Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has been suspended with immediate effect because of government interference. Sri Lanka’s ministry of sport dismissed SLC’s board and replaced it with an interim committee following the country’s poor performance at this year’s World Cup but the sacking was stayed by Sri Lanka’s Court […]

With the Finals over and the November 1 contract deadline passed, we can officially declare the NRL’s silly season open. Into the morass of gossip and conjecture, we will bring sanity, with the relaunch of Smart Signings, our dissection of where clubs are weak, what they need to improve and where they might find it. […]

As the World Cup reaches it’s final phase it has been a life-changing experience for several players and will end the careers of others who have failed to live up to expectations. The semi-final teams are locked in and the six teams are either running out the clock or already on the way home. It […]

The passing of South’s legend John Sattler this year gave me pause to remember not only one of the Rabbitohs’ greatest players, but also the pack of forwards he led in their remarkable run of success between 1967 and 1971, when they won four premierships from five grand-final appearances. They won in 1967, 1968, 1970 […]

Australian rugby seems to be full of contentious debates at the moment – and here is another that will gather steam over the next three years, I am sure. After the pool stage exit from the World Cup last month, Rugby Australia has many questions that it needs to ask itself to get itself in […]