He might not win every tournament he plays, but in the final round of the British Open overnight, Tiger Woods again showed why he is the current standard bearer of world golf. Woods took out his third British Open by two shots from fellow American Chris DiMarco, with Ernie Els a further three shots back. […]
The old hand versus the young challenger. The past versus the future. The settled versus the ambitious. It may sound like the build-up to a heavyweight title fight, but it’s actually a description of the battle underway for a position at the top of the Australian batting order. Langer versus Jaques. Nuggety left hander versus, […]
In this morning’s Age, Martin Blake describes Australia’s loss to New Zealand in the four game Ramsay Shield basketball series as “embarrassing”. And when you look at the stats, you can see why he would say that: last night’s win was only New Zealand’s sixth win in 54 matches against the Boomers, the fifth coming […]
Socceroos rise to world number 33. It’s Australian soccer’s highest world ranking since 1998 and comes off a highly successful 12 months, but Football Federation Australia boss John O’Neill still isn’t happy with it. “While Australia’s move of nine places is obviously positive, it is a little perplexing when compared with some of the other […]
Although France lost the World Cup, Zinedine Zidane’s chest-butt on Marco Materazzi is making more news post-tournament than anything the Italians were able to achieve by playing football. On French television overnight, the 34-year-old offered a qualified apology to fans, saying he was sorry for the head-butt, but after listening to his mother and sister […]
Two years after winning the European championship, the Greek national football squad has perhaps reached the final stop on its two year fall from grace. First it was missing out on this year’s World Cup, followed by a lacklustre performance in a friendly against Australia, and now the Hellenic Football Federation and all its members […]
Five months out from the start of the Ashes, the English cricket team is in disarray. The one day team has just notched up its fourth straight loss to the Sri Lankans, following the drawn Test series and a narrow defeat in a Twenty20 game. Sri Lanka have won their last six games against the […]
Just days after Italy, the three time world champions, booked their spot in the quarter finals of this year’s World Cup, Italian domestic football is facing one of the darkest periods in its history with news that a respected former player and Juventus official has attempted suicide. A little over a month ago, allegations of […]
“Our little team of oldies are still in there”: That’s how French coach Raymond Domenech described his team’s 3-1 win over Spain overnight to earn their place in the World Cup quarter finals. He was referring primarily to Zinedine Zidane’s starring role. The 34-year-old, who is retiring at the end of the tournament, scored a […]
Just as the Socceroos' experience of Germany 2006 began so elatedly with a John Aloisi penalty kick against Uruguay last year, so it ended with a penalty kick by Italian Francesco Totti.
