Posts Tagged "Melbourne"

Melbourne is the undisputed sporting capital of Australia and currently holds the title of ‘Ultimate Sports City’ of the world. But that title is at stake.

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Football Federation Australia and the Melbourne Victory need to take action against Kevin Muscat following the horrendous tackle on Melbourne Heart young gun Adrian Zahra.

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The city end of Swan Street in Richmond in January is a testament to the incomparable passion people in the south have for sport.

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Approximately one year ago, I wrote my debut article for The Roar, discussing the potential effects the Melbourne Rebels Super rugby team would have on the Melbourne Storm. If a week is a long time in football, a year is an eternity.

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Draws. They happen once or twice a year and leave everybody involved feeling hollow and unfulfilled. Yet they’ve got their place. When the final siren sounded with Melbourne and Collingwood locked on 76 at the MCG yesterday, that foreign feeling returned.

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When Melbourne announce that coach Dean Bailey – who has presided over a total of seven wins in his two seasons at the helm – has been given a new contract, effectively extending his stay by a year, you have every right to question what the world is coming to.

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Is Formula 1 the hardest sport in the world to enter?

By Tristan Rayner, 22 Feb 2010

 

The 2010 Formula 1 season kicks off in just under three weeks time in Bahrain. The off season has generated its usual round of rumours, threats and innuendo, but this year more than ever, there has been intrigue and speculation.

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The cries of the die-hard members of the Victorian Rugby Community were answered late last year. After so long, top flight rugby was coming to Victoria. The Melbourne Rebels were resurrected.

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The new Melbourne Super 15 franchise is in disarray with investors pulling out after failing to agree to terms with the Australian Rugby Union over funding.

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In what must go down as one of the most outrageous pieces of anti-World Cup hysteria ever seen in the mainstream media, Herald Sun readers awoke to discover that the city of Melbourne was to be taken over by a threat greater than the Martians.

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Everyone has seen the articles coming out at the moment regarding the use of the MCG, and more particularly, Docklands Stadium as World Cup venues and the impact it will have on the AFL season.

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The Kookaburras have qualified for the Champions Trophy men’s hockey final with seven goals in the final 20 minutes for a record-breaking 10-3 win over Spain on Saturday.

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Former Wallabies Joe Roff and David Fitter say Melbourne’s entry into an expanded Super 15 competition could make the city one of the biggest producers of Australian rugby players.

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With just hours to go, the time is right to pour some petrol on those propaganda flames. Once again, I found myself reflecting on the possible curve balls SARU (South African Rugby Union) can toss at SANZAR in effort to justify their Southern Kings bid.

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Melbourne has won endorsement from the ARU Board as Australia’s sole contender for the 15th Super Rugby licence.

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Last weekend, the AFL, through its split round, gave both rugby codes an opportunity to shine in Melbourne with no AFL games on either Saturday or Sunday.

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The World Club Challenge has matured to point where it may be time to tweak the format in order to allow it to continue to grow. Sunday’s nights game was great and the atmosphere at Elland Rd was sensational, as people have come to expect

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Bullish New Zealand coach Andy Moles has urged his troops to whitewash Australia before Sunday’s crunch one-day clash at the SCG.

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Central Coast are confident they can be an A-League finals force without their former star midfielder Mile Jedinak, despite having lost every game since he left the club.

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Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek liked what he saw from the A-League stars who opened Australia’s Asian Cup campaign against Indonesia last week. It’s just that he didn’t like them enough.

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