Gene doping has become a reality for world sport, well ahead of its predicted arrival. Pundits thought the Beijing Olympics would be the first place gene doping would be detected, but reports from Germany this week suggest athletes have been using the technique ahead of the Turin Winter Olympics, due to start late next week. […]
When will Australia’s greatest ever fast bowler learn that sportspeople do their best talking on the field with the ball in their hand, not in front of a microphone or TV camera? McGrath’s old team-mate Steve Waugh knows better than anyone that reputation counts for nothing when your performances over a period don’t stack up. […]
This Sunday in Detroit, when the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Seattle Seahawks in Superbowl XL, an estimated 130 million people will settle into their favourite armchairs to watch the action on TV. But as many as half of those people will not be tuning in for the game. They’ll be watching for the ads. […]
Ian Thorpe, Australia’s most successful Olympian, has finally come out with it. He will retire after the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Despite recently signing a lucrative seven year deal with Adidas, his retirement will draw the curtain on one of the most successful careers in world sport. If he goes through with the plan, he’ll […]
It must be like scoring a double century in a one-day cricket match or taking all ten wickets. Maybe it’s the equivalent of kicking 20 goals in an AFL game, or winning the final of the Australian Open without losing a single game. Whatever the right comparison, NBA superstar Kobe Bryant’s 81 points against the […]
After another below par performance last night, the Australian one day team is starting to look every bit as unsettled as the selectors are trying to make it. When the selectors said the current one day series was a testing ground for the final squad for next year’s World Cup, it sounded like a good […]
Zimbabwean cricket is in the news again. Only this time, it’s not because their leading players are resigning in political protest or because their national side has been humbled by an Australian, English or South African under-19 team. Zimbabwe has excused itself from Test cricket until 2007. Peter Chingoka, the chairman of the caretaker board, […]
If you thought ground staff at the MCG deserved a hard time for delaying the start of play at the Boxing Day Test, spare a thought for the curators at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. It’s no secret that the Test between Pakistan and India was doomed to a draw thanks to a sub-standard pitch. It […]
Mark Philippoussis’s swift departure from the Australian Open will not have surprised too many people. Through a combination of injuries, poor form, and a loss of confidence, the Scud’s ranking has plummeted to 165. He was only on centre court last night thanks to a wildcard and when he drew Sebastian Grosjean in the opening […]
In a swift response to yesterday’s news that the world’s fastest man across 100 metres is only a 50/50 chance of competing in Melbourne, organisers have released news that Asafa Powell is a guaranteed starter. Did you hear the collective sigh of relief from the fans? Or was that the organisers? The news gets better […]
