Channel Nine doesn’t deserve the Ashes when this happens. Bring on “use it or lose it” anti-siphoning laws, says Leigh Josey.
Crikey Sports scribes Tom Cowie and Leigh Josey can't believe what's happening. England are on top and it doesn't look like getting better any time soon.
Join Tom Cowie and Leigh Josey as they cover Day 2 of the Adelaide Ashes Test, trying to make sense of the enigma that is the Australian cricket team.
Australia’s rejection as host of the 2022 World Cup was as unsurprising as it was brutal, writes a disgruntled football fan and anonymous Crikey reader.
There is very little economic gain to be had by hosting giant sporting events, writes economist Dennis Coates. So why do countries -- and Australia is as guilty as the rest of them -- continue to overbid for them?
Money talks. But when it comes to FIFA and bidding for a World Cup, money not only talks, it sings sweet corrupting love songs that, like a siren from a Greek legend, lures crusty old white men from FIFA to host the World’s biggest sporting event in Qatar, writes an angry Leigh Josey.
So here we are. After the test from hell last week, where we somehow drew after a first innings lead of 221, where a part-time off spinner was the sole Australian wicket taker in England’s mammoth second innings, we fly down to beautiful Adelaide for the second Test, writes Tom Cowie.
Who are the 22 men whose votes will decide where the 2022 World Cup is held? And how are they likely to vote? Neil Walker investigates.
While sports stars get the credit for nabbing multi-million dollar contracts, it's their agents who do the negotiating. Business Insider ranks the top American sports agents on the dollar signs after their deals.
The English are all over Australia in the Ashes and Australia's only hope is that somewhere, maybe in some little town out in the bush, the new Warne is working on a few spells, writes The Independent's James Lawton.
