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Sport has an affinity for the four-year cycle. No matter the code or country, so many of the sports we love flow in eras…
Sport has an affinity for the four-year cycle. No matter the code or country, so many of the sports we love flow in eras…
Sport has an affinity for the four-year cycle. No matter the code or country, so many of the sports we love flow in eras…
In the 26th minute of an August 2009 match between the Manly Sea Eagles and Cronulla Sharks, NRL referee Phil Haines faced a testing…
The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City were quite an event, even by Olympic standards. These were the Games that saw the Olympic debut of…
A quick lap of Hurstville Oval’s hedge-square perfect gardens is all it takes to lift the lid on the prestigious St George District Cricket…
As the last century ended, Nelson Mandela was resigning from public office. His 1999 farewell speech to Parliament closed with his dream that "all…
The ball is bounced to start the second half of the preliminary final and the Tigers trail 50-29. Rhys Stanley and Ivan Soldo leap…
In a lot of ways, Ashes series are like birthdays. Not in the sense of coming around twice every four years, and not in…
This longform feature was first published on The Roar on the 20th anniversary of Australia's 1999 triumph Towards five o'clock on a piercingly cold…
They are the Liberaces of league. Like Madonna and Maradona, Pele and Prince, these worthies need one handle only. One is plenty. Think Joey…
And here is where it ended. Siya Kolisi, Rassie Erasmus and South Africa’s squad who on Saturday laid claim to Yokohama’s International Stadium, and…
And here is where it ended. Siya Kolisi, Rassie Erasmus and South Africa’s squad who on Saturday laid claim to Yokohama’s International Stadium, and…
And here is where it ended. Siya Kolisi, Rassie Erasmus and South Africa’s squad who on Saturday laid claim to Yokohama’s International Stadium, and…
There is always an agenda behind the selection of the host country and venues for a Rugby World Cup. The 1991 tournament involved a…
There is always an agenda behind the selection of the host country and venues for a Rugby World Cup. The 1991 tournament involved a…
There is always an agenda behind the selection of the host country and venues for a Rugby World Cup. The 1991 tournament involved a…
The great games don’t necessarily tell you they’re great at first. Two-thirds of the way through the tied World Cup semi-final of 1999, South…
It's a mystery the Australian team wasn’t arrested by Indian authorities. They didn’t even try to hide their actions. In full public view, again…
This weekend, Australian racing will lose one of its best thoroughbreds of all time to retirement. With the curtain about to be called on…
There are poisoned chalices and then there’s being asked to replace Shane Keith Warne. Doomed spinner after doomed spinner placed their lips on this…
Adam Gilchrist’s career was always about being fearless. As a batsman, he just came out and took the bowlers on, almost regardless of the…
For the rest of Mitchell Johnson’s life, the defining moment of his career will, of course, be the 2013-14 Ashes, with the early 2014…
Some moments, you always remember where you were when they happened. On the last day of the Adelaide Test in 2006, I was at…
Occasionally, it isn’t a matter of hyperbole to talk about something in terms of the best or worst ever. This is one such case.…
The triple century is cricket’s rarefied tier, the area of the stats sheet where mortals dare not tread. To cross the mark of 300…
The triple century is cricket’s rarefied tier, the area of the stats sheet where mortals dare not tread. To cross the mark of 300…
The triple century is cricket’s rarefied tier, the area of the stats sheet where mortals dare not tread. To cross the mark of 300…
