The two primary rules making governing bodies of golf, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association, have spent the last five years considering changing the sacrosanct rules of golf, but much to the surprise of everyone, it is simplicity, not more complexity, that has driven the move. The two institutions are…

It was just last season, if memory serves, that Australian cricket seemed to be on life support, with questions abounding about some of the decision-making in terms of selections and anything other than Don Bradman-like play being assailed as unacceptable at the international level. The worm seems to have turned this year, with the most…

In a country where wagering of all kinds is more or less ingrained into the cultural landscape, the lifetime ban of Wests Tigers Tim Simona for punting on rugby league games seems unduly harsh, but for the fact that the rules are clear and unambiguous concerning the issue. The Tigers’ centre, just 25 years of…