This day in sport: 21 October 1964

Bikila takes back to back Olympic marathons. Ethiopia’s defending champion Abebe Bikila became the first to win back-to-back Olympic marathon titles when he defeated British runner B. Basil Heatley by 4 minutes 8 seconds in Tokyo. Bikila achieved the feat

Blowing The Whistle

It is easy to harp on about how bad the standard of officials are in the A league and the state league, but the question is how do we improve the situation? I was at the Perth Glory v the

This day in sport: 14 October 1964

Olympic track and field tussle In one of the most exciting finishes in Olympic track and field history, unknown American Billy Mills and Tunisia’s Mohamed Gammoudi both improved their personal best times by more than 45 seconds to upset the

Does Football Need a Match Review Panel?

Perth Glory have decided not to appeal the decision made by the independent Match Review Panel – consisting of Barry Such (Chair), Brad Maloney and Alan Davidson – that the sanction of a two match suspension be served, by Andy

Vale: Paul Williams

It was with great sadness I heard today of the passing of Paul Williams the former SBS commentator. I spent time with Paul in Uruguay in 2001 when Australia failed to qualify for another World Cup, and of course he