World Cup

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

Will the Kookaburras Pay the Price for A Lack of Planning?

The application date for the coaching position of the Australian men’s hockey team closes in less than 24 hours and then the rumours will commence as to who has applied, and who is likely to be given the role. One