Begorrah. Talk about the luck of the Irish. Ireland’s football team was cruelly denied a place at next year’s World Cup in South Africa due to a blatant piece of cheating from the French this morning.
In an act of grand larceny, ex-Arsenal striker Thierry Henry – currently at Spanish giants Barcelona – handballed twice (the [...]
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
The Crawford Review: time to stop chasing the Olympic dream?
November 18, 2009 – 10:43 am
The long-awaited Crawford Review of Australian Sport has finally been released (read it here) and it’s causing quite a stir in this sports-mad country of ours.
As Bernard Keane reported in yesterday’s Crikey Daily Mail:
[The report] has in effect called the bluff of successive Australian governments and proposed a re-weighting of sports funding away from elite [...]
The youngest black-belt in the world
November 15, 2009 – 11:59 am
Just how many youngest black belts in the world are there?
A 2020 view of Australian sport
November 12, 2009 – 9:49 pm
By Bobas at Green and Gold Rugby
Australia has a relatively low population for the number of popular male ‘national’ sports: the various football codes and cricket. This inevitably causes a high level of competition among them for fans and finance. Other countries recognise that possible changes in these sports may be seen first in Australia. [...]
And the winner is – Melbourne!
November 12, 2009 – 9:23 am
By Juan Cote at Green and Gold Rugby
The wait is finally over with Melbourne being named as the new Super 15 franchise that will enter the Super rugby competition in 2011. Just how the announcement will be greeted in Melbourne remains to be seen after the city was left standing at the alter some years [...]
Wallabies vs Poms preview
November 7, 2009 – 5:13 am
Matt is the editor of GreenandGoldRugby.com
The Wallaby team to take on England this weekend was named today, and what flutter of excitement it’s caused. There might only be one new starter and a few positional swaps in it, but what a change it signals.
From the makeshift security of The Earl (AAC) and Ryan Cross being [...]
Tasmanians unite to free Jason Krejza
November 6, 2009 – 3:32 pm
Here at Crikey we get a truckload of press releases. So so many. Concerned Tasmanians for Jason Krejza must be the greatest of them all.
Andre Agassi: No more heroes any more?
November 1, 2009 – 8:29 pm
Is Andre Agassi’s name even Andre Agassi?
It’s worth asking considering other revelations contained in Agassi’s autobiography titled Open published next week. Thanks to sensational serialised extracts from the book, media outlets all over the world have been happy to give Agassi’s book fantastic free publicity. The five-times Grand Slam champ’s confessions that he used crystal meth, [...]
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