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In a remarkable display of leniency, Cricket Australia has not shut the door on a return to captaincy by Steve Smith. CA is forming a committee to further delve into the disgraceful ball-tampering incident in the South African Test series, but CA chairman David Peever said that Smith would have an opportunity to ascend to…

Marc Leishman will have a front row seat when he tees it up for the first round of the 2018 Masters tournament tomorrow in Augusta, Georgia. He will be playing in a threesome alongside England’s Tommy Fleetwood and Tiger Woods. Tiger mania is already underway, judging by the roar that went up from the spectators…

The life of a professional athlete sometimes presents difficult choices. At least, we hope that the decision by Mitch Creek to take leave from the Boomers just ahead of the 2018 Gold Coast Games was something of a conundrum. Creek, having experienced the disappointment of coming painfully close to a NBL championship this season with…

The Greater Western Sydney Giants occupy to the top rung after two rounds of the Toyota 2018 AFL Premiership competition, but they will have to stay there, if they can, without the aid of midfielder Tom Scully, who broke his ankle in his side’s win over the Collingwood Magpies at MCG and will require surgery….

Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft are reportedly considering legal options, rather than meekly accept the lengthy bans handed down by Cricket Australia. Smith and Warner both copped 12-month bans, while Bancroft was given a smidge of leniency, just nine months. They have been ordered to return to Australia, with an angry mob armed…

During the course of our careers, it has typically been a lack of pay that has plagued us. We can say with assurance that we have never been accused of a salary cap breach. Former Manly Sea Eagle Coach Geoff Toovey can say the same thing, at least from the perspective that during his five-year…

The NBL finals have given basketball fans their money’s worth, as the series moves to a deciding game five after the Adelaide 36ers managed to take game four 90 – 81 at Titanium Security Stadium. The season now comes down to a lifespan of forty minutes, barring a tie in regulation that necessitates extra time….

Nothing like a little planning for the future. The Newcastle Knights have made no secret of their desire to lure prop Tevita Pangai Junior away from the Brisbane Broncos for the 2019 NRL season. Pangai is just 22 years old and has started the Telstra 2018 NRL Premiership competition in top form and he played…

There are some who feel that Jarryd Hayne is recreating the Parramatta Eels in the image of the Gold Coast Titans, but that assessment seems unduly harsh. Yet, in Round 2 NRL play, Hayne seemed to be, in what appears to be the adjective of the week, “lethargic” in his effort against the Manly Sea…

You might wonder why all the fuss over Tiger Woods and his recent successful comeback to the world of professional golf. The simple answer is that he fuels interest in the game amongst the population that would otherwise not give two hops of the Roo about the game. The Australian connection to the answer is…