Eddie Jones’ year from hell started with such great promise as he was parachuted into the Wallabies’ coaching role following the swift sacking of Dave Rennie. Here’s how it played out January 16 – Ushered in as a saviour after replacing the sacked Dave Rennie less than eight months out from the World Cup, Jones […]
FIFA has banned former Spanish Football Association president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activity for three years. The 46-year-old former footballer responded angrily on social media insisting he would fight “to the last resort”. Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the trophy presentation after Spain’s victory over England in August’s World Cup final, […]
A spirited Afghanistan have upset a third former champion with Hashmatullah Shahidi’s men defeating 1996 winners Sri Lanka by seven wickets to continue their memorable 50-over World Cup campaign. With all teams having played six of their nine matches Afghanistan are now fifth, one place and two points behind Australia in the last semi-final qualifying […]
The tenth Rugby World Cup is done. Injured players who made it back before or during the tournament did well. Replacements did, too. Following our team of the pools the knockouts sorted quality further. Without further ado (because never has so much rugby writing been done for so many with so few pictures allowed) here […]
The Premier League, as most long-time observers know, is a bit of a closed shop at times. There’s the big six, then there’s everyone else. Sure, we like to think that some clubs can crash it – and it might be that, with more petrodollars behind them, Newcastle might – but in general, the oligarchy […]
