The Australian cricket team have brought disaster upon themselves by hanging around for too long, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Sport
Time for Collingwood to move on from Eddie McGuire
The Collingwood Football Club AGM at the MCG tonight should be an absolute belter, writes Stephen Mayne.
Letting Cousins back willl be a backwards step for the AFL
This weekend, the AFL is deciding whether to bend the rules one more time to get Ben Cousins back on the field. Greg Hill looks at the potential repercussions of this decision.
John Daly: A waste of taxpayers’ money
What global financial crisis? State governments are happy to spend their money an obese, chain-smoking, temper tantrum throwing golfer who can’t play golf, writes Charles Happell.
Honda exits as F1 global financial crisis looms
Like a hurricane on the tail of a breeze, Honda has baulked at the global financial situation and plunged the world of Formula 1 into its own crisis, writes Andrew Maitland.
AFL draft: 11% of those picked will never play a game
As inexact sciences go, AFL drafting is up there with economics and weather forecasting. Some duds get drafted in the top 10, while champions get overlooked until the third, fourth and fifth rounds, writes Charlie Happell.
Sport handling the alcohol sponsorship issue poorly — already
It has not taken long for Cricket Australia to take the lead in poorly handling the growing challenge from the health lobby to the sponsorship of sport by the alcohol industry, writes Jeff Wall.
Ponting cops it for picking self-preservation over victory
Ricky Ponting’s decision to honour over-rates ahead of keeping hold of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has led to an outpouring of ill-feeling from former players and commentators. Compiled by Thomas Hunter.
World Championship Chess: Anand takes world title
The world has a new Chess champion, reports Ian Rogers, Australia’s first Grandmaster.
The recession proof carnival
As the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival reaches its peak crowds, and betting turnover, on the Caulfield and Moonee Valley carnival days have been at near record levels, writes Jeff Wall.
World championship chess: Kramnik fights back
At the tenth game only one person seemed unaware that the World Chess Championship was supposed to be all over — Vladimir Kramnik, writes Ian Rogers.
World Chess: The Painter and the philistine
Each game for Kramnik is an opportunity to try to create a work of art, albeit one where his opponent tries to obstruct him at every move, writes Ian Rogers.
World championship chess: Nadal v. Federer with pawns
There was atmosphere and passion aplenty in Bonn on Friday as Anand and Kramnik fought out one of the greatest World Championship games of the modern era, writes Ian Rogers.
World championship chess: Live from Bonn
Vladimir Kramnik is taking on Viswanathan Anand recently voted India’s greatest sportsman of the past 60 years, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers.
How big media omits Woolworths from damaging pokies yarns
Melissa Fyfe had a cracking page one story in The Sunday Age yesterday revealing the rorting of so-called community benefit payments by various AFL clubs at their pokies venues, writes Stephen Mayne.
The biggest NRL grand final trouncing of them all
The Storm have only themselves to blame for the humiliating defeat in yesterday’s NRL GRand Final. By Jeff Wall.
Hawks too good on the day (and keep the dynasty talk at bay)
Hawthorn’s story over the past 12 years has been a remarkable one. Its ability to pick itself up from the rubble when the membership voted to stave off a merger with Melbourne has been astonishing, writes Charles Happell.
Hot Form Charts: Crikey’s AFL & NRL Hot Form Charts
The final, must-have piece of footy tipping intelligence, Crikey’s Hot Form Charts, are here to help you complete your tipping for the weekend.
AFL ignoring the “not interested” message from Sydney
Why aren’t the shareholders in the AFL up in arms about the League’s plans to spend $100 million on growing a new team in Sydney, and a new team on the Gold Coast? asks Glenn Dyer.
The sports review should aim for some new goals
Beyond winning medals on the world stage, Federal sports policy needs to be a lot more than it’s been, writes John Mendoza.
H.G.’s Golden Nuggets: Losing starts with silver
Australia’s medal tally has seen off the challenge of the Shaky Isles but we are locked in a death struggle with Great Britain, writes H. G. Nelson.
Phelps is not the Greatest Olympian Ever. Not yet
Sure, Michael Phelps is freakishly good, great even, but he is still on Olympics away from being the greatest ever, writes Adam Schwab.
Tim Costello: Souths can’t be blamed for addiction to pokies
If the NSW State Government Treasury can surmount all moral objections to reap huge financial rewards why would a football club deny itself? writes Tim Costello.
Greedy greed and horses
Greed is the cause of racing’s money laundering problem, writes Richard Farmer.
Drugs and sport: an obvious combination
Why exactly do we ban performance-enhancing drugs for athletes, wonders Dr James Connor?
