Try telling the thousands of die-hard Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur fans who flocked to Melbourne on Wednesday evening that this was a meaningless friendly. Au contraire, the opening Global Football Week fixture between these EPL heavyweights was an opportunity for fans from around the region to come together and enjoy a match day experience […]
Rugby is a parochial labyrinth of byzantine offices, leagues, unions, competitions, and calendars. And that’s just the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Diffusion of power is not all bad. As an earlier column described, there is a danger of both French leagues being richer than all others combined, if in fact we ever had the transparency […]
Bayern Munich are close to appointing Burnley boss Vincent Kompany as their new manager, according to reports. The German giants have endured frustration in their bid to find a replacement for Thomas Tuchel, after it was announced in February that he would depart the Allianz Arena this northern summer. Tuchel was unable to bow out […]
The Crusaders have apologised on behalf of under-fire coach Rob Penney who was caught calling a reporter a “c–t” after a prickly press conference. The former Waratahs coach replaced Scott Robertson in charge of Super Rugby’s most successful franchise and has led them to 10th on the table with two games to play. Penney has […]
Glenn Maxwell’s IPL torment is over after the out-of-sorts Australian star’s wretched season – and the campaign of his Royal Challengers Bengaluru outfit – was finally extinguished with a golden duck and a playoff exit. His Aussie teammate and fellow allrounder Cameron Green produced a fine effort with the ball in Ahmedabad on Wednesday (Thursday […]
