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NAB Cup rates higher than ODI’s »
IT’S embarressing for Cricket Australia to suggest that pre-season AFL rates higher on television and in total crowds than Australian cricket in what is cricket season. Well that is just the predicament that cricket is in at the moment. One Day Internationals have become mundane to even the biggest cricket enthusiast. Sporting fans are pleading [...]
Hurst has a big heart »
KY Hurst, what a champion! You talk of some of the great Australian ironman legends – Ky Hurst would be at the top if not one of the most impeccable over time. At 28, he has amazing surf skills and showed his best on Sunday on the Sunshine Coast to come from last in the [...]
Australian tennis hopes in Tomic’ hands »
AUSTRALIA won’t have too long until its new tennis star blossoms. Bernard Tomic, one of the sports’ rising stars, put up a brilliant performance in the second round against Croatia’s Maran Cilic, who made it all the way through to the semi-finals in the Open. Tomic took Cilic to five sets and looked in control half [...]
Tomic looks to take over mantle »
AUSTRALIA needs a new tennis hero. And it just could be Bernard T0mic after he defeated Novak Djokovic at Kooyong yesterday. The breakthrough win has lifted expectations on the youngest Australian tennis sensation. But he appears to have the maturity to keep it within himself. This is the year that he must show Australians that [...]
Tennis is in the air »
ISN’T it great to see tennis back on our television screens! Remember those hot summer nights watching the tennis till the early hours of the morning; watching every hard hitting ace and every ‘c’mon’ that Lleyton Hewitt would yell; riding every bump with Jelena Dokic or hoping a young Bernard Tomic or a more experienced [...]
AFL club media managers on a power trip »
IT’S become almost a farce in the AFL media industry. Communication managers on a power trip, attempting to control what goes in the daily media and what doesn’t. Surely, it’s frustrating for many football journalists and organisations that these communication managers are taking a stranglehold of the media, knocking back continuous media opportunities and countless [...]
Watson proves a hit »
SHANE Watson has proved to be the shining gem in Australia’s cricket line up. From that raw blond haired bowler that made his name a few years back to that hard-hitting match-winner that he is today. He has surely transformed his game since the Ashes to make his mark as an opening batsmen. But it [...]
Roosters lead by example »
FINALLY clubs take action against their players and their alcoholic antics. Sydney Roosters, in the National Rugby League, sacked hooker Jake Friend after his third alcoholic related indiscretion this year. A lot of clubs will trade players or ban them from playing matches but don’t go all the way in sacking them. Hopefully more clubs [...]
AFL and NRL team up to take on Soccer »
WHAT an interesting week it has been on the sporting front. Of course the Tiger Woods stories dominated and will continue to be the final theme for 2009. But it was the fact that Australia have the opportunity to host the World Cup in 13 years time that was the floating talking point in Australia; and [...]
Australia needs new summer sport »
SICK of cricket – and more cricket? Loads of Australians love it and there are also loads that hate it. Surely there is another sport that can make its mark during the summer months in Aussie land. A-League soccer has made an early impression but will take time to blossom into a dominant country sport. [...]