The Premier League has exposed Postecoglou as a purist in an impure world
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EPL

The Premier League has exposed Postecoglou as a purist in an impure world

The Australian is running Tottenham with principle. But English football is not always good and nourishing,and Postecoglou is not always patient with deviation.

  • byEmma Kemp

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City in box seat for fourth straight EPL crown after win over Spurs

City in box seat for fourth straight EPL crown after win over Spurs

Tottenham are out of the Champions League race in Ange Postecoglou’s first season in north London and Arsenal are all but out of the title race after City’s 2-0 win.

  • byEmma Kemp
Waratahs’ injury crisis deepens in wet and wild Super Rugby loss to Brumbies

Waratahs’ injury crisis deepens in wet and wild Super Rugby loss to Brumbies

The Brumbies have cemented their place in the top four and left the Tahs sitting second-last after their 13th consecutive win over the NSW side.

  • byEmma Kemp
‘I’ve sacrificed everything’:Lydia Williams to retire from Matildas

‘I’ve sacrificed everything’:Lydia Williams to retire from Matildas

After two decades,103 caps,five World Cups and six Asian Cups,the 35-year-old goalkeeper will bid farewell to the national team - after her third Olympics this year in Paris.

  • byEmma Kemp
Rich pickings for Sharks as Flanagan’s mission sinks without trace
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NRL 2024

Rich pickings for Sharks as Flanagan’s mission sinks without trace

The day started with Cronulla’s CEO buying pumps and hoses to drain the pitch at a flooded Shark Park,and ended with the home side getting the better of their old coach.

  • byEmma Kemp
The ex factor:Will Bennett’s return to the Rabbitohs work?
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NRL 2024

The ex factor:Will Bennett’s return to the Rabbitohs work?

History offers mixed results regarding coaches who return to their former clubs,and nostalgia has a tendency to distort the reality of past break-ups.

  • byEmma Kemp
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When team building becomes soul destroying

When team building becomes soul destroying

In elite contact sports where toughness is a revered quality,there can be little difference between galvanising a player’s potential and potentially damaging it.

  • byEmma Kemp
Roosters and Robinson rediscover their Zen and give tepid Dragons a bath

Roosters and Robinson rediscover their Zen and give tepid Dragons a bath

In recent weeks,Trent Robinson’s usually unflappable demeanour seemed to be slipping,but during his side’s thumping win on Anzac Day,he was,in meditation parlance,back behind the waterfall.

  • byEmma Kemp
A-League player Angel Torres charged with rape,stalking and assault

A-League player Angel Torres charged with rape,stalking and assault

The Colombian player was arrested in Terrigal over the alleged sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman.

  • byPerry Duffin andEmma Kemp
Context is everything:Revisiting Chris Lilley’s Jonah after Leniu-Mam saga

Context is everything:Revisiting Chris Lilley’s Jonah after Leniu-Mam saga

The racism case that has polarised the NRL has raised difficult questions about what’s offensive and who gets to judge it.

  • byEmma Kemp
The shortest Socceroo’s long journey to a national call-up

The shortest Socceroo’s long journey to a national call-up

The Mariners midfielder’s career has been slowly gathering steam since that August night in 2018 when he and Usain Bolt stood side by side at Central Coast Stadium.

  • byEmma Kemp