The Pakistan Cricket Board has terminated the central contract of fast bowler Haris Rauf after he refused to join the Test team for the tour of Australia, which coincided with his stint in the Big Bash League. Rauf, who played for Melbourne Stars in the BBL, did not join the Pakistan team for the three-match […]
Larkham’s Brumbies must gallop to fifth gear to be title contenders – and address two key challenges in uncertain times
If there is one club that has kept Australian fans from turning off Super Rugby, it is the Brumbies. Australia’s highest achievers at the Super Rugby level and the team that has made the second-highest number of grand finals in the competition’s history (a distant second to the Crusaders), the men from Canberra have embodied […]
Spoiler alert: Cocky Irish wary of grim, grafting England as France forget what made them winners
Round One of the frontloaded 2024 Six Nations pitted the top two northern teams against each other. It was not the contest we expected. Round Two featured two challengers trying to stay unbeaten to allow the tournament to retain suspense. England did just enough; Scotland might have too but lost anyway. Thus, the championship is […]
Australian cricket summer summary: A successful but not great season as bigger challenges await
Now that stumps have been called on the home summer season for the Australian men’s cricket team, it has been a success by any measure apart from a couple of hiccups. The Test loss at the Gabba and the dead rubber defeat in Tuesday’s final T20 clash with the Windies were the only blemishes in […]
Tevita Farnham … Pangai comes out of short-lived retirement for another crack at NRL
Tevita Pangai’s return to rugby league is officially on, after the NSW State of Origin forward signed a deal to come back with Souths Logan in the Queensland Cup. A feeder club to Brisbane, the Magpies confirmed on Thursday evening that Pangai would run out for the club this year. Pangai shocked the NRL last […]