Sport Archive

Gripping finals matches, success for our Australian players and outstanding attendance figures highlighted the 2013 Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Considered as the first of the four ‘Grand Slam’ tennis events of the year, the Australian Open is conducted on the picturesque …

With the Summer Olympics and accompanying sunshine just a memory, hostile grey skies and relentless rain are an appropriate setting for the ongoing race row that’s accompanied the English football season. After last year’s high profile racial issues, there are new allegations …

As the London Olympics 2012 regaled the world with a spectacular opening ceremony this morning that as usual celebrated the power of sport to bring nations together, India and Pakistan prepare to re-build their fragile relationship through cricket. But as Joseph Rana …

The Sydney Swans recorded a comprehensive win over the Brisbane Lions last night at the SCG. The 110–63 points’ victory sees the Swans now sit atop the ladder after Round 14, which even the most ardent Swans supporter would have thought unlikely …

The Game 3 decider, incredibly, lived up to the weeks of hype and expectation that had built to a crescendo by game day. The end result was the same as the past six years with Queensland taking the title. But it was …

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar joins the Indian parliament but as Joseph Ra’na reflects, officially mixing sports and politics may not be such a good idea after all. Be it well dressed kids sporting the best cricket gear money could buy or the …

South Sydney Rabbitohs Matt King, Dave Tyrrell and Chris McQueen are shaving their heads to raise money for Down syndrome. The genetic condition affects around 1 in 800 babies in Australia. South’s centre King, famous for his mass of brown dreadlocks, said …