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A unique 2030 World Cup is set to be played in Europe and Africa, with the surprising addition of South America, in a deal to allow the men’s showpiece football tournament to start with a 100th birthday party in Uruguay. FIFA reached an agreement on Wednesday between soccer’s continental leaders …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size SAINT ETIENNE – The Wallabies have just one fit playmaker still on French soil after Carter Gordon flew home to Australia on Wednesday because of a knee-injury. While lock Nick Frost is also set …

As we reach matchweek week five of the Rugby World Cup some themes are starting to emerge. 1. Union is expanding in name as well There are as many players in this Cup named Pablo or Pierre as Johnny or Richie. Jose is as common as James. Juan is more …

A world cup is almost always the pinnacle of a sport. The same can and should be said of cricket. The Cricket World Cup gets underway on Thursday in India, the most populous nation of fervent supporters the game has — a seemingly perfect home for two months of wall-to-wall international cricket. It should be…

On Wednesday, some of my acquaintances spoke of segregation, questioning why any transgender athlete would volunteer to place themselves into a classification that would brand them as “other”. Some also spoke of science and fairness, while others still of a misplaced desire to address an issue in elite sport when …

Lionel Messi’s Argentina are the current world champions The 2030 World Cup will be held across six countries in three continents, Fifa has confirmed. Spain, Portugal and Morocco have been named as the co-hosts, with the opening three matches taking place in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay. The opening matches in …

Soccer’s World Cup will be staged in six countries on three continents in its centenary edition in 2030, an unexpected and complex alteration to its traditional format that was approved on Wednesday in a meeting of FIFA’s governing council. In the unusual arrangement, three South American countries — Argentina, Paraguay …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size It’s hard to get revved up about watching golf, that most middle class of sports which makes such terrible television viewing. And then there is the Ryder Cup. I’m Scottish and being truthful, I …

Barely a year goes by without there being some form of Cricket World Cup, and the latest edition of the men’s 50-over tournament gets underway this Thursday, with defending champions England taking on beaten finalists New Zealand in Ahmedabad. The tournament, featuring ten teams, starts on October 5 but will not…

Australia have concluded their World Cup preparations by firing with the bat, experimenting with the ball, and seeing off Pakistan by 14 runs in their final warm-up match at Hyderabad. After posting 7-351, Australia mixed new-ball skill with popgun pies at the bowling crease before bowling Pakistan out for 337 …

Trainer Pat Murphy has one eye on next month’s Snake Gully Cup with in-form four-year-old Body Bob if he continues his rise at Kensington on Wednesday. The gelding is unbeaten in three runs since arriving at Murphy’s Goulburn yard and is chasing successive city wins in the James Squire Handicap …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The NRLW’s best player, Tamika Upton, will make her Jillaroos debut in the Pacific Championships after a calf injury cruelled her chances of representing Australia at last year’ World Cup. Upton, who won the …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Mal Meninga has found no room for Dally M Medal winner Kalyn Ponga or Broncos breakout star Reece Walsh in his 21-man Kangaroos squad for the Pacific Championships. Josh Addo-Carr has been picked but …

Rugby Australia will conduct a review into their World Cup flop, but chief executive Phil Waugh says the governing body is “committed” to under-siege Wallabies coach Eddie Jones and believes the national team’s shortcomings are a result of years of systemic issues plaguing the sport. “I think [we’ve been] pretty …

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size A week after being linked to a bombshell $1.6 million deal to join the Western Force, Rugby Australia has pulled out of negotiations to try and lure Angus Crichton across from the NRL. The …

The biggest contingent of Matildas stars ever to play in England’s Women’s Super League have launched their season with mixed results — and with the biggest name of all, Sam Kerr, left having to sit out the opening day with injury. Key points: Sam Kerr is yet to fully recover from …