The A-league’s best player makes a quick exit, but are our young players going to Europe in wrong ways? New Zealander Marco Rojas has had a stellar season, scoring 15 goals in 27 appearances, and was highly instrumental in Melbourne Victory’s top 4 finish. He has scooped up nearly every major award: the Johnny Warren...
Claude Miller’s adaptation of François Mauriac’s acclaimed novel, ‘Therese Desqueyroux’ had the potential to be great, but the lack of character development make for a disappointing film. Claude miller’s posthumous film (he died in April 2012, before the films release) is based on Francois Mauriac’s best selling 1926 novel of the same name. A French...
Soccer is the most played sport in the world, played and watched by billions of people. Soccer’s administrations claim to be representative of this enormous following, yet the leaders of soccer’s major bodies are men of questionable integrity. Corruption and controversy remains rife within their ranks, and the bureaucracy spends more time squabbling than making...
The life of Bernard Tomic reads more like a soap opera than a fledgling tennis career. There have been model girlfriends, impounded orange BMWs, on and off court tantrums and now head-butting. The news that Tomic’s father and coach, John, had head-butted his hit-up partner, Thomas Drouet, wasn’t met with shock but rather a sense...
We all know about it. We all fear it. We avoid it as much as we possibly can. Yet once in awhile, we let our guard down and it gets a chance to strike. It exists in many forms; whether it is hidden in the shadows or in plain sight, we can feel its presence...
Racism continues to be a major problem in soccer in Australia. When the rest of our society has moved on, why does it still lag behind? Last year there was a major brawl in a suburban soccer match at Tullamarine involving a Sudanese team, the Sunshine Heights Western Tigers, and around 100 home supporters. Several...
“No, but maybe if we can make a decision soon we will be there by 2050. Although I’m not sure if we will be going by road, or train, or maybe by plane if that new connecting railway goes ahead.” When it comes to the future of our transport system, this is one of...
A sundered and worn knuckle comes crashing into a wooden step with the force of a sledgehammer. This process repeats itself not once, not twice, but throughout the entire duration of our ascent up the stairs leading to the Karate Museum. Master Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro’s knuckles are boulders, battered and tortured dead after years of...
I thought what we had was special! There’s just no loyalty. I made you what you are – you can’t just leave me! Well, you’ll never be as happy there as you were here. Good riddance. Despite what you may be thinking, no, these are not the words of a crazy ex-girlfriend. These are the...
Liz Lemon: Why are you wearing a tuxedo? Jack Donaghy: It’s after six. What am I, a farmer? – 30 Rock. Judging a book by its cover is not desirable, but it’s initially the only evidence we have. When meeting people, we inevitably make assumptions and judgements purely based on how they look. While an...
June 28, 1997. On this day, one of the most anticipated rematches of the decade was scheduled. Holyfield vs Tyson II: The Sound and the Fury. It sounded absolutely riveting. Mike Tyson, angry and embarrassed after losing his World Boxing Association (WBA) title to a seemingly “washed up” Evander Holyfield the year before, was out...
Ask Mahe Fonua where he’s from, and he’ll say “Springvale”. Where he was born? “East Melbourne.” The young gun is of Tongan heritage, but is Victorian through and through. As the first ever Victorian to represent Melbourne Storm in the NRL, his debut at just 19 years old was highly anticipated by the rugby league...
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