South Australia has reportedly made an audacious bid to snatch the New Year’s Test from the grasp of Sydney and move it to the Adelaide Oval. Inclement weather has proven to be a frustrating hindrance for the Sydney Test for several years, but frustration reached boiling point during South Africa’s tour of Australia this year. … Read more
Saudi Arabia was confirmed as host of football’s 2027 Asian Cup on Wednesday, an expected prelude for a World Cup bid as the oil-rich kingdom spends big on sports in an attempt to improve its image. The three-time winners’ successful bid, a formality after their sole rivals India withdrew, was rubber-stamped at the Asian Football … Read more
Welsh football legend Gareth Bale only retired from the round-ball game in January, but he’s already set to make his official PGA Tour golfing debut on Friday morning (AEDT). Bale is one of 156 amateurs competing alongside 156 professionals at the famous Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California. The list of amateur stars includes two NFL … Read more
Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja has been left “stranded” as his teammates flew to India without him on Wednesday. The Pakistan-born opener was left behind as the rest of the squad departed from Sydney due to an issue with his visa. It is believed that he has since traveled to Melbourne in a bid to … Read more
Socceroos defender Harry Souttar has become the latest Australian to earn a contract in the Premier League, signing a five-and-a-half year deal with Leicester City. The Australian will reportedly earn £15 million ($A26m) after the move away from Stoke was confirmed on Wednesday, with Souttar now contracted with the Foxes until the summer of 2028. … Read more
Varsity College epitomizes the NFL’s push into Australia. SHANNON GILL charts how the school started a flag football team and, within a few months, earned an invite to Las Vegas for the Pro Bowl, Lara Moeckel knew nothing of the NFL nor the sport of gridiron. A phone call in September piqued the Gold Coast … Read more
Multiple media outlets in the UK, including the BBC, have reported that Stoke City has agreed to a GBP15 million ($AUD 26.4 million) deal that will send the Socceroos defender to Leicester City. Souttar excelled at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and scouts suggested at the time a move from Stoke, currently languishing in … Read more
Bhubaneswar, India – The ray of hope that the Indian men’s field hockey team saw during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo when it defeated Germany on the way to winning a bronze medal was short-lived. The enthusiasm and excitement with which India, the host nation, entered the FIH Hockey World Cup this year was extinguished … Read more
Formula One is never more than a chicane away from an unseemly spat as last week’s surfacing of tensions between the sport’s custodians the FIA and its owners Liberty Media demonstrated F1 is basking in a resurgence of popularity, fueled by the exploits of its leading actors Lewis Hamilton. and Max Verstappen, adrenaline-sapping wheel-to-wheel racing, … Read more
Australia’s Test squad could not have asked for more pertinent conditions in North Sydney on Sunday morning as preparations ramped up ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It was sticky and humid for the short pre-series training camp at Bon Andrews Oval, closely resembling what they can expect to encounter in India next month. “Beautiful. Was … Read more