The Rugby World Cup has come and passed. New Zealand slayed the dragon, Quade Cooper was average, France are still the most predictably unpredictable team on earth and Peter de Villiers said it was the end of the road, then changed his mind.
One w...
Any punter who suggests that the All Blacks beating France in Sunday’s Rugby World Cup final is a "sure thing" has obviously forgotten that if there is one thing that you can always bank on when it comes to Les Tricolores rugby, it’s that there i...
If betting odds are any indication, then New Zealand will play England in the final of RWC 2011. The weekend’s results have caused a major shuffle at the New Zealand TAB. While Australia and South Africa remain as second and third favourites respec...
Leo Tolstoy wrote War and Peace, arguably one of the most celebrated pieces of fiction in the Western world. War and Peace is a story, grossly simplified, about five aristocratic families and how Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, including the s...
We have entered the knock-out stages of the greatest tournament (arguably) on earth. The halfway mark is disappearing in the distance, so here are some of the best, and worst, things that have been a part of this World Cup so far:
The best:
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Forget the Thierry Henry of Arsenal days. Forget the mazy runs, the languid sprint and the delightful finishes. There is only one Henry that football will remember, and that is the cheat who popped up on Wednesday night.
He used to be revered as ...
By Pamela Weaver
It's taken me 23 years, but at last I understand why my old man, who is English, still can't let go of Maradona's infamous "hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup. Next time he enters into what, for more than two ...
The front row -- 5
Failed to consistently front up as a unit. Beast and Bismarck are tired and to be very frank have not been at their best for a while now. They were near invisible in the loose. Smittie didn't play any worse than he has this year, ...
In exactly 273 days from now the world will be descending on South Africa for the 2010 soccer World Cup while some of the world's best soccer talent will be feeling a little disgruntled in front of their top-of-the-range HDTV televisions where they'l...
With the latest round of 2010 qualifying matches underway around the planet, South Africa is firmly in the international spotlight as the hosts of the next World Cup.
Our early exit from the 2010 African Cup of Nations tournament is a major blow ...
