Phil Foden has led Manchester City’s fightback – even despite an astonishing miss by Erling Haaland – as the champions beat Manchester United 3-1 in a one-sided derby that again exposed the gulf between the two Premier League rivals. City trailed 1-0 at their Etihad Stadium home on Sunday after Marcus Rashford’s rasping long-range strike […]
An upset Ezra Mam has told Brisbane officials he is adamant Sydney Roosters prop Spencer Leniu racially abused him in the NRL’s season-opening Las Vegas double-header. In an incident that threatens to overshadow rugby league’s march into the USA, Leniu was placed on report late in the Broncos’ 20-10 loss at Allegiant Stadium. The NRL […]
One of the biggest games on the Australian sporting calendar took place in front of a huge crowd on Saturday night – and it had nothing to do with a wagering-fuelled trip to Las Vegas. Just under 28,000 fans turned out at a packed CommBank Stadium in Parramatta for the 37th instalment of the Sydney […]
Increasingly, we find ourselves barraged by spin masquerading as news and information. Sorting the wholesome from the devious, the truth from the fiction, has become an increasingly difficult and tiresome task. Just this weekend, Australian golf legend Greg Norman was again insisting that “LIV Golf was launched to create new opportunities for players and fans […]
Like bad divorces, corporate collapses often get ugly. And that, unfortunately, is why Rugby Australia is facing even more near-term pain from the fallout of the Melbourne Rebels’ financial fiasco – with the potential to overshadow the Super Rugby competition. A portent of the drama set to unfold came a week or so back on […]
