“Politics is a blood sport.” So said the politician Aneurin Bevan, whose stubborn persistence and booming Welsh oratory helped him spearhead one of the British government’s most revered accomplishments, the establishment of the publicly funded National Health Service.
Three games apiece against the No. 1-ranked team in the world across all formats. Not a bad result, all things considered.
Gone are the days when a footy-loving girl was told to hang up her shorts for a netball skirt. But that doesn’t mean one sport is better than another
Former Australia batsman’s father says his son woke up with a virus and felt so bad that he almost pulled out
By Isabelle Westbury, Adelaide
Greg Hughes, father of the Australian cricketer Phillip who died this time last year, has revealed that his son nearly withdrew from the game in which he suffered the fatal injury.
The roar from the crowd echoed triumphantly through the stadium. The mood was one of nervous excitement. Thirty minutes in and Germany were yet to break the deadlock; the partisan French crowd fancied their luck against the reigning World Champs.
Australia versus New Zealand on the world stage has become a a regular occurrence. Cricket, netball, and rugby World Cup finals have all seen these two nations face off in the past year. Now they’re back at it again in the cricket.
Moderation in all things. A phrase so often uttered and agreed with, but so infrequently followed. And so it is with cricket and its obsession with age.
The Monk’s Tale. That will be the one that England will be reading here in Canterbury as they contemplate a heavy loss in the women’s Test that leaves them needing to win all three Twenty20 matches to win the Ashes.
Ashes Podcast: Episode 3
14 Aug 2015
Geoff Lemon, Anna Lanning, Izzy Westbury and Adam Collins break down the Southern Stars’ victory in the Women’s Ashes Test.
Moving day. In golf, the penultimate day of a four-day tournament is termed as such because it is when competitors try to set themselves up for the final push in the last round. On the third day of the four-day women’s Ashes Test match here at Canterbury it was Australia who, 106 runs ahead overnight, entered the field of play hoping to move far enough out of reach of England to orchestrate a first Test win on English soil since 2001.
Isabelle Westbury 