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The first week of the 2007 Tour de France ended with a win for Tom Boonen, neatly bookending this sprinters festival with the first stage win of Robbie McEwen. While there were surprises in how the wins came, the reality was that the crème de la crème of the sport still took them and those [...]

In all the bad publicity that NRL players can received for off field incidents, a lot of good deeds do go unnoticed. One that shouldn’t is Eels players Nathan Hindmarsh, Daniel Wagon and Mark Ridell taking on the Kokoda Track for White Ribbon, an organisation that aims to end men’s violence against women. The Trek [...]

Bloody Eels. They cost me a perfect round last weekend. Goes to show that this comp is by no means settled apart from the minor premiers. We can call that for the Storm right now. I love this time of year. The runs to the finals is the first hint that spring is not far [...]

I would like to point out that I am on holidays in Tasmania, which made it very hard for me to post. That geospatial fact was the reason I didn’t post last week. Honestly, it had nothing to do with the fact that I tipped abysmally, nor with the fact that Essendon went down in [...]

I would like to point out that I am on holidays in Tasmania, which made it very hard for me to post. That geospatial fact was the reason I didn’t post last week. Honestly, it had nothing to do with the fact that I tipped abysmally, nor with the fact that Essendon went down in [...]

Offseasons are dull by definition, a tale of potentialities and prognostication, might-bes, not events.The A-League is no different so I’ll try and keep this short, with a report-card flavour. Adelaide United Appear to be on the path to renewal after the eruptions of V2. Older players have retired (Veart*) or been shown the door (The [...]

The has been a lot of interesting sporting news to come out of the 119th Olympic Session held in Guatemala. Firstly there was the announcement that Sochi, Russia is the next host city of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today elected Sochi (Russian Federation) as the host city of the [...]

Origin is over which means the race for the top eight now begins in earnest. The Storm, barring a massive form slump, have the minor premiership. Manly in second place but eem to have the wobbles and the Eels and possibly the Cowboys have a chance to secure second spot. And down the table the [...]

Alas, for good reasons I did not get a chance to live blog Origin III. And what a game. A gallant QLD suffering a horrible injury toll did all they could to hold NSW back. But eventually, something had to give and NSW ran out winners 18-4. The fact that both Hayne and El Masri [...]

On Sunday the 8th of July the Socceroos will complete the final stage of the 2004 Football Revolution by competing for the first time in the premier football competition this side of the Urals (I would’ve said the Bosphorus but Turkey and indeed Kazakhstan are part of Europe as far as football is concerned), the [...]