Clive Lloyd’s West Indies were about to be kings. A stopover in Papua New Guinea on the way to Australia showed they were leaders,too.
It’s in Australia’s fastest-growing municipality. It’s coming off a flag. It also hosts English classes for new migrants,and is the beating heart of its community.
Footballers involved in one of football’s most violent country grand finals wonder if their current health challenges are linked to the head knocks they copped across their careers.
Wayne Schwass,wearing a bicycle helmet at the insistence of his mother,couldn’t understand the violence erupting around him. The most arresting photograph was taken after the siren,of three-year-old Jonathan Brown on the dais.
Michael Barlow was shunned through draft after draft. Now he’s guiding a group of players with some of the brightest futures in the league. He knows what it takes to do things the hard way.
Sharon Tredrea is a former Australian captain,three-time World Cup winner and once was the fastest female bowler in the world. She remains close to several of her old teammates. None of them know that,at 70,she’s still playing.
It’s a craft brewing-style evolution,with young bat makers shaking up an industry that’s long been dominated by traditional players.
England were sledging a young Meg Lanning. The teammate who stepped in is now coaching Australia in a historic Ashes series.
Mick Turner isn’t afraid of dying,only of losing the quality of what’s been a very full life.
Postgraduate health studies have been on the rise since the pandemic,driven by people wanting to make a difference.