World Cup

Stuck in Time

Australian Rugby has been through a pretty torrid time of late, but wins against the Barbarians and Wales will have put a smile on the face of many of those with furrowed brows a month ago. They say that success

A Good or a Bad Time to Return?

What motivates an athlete in todays sporting world? Is it money? To earn enough that he will be set up for life? Is it success in the sport that they play? To play at the highest level possible and pit

Promoting Relegation

One reputation that Australian sport has around the globe is that the nation is not a good loser. Frequently when beaten, the officials are blamed, the conditions, etcetera, rather than accepting that maybe on the day they were beaten by

Best in the World to Not Wanted, All in a Few Months.

They say that in sport one minute you can be up, on top of the World, and then the next you are down.  One man finding out how that is the case is World Champion winning Kookaburra Tim Deavin. Just

Ladies First With Funding Windfall

Today was a good day for Women’s football in Australia. The Football Federation Australia (FFA) and FIFA announced that FFA would receive FIFA Goal Project Funding of $A536k ($US500k) over two years to deliver a National Women and Girls Football Development