106 IOC members voted yesterday to include rugby 7s into the Olympic programme for Rio 2016. With the lure of an Olympic gold medal and the desire to see Australia succeed in the spotlight of the...

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy admits nothing his side produces in today’s NRL premiership decider against Parramatta will ever replace the feeling of last year’s embarrassing grand final loss to...

Under-achieving Port Adelaide’s inconsistent season of woe hit a new low as their unlikely AFL finals hopes unravelled under a stunning Brisbane Lions comeback at the Gabba. Read...

Winston Churchill was rushed in as Prime Minister in 1940, when his country desperately needed him in its darkest days. Just five years later, with the war about to end, he was unceremoniously...

The best club in Europe has been decided, but the question still remains: which domestic league is superior? To determine this, FIFA needs to create a Battle of the Leagues, where the four biggest...

Did I say 19 points? Oh ho ho! What a chuckle. The only people laughing louder than me (and probably AT me too), are the Scottish fans who quite rightly will be dining out on this victory for quite some time to come. There’s also a few deranged...

Australia’s rugby season reached a shocking new low with an humiliating 9-8 loss to Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Five-eighth Matt Giteau missed a conversion attempt two minutes into injury time that would have saved Australia’s blushes after...

New Zealand scored 13 unanswered second-half points to beat an improved England side 19-6 in the rugby Test at Twickenham on Saturday. The home team mostly matched the visitors and trailed by just three points until All Blacks scrumhalf Jimmy Cowan...

The Karmichael Hunt and Kevin Sheedy experiments may very well end up unmitigated success stories that go on to revolutionise the way we look at both recruiting and coaching. But something tells me the main reason they’ve been snapped up isn’t all...

What a remarkable last few days of World Cup qualifying. Such a shame it’s been tarnished by Theirry Henry’s handball and the debate that has followed it. However, that’s not what I’m interested in discussing. Instead something has been...