The city of Perth seems to own football at the moment. The West Coast Eagles are holders of the AFL premiership flag and the local soccer team seems to be basking in glory. Weak word play, but the Perth Glory currently holds a four-point lead over Melbourne Victory and five points on Sydney FC after…

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are through to the quarterfinals. Djokovic will face Ken Nishikori. For non-tennis fans, Nishikori is that polite Japanese bloke who plays quite well, but knows his place and bows out when he has to face the top men. Nishikori and Djokovic have played 17 times, with the Djoker holding a…

Andy Murray and Bernard Tomic share the commonality of being dismissed in the first round of the Australian Open. It is common to both also that no one expected much from either man. Murray has a surgically repaired hip that is not cooperating with regard to life in general, let along with regard to playing…

India won a Test series on Australian soil for the first time, but it seemed a question of time only, as in, when is the next time India tour down under, as the Australian Text XI will be found curled into a fetal position until they have to take the oval again. Steve Smith, David…