Author: Ashley Morrison

Postecoglou Shows His Class as a Coach

If you want to annoy an Australian, call him English. Yet the World Cup may be proving that many Australians are in fact taking on a very English trait, that of accepting gallant defeat. The English have made it an

Plenty to Play For

While most people in Australia are focussing on the performance of the Socceroos in Brazil should they be looking at the bigger picture? Australia is now a part of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and its path to the world

Do as I Do, Not as I Say

There is an old saying one swallow doesn’t a summer make, and it is wise to remember that in sport as one game does not make a great team. The Netherlands destroyed current World Cup holders Spain in their opening

Time for a New Script

Last week’s accusations that the European media were being racist in their claims that the FIFA World Cup bid by Qatar was not above board had a very familiar ring to it. FIFA President Sepp Blatter was quoted as saying

Hail Our Hockey Heroes.

Congratulations to the Australian Men’s and Women’s hockey teams picking up Gold and silver respectively at the Rabobank Hockey World Cup in the Hague over the weekend. The Hockeyroos were ranked fourth in the world going into the competition so