21 Nov 09 | SOUTH AFRICAN 800 metres runner Caster Semenya has been allowed to keep her world championship title and gold medal, but the big question, whether she can continue to compete in women's events, remains unanswered.
21 Nov 09 | NO WONDER rugby union refereeing is in such a mess when the IRB referees' boss makes an issue of Stuart Dickinson's scrum rulings in the All Blacks versus Italy match. Time after time, Richie McCaw was either not penalised or received a minor rebuke for blatant professional fouls. When Paddy O'Brien criticises a referee for not enforcing the laws against the All Blacks, he will gain some credibility. Until then, rugby union is a flawed product.
21 Nov 09 | SERIES leader Jamie Whincup topped the practice time sheets at Barbagallo Raceway yesterday for a weekend that will go a long way to determining whether he defends his V8 Supercars ...
21 Nov 09 | MICHAEL SCHUMACHER has been sounded out about a sensational return to formula one next season.
21 Nov 09 | Former Cricket Australia boss Malcolm Speed has been approached to chair a new eight-person Australian Sports Commission board, according to Federal Government sources keen to implement a Crawford ...
21 Nov 09 | For 23 years Roy Masters served on the Australian Sports Commission. He argues this week's Crawford report on sports funding serves the AFL at the expense of Australian success at the Olympics.
21 Nov 09 | HAVING seemingly lost the battle to keep captain Matt Thompson away from the cashed-up Melbourne Heart franchise, the Newcastle Jets now face their next battle in trying to convince Ljubo ...
21 Nov 09 | An injury-time strike from Matthew Leckie earned Adelaide United a 1-1 draw with 10-man Gold Coast United in Friday's A-League clash at Hindmarsh Stadium.
21 Nov 09 | There is a quote I love which says, "Sports do not build character. They reveal it." Think about what makes a truly great sports star. Is it a perfect record of runs or world record-breaking ...
21 Nov 09 | RUG BOLLINGER replaces lanky Stu … Irish eyes not smiling after seeing Hand of Frog … Chris Walker tells Manly he can play halfback … Test cricket headed for the nursing home … All Blacks ...
21 Nov 09 | John Coates is the Captain Mainwaring of Australian sport. The Australian Olympic Committee boss has assembled a Dad's Army determined to keep the lion's share of the Federal Government's sports ...
21 Nov 09 | What a lot of - what's that word again?, bull---- has been written and said about the Crawford report. David Crawford, you'll recall is the businessman who, with a highly qualified panel, was commissioned to submit a report into government funding for Australian sport. This week, the Minister for Sport, Kate Ellis, released it.
21 Nov 09 | PHILLIP HUGHES was told to score heavily in the Sheffield Shield. So he did. An untroubled innings of 79 was a wholly decent response to selection chairman Andrew Hilditch's call for Hughes to ...
21 Nov 09 | IN QUEENSLAND, they are picking them young. So young that when the Herald caught up with Scott Walter this week, the budding left-arm swing bowler was about to go for a driving lesson.''No, I ...
21 Nov 09 | THE All-Stars extravaganza tomorrow night is designed to light the wick of the international summer.The razzle, the dazzle, the frivolity of a more social than serious clash coincides with ...
21 Nov 09 | Cameron White's chances of captaining his country increase with every passing month. He is a bolter but events could conspire in his favour.Already his leadership skills have been recognised. As a ...
21 Nov 09 | INTERNATIONAL news agencies will be locked out of cricket venues again this summer unless they resolve a long-running impasse with Cricket Australia.With just five days until the first Test ...
21 Nov 09 | The West Indies' replacement captain is a future leader of substance, writes Jamie Pandaram.
21 Nov 09 | ABOUT THIERRY HENRY'S HANDBALL THAT HELPED SEND FRANCE TO THE 2010 WORLD CUP FINALS. ''Yes, there was a hand, but I'm not the referee. Of course, I kept playing. The referee didn't whistle for ...
21 Nov 09 | THE Irish backpackers playing pool at the Coogee Bay Hotel called it a ''travesty'' while their compatriots at a nearby hostel dubbed it ''devastating''.Sydney's Irish community was in mourning ...