There was a time when Nick Kyrgios couldn’t bring himself to summon a single generous word for Novak Djokovic. But watching him from the commentary box at Melbourne Park, the Australian now offers a rather different angle on his old avowed foe, declaring: “He’s in the conversation for greatest athlete ever with what he’s achieving.” […]
Sitting beside Alex Ferguson in the directors’ box at Old Trafford, Sir Jim Ratcliffe took in a Manchester United game in person for the first time since agreeing a deal to buy a quarter stake in the boyhood club he hopes to restore as a major power. But if he wasn’t aware already, the rebuilding […]
One of the best moments of the A-Leagues’ inaugural Unite Round took place in front of just over a thousand fans, while most of those tuning in on TV were watching a different game. Canberra United’s veteran striker Michelle Heyman became the first A-League Women player to notch 100 goals in the competition when she […]
Most front-row forwards get better as they inch towards 30. But for Atu Moli, the former Chiefs prop felt like he was trapped in a 40-year-old body and repeatedly told his young family he was “done”. Indeed, after three years of frustration, Moli – the youngest All Blacks forward at the 2019 World Cup (24) […]
Shane Flanagan couldn’t have asked for a worse start to his time as head coach at St George Illawarra. He lost Junior Amone, who had his contract deregistered by the NRL, and missed out on a heap of replacement signings in the halves. When he finally got one, Ronald Volkman from the Warriors, he lasted […]
