This day in sport: 22 July 1995

Cricket’s Larwood dies. Lightning quick England bowler Harold Larwood died in Sydney, aged 90. He was the key figure in the infamous ‘Bodyline’ Test series of 1932-33, when England captain Douglas Jardine instructed him to bowl ‘leg theory’ at the

Bye Big Spender?

As we have seen in Australia some European take their pre season tours more seriously than others, but it will be worrying for Manchester City’s big spending boss Mark Hughes as his side lost 2-0 to Orlando Pirates. Yes, news

Hats off to Ponting

Like him or hate him full credit to Ricky Ponting for not hiding behind the poor umpiring decisions that saw Australia lose their first Ashes test at Lords for 75 years. ‘At the end of the day we were beaten

The Price of Professionalism

With news of former Wallaby Justin Harrison being suspended from playing and coaching Rugby for eight months after admitting taking cocaine while under contract with Bath RFC brings into the spot light the problems facing Rugby Union now that the

Something about a Pot and a Kettle

For so long the clubs in the state league football competition bleat that the governing body are not professional, and often the governing body deserves the criticism. However it would be good if some of the clubs would get their