Posts Tagged "press conference"

Mark Webber shoots straight from the hip

By The Radical, 29 Feb 2012

 

Mark Web­ber is a mod­est individual. The Aus­tralian con­fesses that he is “no light ver­sion” despite a pro­duc­tive off-season fitness regime on the back of a disappointing 2011 campaign.

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St George Illawarra coach Wayne Bennett has taken the extraordinary step of apologising to journalists after fullback Darius Boyd produced a press conference stonewall to rival the boss.

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Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin branded New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori “low” for questioning his integrity on Monday in a bitter aftermath to the Chappell-Hadlee series opener.

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From what I hear Pim Verbeek was considering staying in his air-conditioned hotel room rather than venturing out into the sauna of the Jakarta night for the Socceroos’ match against Indonesia on Wednesday – and it would have been a good move for all sorts of reasons.

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The A-League is often described as a developing child, still in its infancy. This does give us the opportunity to learn from other leagues, but also for us to create a competition unique to Australia. While some have questioned whether the A-League should bother with a final series, it is quintessentially Australian.

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Here we are again, about to enter into a new season. The journos are all refreshed and ready to get into it, after a long summer layoff, where we were served up the usual rubbish. Do they think that the rugby fraternity is made up of idiots?

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Controversy is usually never far behind Queensland Roar hardman Danny Tiatto. But in Queensland’s 4-2 win over Perth Glory at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night, Tiatto looked to have clocked a personal best – it took just three minutes to seemingly go from hero to villain.

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Ever since Sir Alex crossed the border to take over Man United in 1986, things haven’t been the same at Merseyside. Liverpool’s dominance over English football gave way to United and, to a lesser extent, Arsenal and Chelsea.

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The biggest story to come out of the Sydney FC club this week is the future of embattled coach, John Kosmina. Considered by many to be lucky to still have a job, Kosmina’s status nonetheless appeared safe this time last week.

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It may be the business end of the A-League season but Queensland’s 3-1 win over Sydney FC on Saturday night was clearly personal after Roar coach Frank Farina was called a “liar” by rival mentor John Kosmina in a stunning post-match dressing down.

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There’s never anything wrong with a bit of chutzpah. But there’s good chutzpah and then there’s Anthony Mundine-style chutzpah, and I don’t know about you but for me a lot of what is coming out of Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer’s mouth of late has been Choc cringeworthy: not only is the club going [...]

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Every six hit by David Warner in his phenomenal debut for Australia in the Twenty20 match at the MCG against South Africa was a nail in the coffin of Matthew Hayden’s hopes of toughing out his batting slump for a final Ashes series later in the year.

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Former Collingwood captain Nathan Buckley hopes Ben Cousins can recapture his former greatness, but says it is impossible to predict.

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Uncertainty over his fitness and three years without racing have Lance Armstrong doubly nervous about his much-anticipated cycling comeback.

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New England cricket captain Andrew Strauss believes his troubled team has time to heal before taking on Australia in the Ashes.

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Warriors captain Steve Price fought back tears today, as he spoke of the anguish over teammate Sonny Fai, missing after disappearing in the surf at a beach on Auckland’s west coast on Sunday.

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It’s not over yet, South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher says. Australia will resume on day four of the third Test on Tuesday at none for 33 with an overall lead of 151 on an SCG pitch playing tricks and keeping low.

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Two debutants are set to be named in the Australian team for Saturday’s final Test against South Africa on Saturday.

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It’s been an interesting year in sports! Here are eight sporting moments that stirred the soul in 2008, and eight more that we’d rather forget.

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Richmond captain Chris Newman is confident the Tigers won’t be distracted by any sideshow the Ben Cousins recruitment could become next AFL season.

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