The Essendon Football Club has gone public with the findings of the internally launched Ziggy Switkowski Report into the club's management and administrative protocols. Citing legal reasons, the club has said the document itself cannot be made public. Club chairman Davis Evans summed up…
In recent times we have been bombarded with news of doping scandals in sport – both confirmed and alleged. From the contrite and seemingly stage managed confession by Lance Armstrong to the current allegations swirling around the AFL and NRL, the issue of drugs…
It is often said that Australians will bet on two flies climbing up a wall. If you were a gambler in days' past that was a good way to sustain your penchant. Nowadays, there is no need to invent situations on which to…
It was on this day, 38 years ago, that Viv Richards first swaggered onto a Test ground. The Indian fans in Bangalore that day got the first glimpse of a gait that soon become recognized by cricket fans around the globe. His debut…
There is a reason that Test cricket is spelt with a capital 'T'. Simply, it is because it is the ultimate Test – of character, technique, courage, skill, persistence, stamina and dedication. Test cricket has a set of conundrums that sets it apart…
Suicide claims an Australian life on average every four hours. Since my own attempt in the middle of last year following a mental breakdown I have spent many hours travelling around Western Australia as an advocate for the One Life Suicide Prevention Strategy. …
The Olympic Games are special. For the sports that compete in both the summer and winter variety they are the pinnacle of any athlete's career. The reasons for this are many – the sheer of volume of competitors, the insatiable media appetite to…
For the next fortnight London will play host to the cream of the world's elite athletes, each striving for personal success. Like many I will be glued to the coverage as reputations will be forged. But sadly, more than likely, some will be etched into…
Like General Custer at his last stand, Lance Armstrong is being steady encircled and there appears little prospect of an escape. Ever since he returned to the peloton in 1998 following his battle with cancer the seven-time winner of the Tour de France has…
I clearly remember standing in the middle of a rain-soaked Singhalese Sports Club in September 1999 as the third and final Test of the Sri Lanka-Australia series was coming to a very wet conclusion with the hosts on the precipice of claiming a historic 1-nil…