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When the Socceroos beat Peru 5-4 on penalties at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha last June, it ended the most gruelling qualifying campaign the team had ever undertaken. The next campaign, which begins against Bangladesh on Thursday night, will be entirely different and… Read More »The Socceroos are set for their easiest World Cup qualification ever – but will that hurt Australian football?

Babar Azam has quit as Pakistan captain after his team failed to advance from the group stages at the Cricket World Cup. The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Shan Masood as the new Test captain instead and said on Wednesday that the left-handed opener will… Read More »‘Right time’: Babar Azam makes shock Pakistan captaincy call across all three formats

Pat Cummins is not known to play mind games before big matches but the Australia ODI skipper couldn’t resist giving South Africa a not-so-subtle reminder about their choking history before their World Cup semi-final showdown. South Africa have famously earned a bit of a reputation… Read More »‘It’s kind of folklore, isn’t it?’ Cummins slips in cheeky choking dig at Proteas as Aussies bank on experience factor in semi

Michael Hooper has joined Australia’s rugby sevens squad in a bid to cap his glittering career with an Olympic gold medal. The 32-year-old, who was controversially overlooked by former coach Eddie Jones for the Wallabies’ ill-fated World Cup bid, has signed up to play in… Read More »Hoops commits to Olympic dream after Eddie snub – and he could face another massive star of the XVs game in Paris

Australia’s current crop of stars is coming to the end of a lengthy period of sustained success without ever becoming truly great like dominant teams of the recent past.  But the cohort under Pat Cummins has the opportunity looming on the horizon of becoming the… Read More »Unifying the belts: Australia could become cricket’s first triple champions … but Proteas can put the choke on them