‘Absolute disgrace’: Fans launch at TA over ‘scandalous’ call to deny Millman AO wildcard after qualifying loss

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Thursday afternoon at Melbourne Park was the last stand in singles for John Millman, the Australian stalwart’s lengthy career cut short before he could secure a grand slam main draw farewell with a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Alex Molcan in the second round of Australian Open qualifying. While the tone around Court 3 was one […]

‘I’ll always be a Patriot’: Belichick OUT at New England after 24 years, six Super Bowls and 300 wins

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Six-time NFL champion Bill Belichick has agreed to part ways as the coach of the New England Patriots, bringing an end to his 24-year tenure as the architect of the most decorated dynasty of the league’s Super Bowl era. The 71-year-old became just the third coach in NFL history to reach 300 career regular season […]

Fire the coach, sack the imports: Kings a mess as wins pile up but Abdelfattah ‘positive about the whole situation’

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The pressure is building on defending NBL champions Sydney, but coach Mahmoud Abdelfattah isn’t feeling it, even after a loss to the bottom-placed Adelaide 36ers. Thursday night’s contest in front of a record South Australian crowd of 9580 at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre featured the last-placed Sixers against a Kings team needing a win. The […]

COMMENT: Rugby Australia given wake-up call by All Blacks … AGAIN

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Not that they needed it, but Rugby Australia got another wake-up call earlier this week. As Rugby Australia crawls toward finding their next Wallabies coach, the All Blacks hit the ground running with a pre-season camp led by new coach Scott Robertson and his brilliantly assembled coaching staff. After being asked to stay away from […]

The 10 greatest Australian Open controversies: ‘No-Vaxx’ scandal, McEnroe default and Margaret Court protests

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The Australian Open has a history littered with controversies – perhaps the biggest coming before the 2022 tournament even began. An unvaccinated Novak Djokovic landed in Australia as tournament favourite and confident he had obtained the required medical exemptions to play. But after touching down, the three-time reigning champion was detained and questioned by border […]