he is worth being re-signed by Red Bull

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It sounds harsh considering that he lies second in the drivers’ standings and only the equivalent of a victory behind the points leader, but Sergio Perez’s performances are failing to inspire much confidence in the final season of his current contract with Red Bull. Nobody expects Perez to beat his team-mate, three-time World Champion Max […]

Storm slaughter second-rate Souths to hammer the final nail into Demetriou’s coaching coffin

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Having a week off to recharge from the bye did nothing to stop South Sydney’s season from hell descending further into the abyss.  Jason Demetriou received a stay of execution from the Rabbitohs after a spirited performance against Cronulla but the speculation about when, not if, he will get the punt will ramp up after […]

Footy Fix: The best Anzac Day classic since the first one confirms the Pies are back… and the Bombers are for real

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For all the pomp and circumstance that surrounds the now-traditional Anzac Day clash at the MCG, there has been one thing conspicuously lacking over the years: Essendon and Collingwood both being properly good. The Magpies finished the 1990s meekly; the Bombers haven’t made it past week one of the finals since 2004. The quality of […]