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Barefoot players, a game at the MCG and ‘kisses’ from the sunshine: Indian football’s 1938 Australian tour

Rampaging Roy Krishna returns to Australia this week, leading his Indian Super League team into battle against Central Coast. The famous Fijian international will be hoping Odisha FC have enough strike power to defeat the Mariners. Each team will compete this Thursday night, in an… Read More »Barefoot players, a game at the MCG and ‘kisses’ from the sunshine: Indian football’s 1938 Australian tour

It’s time for the NRL to put a line in the sand to deal with players’ on-field sledging

It seems from the authoritative source of Wikipedia that a “sledge” or “sledging” are peculiarly Australian expressions that have their origins in cricket and may be derived from the soul singer Percy Sledge. Sledging is also called chirping, chipping, or trash talking in other sports… Read More »It’s time for the NRL to put a line in the sand to deal with players’ on-field sledging