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![With a little over a month left in the Hyundai A-League regular season, the race for the Premiership rather than the battle to make the top six should take centre stage. After all, it appears set for an unbelievable finale in Sydney on February 14.
When the FFA announced this season’s competition would employ a top [...] Ben Somerford: A-League Premiership set for ultimate climax](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/melbourne-victory-sydney-fc-kemp-colosimo-th.jpg)
![With England due to face Australia for the 8th time in one-day internationals in the past few weeks – and the 15th time in all cricket in three months – it seems an approapriate time to pour petrol on the fire of debate that is surrounding the 50-over game.
The problem, certainly from where I’m sitting, [...] Alec Swann: One day cricket is a case of familiarity breeding contempt](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ecb-forces-one-day-cricket-james-hopes-th.jpg)
![There’s been a bit of significant Australian football news slipping under the radar recently. Last week Football Federation Australia announced they had signed an agreement with Indonesia that is intended to result in “a raft of exchange programs and more internationals between the two countries.”
As Matthew Hall wrote in his SBS blog, “Had you blinked [...] Davidde Corran: A raw deal is still the best deal for the Matildas](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/salisbury-matildas-th.jpg)
![On Monday Tennis Australia votes for its latest President. In the blue corner is the establishment doyen Geoff Pollard, now 20 years at the helm. And in the red corner, with the promise of change, is Paul McNamee, a former professional player and now a gifted and successful administrator.
If Tennis Australia wants to be re-invigorated [...] Spiro Zavos: It’s got to be Paul McNamee for Tennis Australia](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/paul-mcnamee-tennis-australia-th-128x150.jpg)
![The race-fixing scandal involving the Renault F1 team is getting ugly with the team commencing legal proceedings against Nelson Piquet for defamation and blackmail following his bombshell accusations. The saga is only going to get uglier.
For the uninitiated, Renault have been accused of fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix by allegedly ordering Nelson Piquet [...] Adrian Musolino: The ramifications of race-fixing saga will run deep](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/is-formula-1-rotten.jpg)
![The AFL’s expansion to 18 teams means the talent pool will become more diluted and clubs are reacting to this by seeking new ways to find players. It presents a new challenge for footy clubs and it’s interesting to observe their different methods.
When the Gold Coast and West Sydney clubs do arrive on the AFL [...] Ben Somerford: AFL clubs beginning to think outside the square](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/AFL-clubs-think-outside-square-karmichael-hunt-broncos-th.jpg)
![It was only when I started scribbling some notes for this week’s column that I realised the errors of my timing. For some time, I have suggested on The Roar that a massive opportunity sits as yet untested for both Football Federation Australia and Cricket Australia.
And I thought this week was time to expand on [...] Brett McKay: Show A-League and Twenty20 on Friday nights](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/is-a-league-boring-rudan-ognenovski-costa-th.jpg)
![Expect a steady stream of positive news stories to come out of the A-League this season. There’s a real buzz about the competition, which kicks off in less than a month.
No where is that more the case than in the west, where Perth Glory are banking on some high-profile signings to return them to [...] Mike Tuckerman: Rejuvenated Perth Glory great for the A-League](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/rejuvenated-perth-glory-rukavytsya-th.jpg)
![I’ve always thought that Channel Nine sports presenter Ken Sutcliffe would be a good bloke to share a beer with. Thirty years of covering everything from the America’s Cup to Wimbledon means he’s probably got plenty of tales to tell.
Admittedly my rationale isn’t based on the most scientific of premises.
One year for [...] Mike Tuckerman: A-League excites despite media indifference](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/a-league-excites-carlos-hernandez-th.jpg)
![Bathurst’s importance to the V8 Supercar series is immeasurable. It is the categories’ showpiece event, its chance to reach viewers who ordinarily wouldn’t watch the regular V8 Supercar rounds. And as such, it ranks up there with the Melbourne Cup and the AFL Grand Final.
But where does it fit within Australia’s sporting landscape?
It has the [...] Adrian Musolino: Bathurst is one of Australia’s great sporting events](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bathurst-th.jpg)
![Despite the giant strides made in the game from the Socceroos World Cup showing and the development of the A-League, football continues to fight for attention in the mainstream press, on free to air television and in print. It seems an ingrained ignorance still exists, judging by the pitiful coverage in certain sections of the [...] Adrian Musolino: Why does the mainstream media ignore football?](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/newcastle-jets-grand-final-th.jpg)
![Australian boss Pim Verbeek yesterday named his squad for the ‘must-not-lose’ AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Indonesia in Brisbane on March 3, with the 25-man squad consisting of 21 local-based players along with four from abroad. So has he got it right?
The Socceroos‘ qualification for next year’s Asian Cup in Qatar hinges on a result [...] Ben Somerford: Has Verbeek got it right for Indonesia?](http://www.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ogre-verbeek-th.jpg)



