Feeling like a Roman gladiator, Nikita Tszyu is treating his looming showdown with Dylan Biggs like a “life-or-death” battle as he fights to preserve the famous family name. Tszyu (7-0, 6KOs) and Biggs (10-0, 7KOs) will square off for the Australian super-welterweight title at the Newcastle Convention Centre on Wednesday night. But the youngest pugilist […]
Brazil have lost their second consecutive World Cup qualifier as Colombia fought back to win 2-1 against the five-times champions, who are winless in the last three games and dropped to fifth in the South American standings. It was a cathartic evening for Liverpool forward Luis Diaz who, just a few days after Colombia guerrillas […]
South Africa’s cricket team has been panned at home for taking a risk on injured skipper Temba Bavuma in their thrilling loss to Australia in the World Cup semif-final. Bavuma was slated for taking his place in the game despite having a hamstring injury. He scored a duck and his captaincy decisions were questions. “Failures […]
The Socceroos are determined to remain focused on their football as they prepare to face Palestine in a World Cup qualifier set against the backdrop of conflict in the Middle East. After thrashing Bangladesh 7-0 at Melbourne’s AAMI Park in their opening qualifying match on Thursday night to take early control of Group I, Australia […]
It tickles me pink to read articles that suggest there’s something sinister about India “doctoring” pitches at the World Cup before their semi-final. The yesteryear had similar allegations of home umpires’ favouring the hosts. That rang true. In fact, every nation used to be guilty of that. It used to be tit-for-tat tours. That is, […]
