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It might not sit too well with the Royal and Ancient that they decided, after almost 70 years to play The Open Championship in Northern Ireland, that a golfer from the rebel Republic of Ireland to the south won the 148th edition of The Open Championship. No worries, it was sheer coincidence, not a plan…

Members of the Carlton Blues playing list have been talking to the higher-ups to give the open coaching job with the club to David Teague. Teague is filling in for now and the players started being more open about his getting the gig following a rare win by the Blues over the Fremantle Dockers in…

At the risk of sounding melancholy, it is with some degree of sadness that we report that Alison Riske has sent Ash Barty out of The Championships at Wimbledon. Barty had a win streak of 15 matches, which is quite a run in women’s tennis, although in pales by comparison to the 66 straight won…

Israel Folau seems to be in the running for World’s Most Unpopular Man at the moment. He has lost his job playing rugby, despite being one of the best footballers ever. Folau took to social media to appeal for money with which to battle Rugby Australia over his termination for saying what he thought, launching…

John Longmire, the former North Melbourne great is doing what everyone seems to be doing, which is to avoid the vacancy at the coaching position that the Kangaroos have on their hands. The Roos are looking for a full-time successor to the dearly departed Brad Scott, but Longmire either is playing coy or truly does…

After missing the chance to play rep football for the All Blacks for over two years, Kieran Foran has indicated that he would like to participate for New Zealand for a Test with Tonga. Injuries have hampered Foran for some time, including the second half of last year. Foran now appears to be at full…

We were shaking our heads over the dismal turnout for the game between the Port Adelaide Power and the St. Kilda Saints played in Shanghai. It would seem easy to fill a 20,000-capacity stadium in a country with a population of over one billion, but the venue was half-full, or half empty, if you are…

Regardless of where you stand with regard to short format cricket, ODIs and T20 are not going away anytime soon. In fact, it is more likely that the old-fashioned, multi-day affairs will follow the route of Thoroughbred staying races than any other route. Former Australian quick Glenn McGrath, who played during the glory years when…

Rugby Australia extended an olive branch to Israel Folau, but Folau apparently values his beliefs to a degree that had him nixing the chance to return to Super Rugby and the Wallabies. As the all-time leading try scorer of the Super Rugby competition, it would seem that Rugby Australia needs Folau worse than he needs…

We were still in short pants the last time the Melbourne Demons won a premiership in 1964. The current season of the Toyota AFL Premiership competition does not appear to be the year for that drought to end. The Dees beat a favoured Hawthorn side in Round 8 of the 2019 season with a gritty…