Gridiron

What Is A National Sport?

The term ‘our national sport’ has been bandied around a fair bit in the Australian media and also the international media in the past fortnight, but what is a national sport? Does giving a sport a name that includes the

Is it Time for Free Kick Specialists?

Last week we heard the ideas of FIFA’s Director General of Technical Development, Marco van Basten, and the changes he would like to see made to the World Game. Some have been accepted as improving the game, some have been

Podcast #25 – Gridiron, Squash, Kabaddi and so much more…

Time for another Podcast and for this episode we have two fantastic guests. First up we have Phoebe Schecter, American born, yet she had never played Gridiron until she moved to the UK. She is now not only Captain of

Celebrating Milestones, But Still Struggling for Recognition

The A-League is celebrating ten years in existence, and is soon to enter those terrible teenage years. It has faced a number of challenges in recent years, clubs withdrawing, owners walking away and this season probably one of its biggest,

The Gangster Who Hopes to Become a Cowboy

Who has heard of Efe Obada? He is 6ft 6Ins tall and weighs 117kgs and now he has become a Cowboy. His is a remarkable story. He was trafficked by a friend of his mother’s from Amsterdam and abandoned on the