Defending champions Italy made a winning start to Euro 2024 as they rebounded from the shock of conceding the fastest goal in tournament history to post a 2-1 victory over Albania in Dortmund. Albania’s Nedim Bajrami capitalised on a terrible throw-in from Federico Dimarco and smashed the ball into the roof of Gianluigi Donnarumma’s net […]
Doncic needs to use pain of NBA Finals pummeling as fuel for the fire of becoming a truly great player
Dallas are not quite dead yet after avoiding a clean sweep in game four of the NBA Finals but it’s still a case of when, not if, Boston will claim this year’s championship. No team that has trailed 3-0 in an NBA playoff series has ever been victorious overall in 156 attempts. The Mavericks have […]
‘Transitioning into new territories while still honouring tradition’: Why Bears are the best pathway to the NRL for Perth
June 26 marks a critical juncture for Perth’s bid to secure the NRL’s 18th license. Tasked by the ARLC and the Perth stakeholders, Nick Politis is attempting to craft a sustainable model that minimizes risk while maximizing revenue for stakeholders. The prospect of a Perth team promises significant benefits: tapping into a new fan base, […]
India’s T20 win over the USA came as no shock, but India-American cricket history goes back further than many fans realise
After about two hundred and fifty years, American soil witnessed a keen internecine contest, not on the battlefield but on a cricket field. Then, it was a sea of indistinguishable white, and now it was a sea of blue. Then, Benjamin Franklin and his son supported opposite teams; now, it was a young son holding […]
‘Some of the responses are bizarrely out of proportion’: A defense of IndyCar driver Agustín Canapino after messy dispute
I should probably be madder at Agustín Canapino than I am. Pato O’Ward is one of my favourite drivers in IndyCar, which puts my allegiances at least somewhat in the Arrow McLaren camp. It seems all anybody’s been able to talk about for the past week and change is the incident in Detroit between O’Ward’s […]