Last weekend's string of unpredictable results in the English Premier League has been mirrored in Australia proving the A-League remains as competitive as ever.

While Hull City were shocking Arsenal and Wigan upsetting big spending Manchester City, closer to home joint league leaders Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory both lost matches they were widely anticipated to win. Click to continue reading...

Well it's not the AFL Club's, Adelaide Crows or Port Adelaide. They might have been going 150 years but who's heard of them outside Melbourne:)

Is there even a Rugby League or Union side from Adelaide?

Adelaide United a club just a few years old, already well known across Pohang, Korea, Changchun, China and Kashima, Japan. Click to continue reading...

The AFL is Australia's most successful and commercial sport. It has been steadily grinding other sports into the dust over the last 30 years. The next 20 years will see whether rugby league and rugby union can survive the onslaught.

The battles have been played out in the union and league heartlands of Sydney and Brisbane. Click to continue reading...

FFA investigations

Spitting in rugby league is worth 3 weeks. In football, a minimum of 12 months unless the FFA decides to downgrade to a lessor charge.Lucky Dino Djulbic. Perth could not afford to end the career of one of its outstanding performers from last year.

At the same time, the FFA decided not to charge Mark Bosnich for his un-carded professional foul on Massimo Murdocca. Click to continue reading...

By winning promotion to this season's Premier League Hull City can finally put to rest a title they have unhappily held for many years - the largest city in Europe never to have hosted a top division club. Any idea who is the new recipient of this dubious award? After years and years of muddling along in this rugby league hotbed, a new stadium and solid financial backing have catapulted Hull City up the ladder of English football. Click to continue reading...

In 2008, Australian sport has undergone turmoil. Basketball hit the wall with at least 3 teams disappearing. Women's basketball struggled against the rise of trans-tasman netball. CEO John O'Neil declared rugby union financial dead and 'boring'. Rugby league has 'grabbed the table' in its 100th year, with fans and players deserting on mass, and government redirecting money away. Click to continue reading...

But Luke Wilkshire does a Harry....oh the Aussie spirit!



Mike Cockerill wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald that Harry Kewell did what?

The 29-year-old scored for his new Turkish side, Galatasaray, in an opening-round win over Denizlispor last weekend, and has suggested part of his motivation for moving to Istanbul was to cut down the travelling time when he plays for his country in Asia.

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The Sydney Morning Herald are reporting Women's basketball is to be given the bounce from FTA live games on Saturday afternoons. And the suggestion is Women's live football will fill the spot! See your Canberra daughter play live on TV. That would be nice!

http://www.smh.com.au/news/basketball/abc-plans-to-give-wnbl-the-bounce/2008/07/03/1214950952192. Click to continue reading...

World Cup glory, Durham style So what do you do on a blank Saturday? Pete Sixsmith reminisced about boyhood and "real Rugby", then soaked up the spirit of the FA Cup. Another week off for international games and another week... Click to continue reading...