The federal government will cease funding all major football codes, including “junior footy clinics”, in a major shake-up of sports funding designed to save $379 billion in the budget over four years. Mr Pyne says the new arrangements will be… Read More ›
Sport
Parramatta Eels To Be Stripped Of Wooden Spoon
The national rugby league yesterday handed the Parramatta Eels a fine of over 520, 000 for breaching the NRL salary cap in 2013 and 2014. The NRL today issued a breach notice to the club that also imposes the penalty of… Read More ›
World Cup Sponsors Beseech Qatar To Scale Slave Deaths ‘Back To Acceptable Levels’
Key FIFA sponsors have publicly voiced concerns that the hosts of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar, are not living up to their pledge to improve working conditions for its slaves. “It seems FIFA may have been misled about Qatar’s historical… Read More ›
Glenn McGrath Stops Shooting………Blanks
Former Australian Cricketer and avid hunter Glenn ‘Pigeon’ McGrath announced earlier this week that he has stopped shooting … blanks as he and his wife are expecting a child. The child was thought not possible as McGrath had previously undergone… Read More ›
FFA Blames AFL For Frank Lowy’s Fall
The governing body of ‘the beautiful game’ in Australia, soccer’s Football Federation of Australia (FFA), has slammed the Australian Football League (AFL) over it’s involvement in FFA chairperson Frank Lowy’s fall at this year’s A-League Grand Final. Lowy, the 84 year-old head of… Read More ›
Serial Domestic Abuser, Floyd Mayweather, Good At Punching
Floyd Mayweather has won a unanimous decision from the judges after Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao managed to last 12 rounds, in a stunning display of what a person with a history of viciously assaulting his ex-partners can do. Mayweather remains… Read More ›