With the Finals over and the November 1 contract deadline passed, we can officially declare the NRL’s silly season open. Into the morass of gossip and conjecture, we will bring sanity, with the relaunch of Smart Signings, our dissection of where clubs are weak, what they need to improve and where they might find it. […]
Glenn Maxwell’s double century was spectacular and deserves to go down as one of the greatest innings in one-day international cricket history. But the Australians are kidding themselves if they think they can go all the way in this World Cup unless they fix a range of conspicuous issues before their semi-final showdown with South […]
The halftime whistle goes at the Emirates Stadium and a bumper WSL crowd heads for the concourse. Queues have already formed for stadium food that traverse the walkways, the line for the women’s bathroom snakes out of the door and merges into those patiently waiting for their nachos. There’s no way of getting a drink, […]
So South Africa has become the undisputed world champion, winning the Rugby World Cup for the fourth time. Pretty impressive since they were not welcome to attend the 1987 and 1991 events. Still, that situation has now resulted in a Springboks team that is truly representative of a diverse culture that is the rainbow nation. […]
The opening test of the summer should be five action-pack days of test cricket on a bouncy deck at Perth Stadium. Instead, we are reduced to gimmicks and the possibility of another low crowd watching Australia and Pakistan in the searing cake tin. ABC cricket broadcaster Jim Maxwell criticised the attempt to convert a football […]
