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Sports gifts in Santa's many sacks is one image

Sports gifts in Santa's many sacks is one image

It is two sleeps to Christmas morning. Photographs of Santa\'s sleigh show his sacks filled with toys including a range of Sport items from cricket, football, toy racing cars, golf clubs and tennis racquets, swirling hoops too, push bikes – such a photograph is very familiar to us. .

  • Big Bash Cricket: With the Boxing Day Test upon us

    Big Bash cricket is here. The T/20 format is underway, with all the entertainment that goes with the big hitting game. Despite what you might think of it, the format has captured the imagination of cricket fans.

  • Manchester City work for points!

    Manchester City remained top of the table after a hard fought 1-0 win over Arsenal at Etihad Stadium. City needed to win after last weeks disappointing defeat to Chelsea and made sure of the points but not before a few scares from the Gunners. Arsenal are now in need of more points however can be happy with the effort after tough midweek fixtures.

  • Christmas signals a sports extravaganza

    Christmas signals an Australian sports extravaganza – just look what happens after Christmas.

  • Premier League - Round 15

    Fifteen rounds into the season, the Premier League race is more open than ever, with Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal all in contention to chase down Manchester City for the title.

  • Big Cricket, Big Bash, Big Crowds, Big Viewing, Big Money, Big Test

    The cricket media and cricket connoisseurs are all awash as to the long term issues associated with Big Bash cricket as opposed to the longer form of the game, Test Cricket.

  • Sport and betting: a troubled marriage, with Gold Coast Suns AFL Nathan Bock suspended

    The marriage between professional sport and betting has taken another jolt with the Gold Coast Suns AFL defender Nathan Bock suspended for two rounds in the 2012 AFL season. He was also fined $10,000 for telling a family member and a friend he was playing in the forward line in the next match, round 24. As a result, bets were placed and won as Bock kicked the first goal of the game.

  • Wigan climb out of trouble!!!

    Relegation threatened Wigan came out of the bottom 3 for the first time this year with a come from behind 2-1 victory away at the Hawthorns. Wigan had a miraculous escape last season to stay in the top flight and again look like doing it tough however the fight and endeavour they showed this week will help them try to avoid the drop again this time round.

  • The Rules of Hockey creates an atmosphere of the "theatrical martyr" in defence

    Under the Rules of Hockey lifting the ball to score a goal is within the rules but if it hits someone on it\'s projectile route towards the goal mouth, then becomes, what amounts to be dangerous play. In other words the same strike is legal if it scores a goal but if it crashes into a defender it\'s illegal. It kind of creates an atmospheres of the "theatrical martyr" in the defence of the goal mouth.

  • Kookaburras on track with wins, wins, wins in Champions Trophy being held in Auckland

    An Australian Santa it seems is alive and well in Auckland New Zealand at the Champions Trophy with the Kookaburras enjoying a summer of delights.

  • The Unseen Part of Australian Golf: The "lifestyle" a of PGA Chaplain

    Consider the extraordinary golfing summer we have. The recent President\'s Cup in Melbourne was a huge success with some of the greats of the game playing. Then, the Coolum Masters in Queensland featured another great field and produced a great result for Australian golf. Next week we\'ll see the Australian Masters back in Melbourne.

  • Cricket's "line and length" took centre stage as did a movement that changed Christianity in Australia

    The Second Australia-New Zealand Cricket Test starts on Friday in Hobart, Tasmania. This conclusive result for Australia in the First Test reminded me of a conversation held a few years ago when my wife and I was having a cuppa with an Australian cricket coach.