Booing always has been a part of sport,but the recent booing of Port Adelaide’s Jason Horne-Francis is over the top.
Better the devil you know? Far from a line in the sand,the Adelaide extravaganza is just another example of the mental gymnastics needed to enjoy sport in MMXXIII.
The filing also shows the ex-president owns stock in Pfizer and Johnson&Johnson,the pharmaceutical giants making the coronavirus vaccines.
Corporatisation has reduced the status of Test matches to the point where Australian cricketers may soon have to seek permission from IPL owners to don the Baggy Green.
As Joe Biden looks on powerlessly,one of the biggest winners from the oil cartel’s power play is likely to be Vladimir Putin.
A flurry of deals by China and others to reduce their exposure to the US dollar has again raised the prospect that the end of the greenback’s dominance is within sight. But its critics should be careful what they wish for.
The world No.5 does not want to offend Augusta National officials,so had shirts prepared without the branding of his LIV Golf franchise in case they ban it.
An unexpected move from the world’s leading oil cartel has driven up prices. If they stay high,pressure will build on a global economy that is already flirting with recession.
The LIV Golf chief,who finished second three times at the US Masters,says a rebel celebration on the 18th green “would make up for all my own Augusta misery”.
It’s not just home-grown stars Daniel Ricciardo and Mark Webber who have a gaping hole in their F1 CVs. The world’s best driver is yet to win the Australian Grand Prix,too,and also has to juggle simmering tensions with his Red Bull teammate.
When Red Bull began in 2005,Horner was the youngest team principal. Now he is the oldest and has knocked back the offer of a fortune to defect to Ferrari.