Australia’s captain and star striker Sam Kerr has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during Chelsea’s warm weather training camp in Morocco, the English Women’s Super League club has said. The injury will almost certainly rule the 30-year-old out of the Paris Olympics should Australia qualify as expected. The news was described as “devastating” […]
NRL Round 1 predicted teams: The Dolphins now have depth – but now, they have to deal with expectation
As part of a series profiling the expected Round 1 sides for all 17 NRL clubs in 2024, it’s time to see if the Dolphins can back up their strong start It’s a cliché to mention the difficult second season, but that’s the challenge facing Wayne Bennett and the Dolphins going into 2024. They have […]
There are still signs of life in the A-League Men despite the ‘bureaucratic nonsense’ of the APL
Ben Folami’s dramatic late winner in Perth at least made one thing clear to the A-League Men’s long-suffering fan base – Melbourne Victory really are now top of the table. Only the Australian Professional Leagues could conjure the sort of bureaucratic nonsense we endured last week when a tongue-in-cheek fan account on Twitter – no […]
Talk is cheap: can anything stop Test cricket becoming a rugby league-esque farce?
Warning signs have been looming on the horizon for years but now that Test cricket’s worrying future is in the spotlight, there has been plenty of talk from high-ranking officials. They have officially raised concern in an officious way without offering anything of note to make the poorer nations optimistic. Test cricket’s prospects are becoming […]
Scoring at a snail’s pace: Why Australia’s pedestrian top four is about to get even slower
David Warner has finished his storied career; his career average of a tick under 45 puts him in the ‘good to very good’ category – but it is his strike rate of over 70 that leaves a legacy – and a rather significant hole in the current lineup. Even in his very final test innings, […]