Cooper Cronk calls time on magnificent NRL career
Champion halfback Cooper Cronk has announced he will retire from the NRL at the end of the 2019 season.
Champion halfback Cooper Cronk has announced he will retire from the NRL at the end of the 2019 season.
Sydney FC are champions and you can hardly say they don’t deserve it. Actually you could, since Perth Glory were clearly the best team all season.
Tom Boyd announced his retirement last week at age 23, effective immediately.
One of the paradoxes of sports journalism is that it’s often at its most entertaining when you are wrong.
The 2019 Parramatta Eels are not the Melbourne Storm. They are not the Sydney Roosters and they are not the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Israel Folau, a decent man, has been hounded out of rugby by his employer Rugby Australia for expressing his religious views publicly.
Never has a squash ball drawn so much attention in the cricket world. And never has a World Cup final ended in such farcical circumstances. But neither of those took any of the gloss off one of Adam Gilchrist’s finest innings.
Afghanistan are one of two sides who were forced to qualify for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, and they will be looking to make the most of their huge opportunity, but in truth, seem likely to struggle through their nine matches..
As all grand finals should, the 2018/19 A-League decider loomed as a tight and unpredictable affair. Both Perth Glory and Sydney FC had every reason to believe they would prevail at Optus Stadium.
Evening Roarers! I’m pleased to tell you that today I successfully complete the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon. Great news for me, but bad news for my aching calves, and bad news for you, as today’s column is a little light on as a result.
Pakistan just became the first team in ODI history to score 340-plus in three consecutive innings, yet still lost all of those matches in England. That’s how insanely batting-friendly English conditions have become in ODIs.
So South Sydney get a million bucks in salary cap relief following Greg Inglis’ retirement? Sounds about right.
There was something about the Broncos versus Roosters clash that led many to believe Brisbane had more than a hope in Hades.
Round 9 is in the books, so lets take a look back at the best performances from the weekend in team of the week.
With the final whistle for the game the 2018-19 season, the 14th instalment of the A-League, has drawn to a close and its newest champion crowned.
A couple of Origin hopefuls put their hand up, a former Tiger haunts his old side and proof that good things happen to good people. Scott Pryde has conveniently decided to copy his Dragons and take the week off, so I’m on board to bring you my talking points for Round 10.
After a week during which too much of the rugby world was on the front pages instead of the back pages, it has been great to have an exciting weekend of Super Rugby to focus on.
Sydney FC are A-League champions again after pipping Perth Glory 4-1 in a penalty shootout.
What an effort from Sydney FC’s Reza Ghoochannejhad!
This weekend, Australian racing will lose one of its best thoroughbreds of all time to retirement.
This weekend, Australian racing will lose one of its best thoroughbreds of all time to retirement.
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One of the paradoxes of sports journalism is that it’s often at its most entertaining when you are wrong.