Australia
Why Ange Postecoglou owes his success to Manchester City
Ange Postecoglou’s journey to the Premier League has been a long one – Getty Images/Gyln Kirk The story starts with Vince Grella, once at Blackburn Rovers and also an international from Australia, who recommends Ange Postecoglou to Frank Trimboli, one of Europe’s biggest football agents. From there, a management career began to take shape. As … Read more
Terry Venables, Katie Taylor and Mohamed Salah
Terry Venables, who has died aged 80, is best known for his time as England manager. What other country did he rule? Kuwait Australia Qatar republic of Ireland Venables played for a number of England teams including the schoolboy team, several youth teams, the senior team and… England amateur team England over-50s England 10 pin … Read more
How Owen Farrell, rugby’s man of steel, was pushed to the breaking point
Farrell has stepped away from international rugby to protect himself and his family – Getty Images/Adam Pretty Two days before England’s Rugby World Cup warm-up match against Ireland in Dublin in August, the first warning sign sounded about Owen Farrell’s true state of mind. Until that point, Farrell had always exuded the air of the … Read more
Former England manager Terry Venables dies at the age of 80
Terry Venables was a hugely popular manager for both club and country – Getty Images/Phil Cole Terry Venables was hailed as “the most technically gifted British coach” in history as the biggest names in English football paid tribute following his death at the age of 80. The former England manager, who masterminded the 4-1 demolition … Read more
The charismatic manager who almost brought football home
Terry Venables will forever be remembered as the manager who oversaw the summer that brought football home. The charismatic boss, who has died aged 80, enjoyed a colorful and controversial career, the undoubted highlight of which was bringing England within a penalty shoot-out of reaching the European Championship final on home soil in 1996 . … Read more
City, cricket, crowds, clubs and Colts
There were 92,453 people at the Cricket World Cup final between India and Australia on Sunday. It was a huge crowd, but 560 short of the highest attendance in cricket history. Where was that match played? In the same stadium a week earlier Melbourne Pasadena Wembley Manchester City will play Liverpool in the Premier League … Read more
How difficult is it to travel internationally from Australia without flying?
When Sacha Shaw decided to move from Melbourne to Canada, he was determined to travel without flying. But the environmental researcher and freelance journalist hadn’t even left Australian shores when he realized it was going to be harder than he initially thought. Shaw traveled by bus and train to Mount Isa in January before hitchhiking … Read more