The title defence of Wallaby Bernard Foley’s Kubota Spears Tokyo Bay in Japan’s club rugby has got off to the worst possible start in a 52-26 thrashing from Tokyo Sungoliath. Despite beating Sungoliath three times last season en route to a maiden League One title, the Spears were blown off the park in the first half on […]
Without the injured Erling Haaland and trailing 1-0 to Luton at halftime, Manchester City had looked in danger of plunging into a full-blown crisis approaching the halfway point of their Premier League title defence. But the defending champions managed to turn it round on Sunday (Monday AEDT) as goals by Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish […]
Australia’s rugby world champs have triumphed in the Cape Town Sevens after holding on bravely when down to just six players to edge a drama-filled final against France. But it was again a very different story on Sunday (Monday AEDT) for the Aussie men who, having excelled to reach their final, were hammered in the showdown by […]
Much as we like to think of the NRL as a 17-team competition in which anyone can win, we all know that it’s not really like that. Sure, it’s a lot more even than most soccer leagues – Bayern Munich’s eleven championships in a row stands out – but still, it’s pretty obvious that not […]
If domestic club form is worth anything, then Bruno Fornaroli should be one of the first names on Socceroos coach Graham Arnold’s list for the upcoming Asian Cup in Qatar. Fornaroli bagged four goals in a game for the second time this season as Melbourne Victory downed Western Sydney Wanderers 4-3 in a thriller in […]
