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Chances are this issue has ended up in your hands in the days or weeks following your return to the rat race for another year; likely you’re fired up for another 12 months of highs and lows, tears, laughter, wins and losses. You know, much like the r

The Aussie one-day cricket side? They still do that? Sure ... just not in Australia anymore. The boys are in India, because the Indians said so, and people are kinda happy with Big Bash for all their cricketing needs after the New Year. But for the n

Nothing can break the bonds of friendship forged within the ranks of the Girlfriendz masters softball team. Certainly not a measly 3000-plus kilometres, anyway. With 2020 shaping up as a big year for the far-flung team, the players are clocking up th

1 Bigger than the Bash? Who says T20 should be strictly domestic leagues? Cricket’s shortest format (for now) goes in for international competition with the Women’s T20 World Cup, with ten countries playing 23 matches across six venues in Sydney, Per

IT HAS been less than two years since Matthew Wade considered himself as surplus to Australia’s requirements. Having been dropped from the Australian setup, he was reconciling himself to be a domestic cricketer until retirement. The irony is that the

1 It only comes along every four years, but the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo, set for July 24 to August 9, will undoubtedly be the headline act of a “gojira” year of sport. How will the Aussie team go up against the world’s best? More than 60

Tennis tragics, in our most febrile fantasies, could not have imagined the year Ash Barty put together in 2019. Neither could she. “It feels like a year that just hasn’t stopped,” said the gifted, diminutive 23-year-old. “At times it felt like a circ

BUILD it and they will come. The A-League’s first purpose-built stadium, with construction underway 25km from Melbourne’s CBD, will take two years to complete. To get there, Western United fans will flock over the West Gate Bridge, whose shape serves

GREG CHAPPELL, an Australian cricketing icon, finally retired from the game last year after over 50 years as a player, captain, coach, commentator and selector. Chappell scored a century in his first and last Tests – 14 years apart. He was an integra

Over the past three years the name Brianna Davey had become synonymous with the Carlton Football Club. The 24-year-old was one of the Blues’ marquee players for the inaugural season; she’d spent the past two seasons captaining the club and her effort

If they were planning on attending a Grand Prix overseas, most motorsport fans would likely choose one of the classics like Monaco, Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps or Japan’s legendary figure-of-eight-style track at Suzuka. Or perhaps one of the sport’s

“24 Hours of Lemons is a duration and attrition event for low-budget cars and teams. The teams consist of a minimum of four drivers – up to as many as the team wants. They share the driving and the costs of having a $1,000 car that’s been set up with

AUSTRALIAN swim coach Brenton Ford has built an enormous online following with his simple but effective stroke correction and technique videos. Following stints as the head coach for Melbourne University and Powerpoints Masters Swimming Club, where h

Is there a sports-lover in your life who is always putting in the hard yards for their sport or local club, and who you think deserves some recognition for their devotion? The Sportscover Clubbies Awards wants to hail your unsung local heroes of gras

These immortal words were delivered by the New York Yankees’ legendary first baseman in a farewell speech in between games on July 4, 1939 during an Independence Day double-header against the Washington Senators at the old Yankee Stadium. Gehrig was