Steve Smith had the perfect response to critics who declared he shouldn’t be opening for Australia in Tests. After a lean first three innings as David Warner’s replacement up top with Usman Khawaja, the 34-year-old almost hauled Australia over the line to avoid the monumental… Read More »Smith delivers timely response to ‘average’ critics who don’t think he’s an opener
Joey Barton, the controversial ex-footballer has made the rounds again in the football world, this time for criticising women’s voices in the men’s game. Barton likened two female commentators and pundits to notorious serial killers Fred and Rose West, this after tweeting a month earlier… Read More »Ex-England player’s harmful comments prove sexism in football is still rampant
As the Melbourne Rebels entered voluntary administration, homegrown captain Rob Leota says he hopes the rocky road his club is experiencing pulls the side closer together and galvanises them for the 2024 Super Rugby season. It comes as former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones said the… Read More »‘Want to show that rugby is not dead in Melbourne’: Rebels skipper’s fighting words as Eddie calls for ‘hard decisions’
Arsenal needed to win at Nottingham Forest and did, keeping pace with Manchester City and leaders Liverpool in the process. That was about as good at it got, but at a ground where they have lost on their last two visits, Mikel Arteta will take… Read More »Arsenal keep pace but only after Forest scare, minnows thump hipster favourites to exit drop zone
Louis Armstrong was asked once: ‘What is jazz?’ His reply: ‘Man, when you got to ask what it is, you’ll never get to know.’ Of all the annual Test tournaments in rugby, the leader in indefinable passion and mystique is clear. Round One (Ireland at… Read More »‘The putative heir or the actual king’: Ireland and France think they’re the world’s best – the Six Nations opener could settle it