With another crushing of the Australians in Melbourne, England ensured they would at least retain the Ashes. The tourists now look to close out a series victory, while the Aussies look to retain some pride with one eye on the future. Ben Waterworth previews the Fifth Test from the SCG.
The A-League’s first derby was a classic, but will the return bout be as exciting and dramatic as the original? John Takemura previews a match that will go a long way towards determining each team’s finals hopes.
The world’s foremost series of test cricket has returned to Australian soil, but, unlike many recent editions, it is the hosts with major question marks hanging over their heads. Ben Waterworth previews the opening salvo in Australia’s quest to regain the urn.
With another crushing of the Australians in Melbourne, England ensured they would at least retain the Ashes. The tourists now look to close out a series victory, while the Aussies look to retain some pride with one eye on the future. Ben Waterworth previews the Fifth Test from the SCG.
The A-League’s first derby was a classic, but will the return bout be as exciting and dramatic as the original? John Takemura previews a match that will go a long way towards determining each team’s finals hopes.
The world’s foremost series of test cricket has returned to Australian soil, but, unlike many recent editions, it is the hosts with major question marks hanging over their heads. Ben Waterworth previews the opening salvo in Australia’s quest to regain the urn.
Two weeks of the A-League season have raised more questions than answers – with no team yet able to get the jump on the rest of the competition. Evan Harding wonders if that will happen in the coming days as he previews Week 3.
After impressing during an unexpected call-up to the World Cup, Melbourne Heart defender Michael Beauchamp is back in the A-League for the first time in three years and loving every moment, writes Evan Harding.
After an opening round which saw a great deal of excitement and plenty of goals, Wellington joins the fray as the rest of the competition settles down. John Takemura brings us his preview of the second week’s action.
For the second week in a row, two of the competition’s ‘big’ clubs meet at the MCG: Essendon come in on a high while Carlton plumbed the depths but the real interest this round is the top of the table clash between Collingwood and Geelong. Ben Waterworth gives us his preview of this week’s AFL fixtures.
As the Australian soccer season prepares to kick off, much has changed in the A-League but John Takemura sees the gap between last year’s grand finalists is as tight as ever as he previews the opening round of fixtures.
Next Thursday signals Melbourne Heart’s debut match in the Hyundai A-League. The club’s first international signing, Dutch midfielder Rutger Worm, and Socceroos’ defender Michael Beauchamp took time out to speak with Evan Harding.
A couple of the league’s biggest rivalries reignite this weekend with Collingwood meeting Carlton and the derby in Perth seeing Fremantle clash with West Coast. Ben Waterworth previews the round 18 action.
Ben Waterworth returns with his preview of the Round 17 AFL action, featuring the Western Bulldogs looking to put a tumultuous week behind them and tonight’s big clash between St Kilda and Hawthorn.
In the final daily column, Evan Harding reviews Spain’s deserved World Cup victory over the Netherlands and remembers a childhood classic.
As the tournament reaches its climax, Evan Harding previews the final between the Netherlands and Spain, while also searching through the ranks of the World Cup’s most inept for a nightmare ‘team’.
All creatures great and small are coming out of the ark to inform us all who will win between Spain and the Netherlands, writes Evan Harding, but what does it all really mean?
Two days out from the World Cup Final and the Dutch are talking tough, but then that’s exactly what you’d expect them to say, writes Evan Harding.
Spain has adopted the love-child of catenaccio and tiki-taka, writes Evan Harding in his review of the second-semi final, which also managed to avoid mention of a certain eight-legged psychic.
A ‘70s icon was laid to rest this morning and while fondly remembered, what has emerged in its place may even be superior, writes Evan Harding as he reviews the first semi-final and previews the second.
Just prior to the semi-finals, Evan Harding puts his crystal ball to the test by evaluating his pre-tournament predictions and in some cases, revising those choices. How did he do? Let’s just say it’s a mixed bag.
If you have a job in South America, you’re probably going to have a much easier run if you’re trying to find cocaine than coaching a national team, writes Evan Harding on a football-free Monday.
Three people found their naked promises unfulfilled as Germany steamrolled their opposition in a World Cup that is proving as unpredictable as Argentina’s vanquished coach, writes Evan Harding.
Uruguay joins a select club with a victory that could be described as ‘heelish’ and the five-time champions Brazil have nobody to blame but themselves as Evan Harding looks at last night’s action and previews the last two quarter-finals. Whooo!
In a never-ever-ever-before-seen concept of looking back at a tournament thus far, Evan Harding presents his five highs and lows of the first three weeks of the World Cup, previews the first two quarter-finals and even sneaks in a Chappelle’s Show reference.
He mightn’t be kicking Yuichi Komano while he’s down, but Evan Harding is quite happy to sink the slipper into the world’s second-best player.
