Australia

Sportsmanship Alive and Well

Playing the game in the right spirit should be something that is commonplace, but sadly in today’s world when we witness acts of sportsmanship they stand out. Yesterday at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, Australia played arch

Merging of Leagues Could Benefit Asia

Football in Asia is, despite all the hype, a long way behind Europe, South America and even Africa. The fact that even its biggest event The Asian Cup did not have every game televised in every Asian country shows that

T20’s Path to Acceptability

When the first T20 match was played between Australia and New Zealand, Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack reported that “neither side took the game especially seriously.” In fact fans were told that T20 was just that a bit of fun and would

A Sporting Chance

There is no doubt that Cricket is King in India when it comes to sports coverage. There is cricket on the television almost 24 hours a day from local games to international games, as well as even Masters internationals, there

Two Goal Rule Is It a Winner?

The Hockey India League is almost a third of the way through the 2016 edition. This year has seen a new innovation which was designed to encourage players to have more attempts on goal rather than force a penalty corner,