Where is Australia’s Joey Barton?
For the uninitiated, Joey Barton captains and plays midfield for the Queens Park Rangers (QPR), a newly promoted side in the Premier League. He enjoys a certain amount of infamy in British sporting circles; having worked his way up through [...]
The Tour (of the Adelaide burbs) Down Under
While he certainly drew in the crowds, I’m not in the least sad that Lance Armstrong is safely tucked up in Texas, possibly in conference with his lawyers, and well away from the Tour Down Under this year. But it’s [...]
Cricket’s secret rule book
For anybody in any doubt that India now runs world cricket, the fact that the “Decision Review System” is not being used in the current Test series against Australia is instructive. Alone amongst the cricketing nations, India objects to the [...]
2011 Melbourne Cup thread
It’s that time of year again. Post whatever you like about the Melbourne Cup – tips for Tuesday, anecdotes, trivia, deconstruction, equine sock puppets, fashion advice, hangover cures, etc.
The AFL, the pokies, and viability
According to Jeff Kennett mandatory precommitment technology will threaten the viability of some clubs, and threaten the survival of the code”. Rubbish.
Is the AFL competition becoming less even?
There’s been a sequence of lopsided results in the AFL over the past few weeks. But is this an anomaly or part of a long-term trend?
Cadel and the col…
Cadel Evans rode the time trial of his life on Saturday to win the Tour de France. He came within seven seconds of winning the stage and probably could have gone even faster in the final stretch if not for [...]
Le Tour – 2 weeks in
Well, we’re now 14 stages in to the Tour de France, and it’s been quite the soap opera so far.
State of origin, 2011: game three
Yep, it’s on again with history to be made. Will Queensland seal an incredible sixth series win, or will the resurgent Blues prevail? Will Lockyer go out a winner, as Wally Lewis did by all of two points, or will [...]
It’s the 98th Tour de France
Dedicated thread for following the peloton and keeping up with who’s wearing the yellow jersey right now.
Wimbledon time!
Have a thread for general Wimbledon appreciation, commentary and speculation. You know you want to.
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