Super Rugby trial: Force blow Canes over in Gosford

Force defeat Hurricanes in trial, Hamish Neal suggests Canes shouldn’t worry

Rod Laver is a great. But I’m not sold on the Laver Cup.

Hamish Neal serves up his thoughts on the Laver Cup

Almanac Athletics: The Ringwood Gift – A quarter mile worth remembering.

David G reports on the Ringwood Gift run over 400m and not the usual 120m distance.

The Queen is Dead. Long Live the Queen.

The angst of a youthful loss is not lost on Dips

Time for Basketball Australia to switch on

Has Basketball Australia missed a great opportunity to promote the women’s game, Norm asks the question.

Banning headers: Why a decision in California matters to your sports club.

Hamish Neal giving us the heads up on the real issue behind soccer’s ban of headers.

Hey Dude Don’t Dis the 12

David P tackles the latest example of pure fanaticism from The Seattle 12

Footys4All in Fiji

Michael Gallus has a charity called Footys4All. He gets sporting equipment from all over the place and gets it into far flung places. He also gets Almanacs to kids all over the South Pacific.

Secrets of the oldest professional longboard surfer in the world

Nick Kossatch writes of the secrets of Michael Cottier. What keeps a longboard surfer going?

Almanac Book Review: Open (Andre Agassi)

I think he liked the book.

When Scotland first claimed Twickenham

In a preview of the upcoming Six Nations, Neil Drysdale reminds us when Scotland first defeated England at Twickenham

Almanac Weekend Wrap

Keep up to date with this weekend’s Alamanc Sporting Weekend Wrap

Almanac Tennis: Can we compare the tennis greats of today to the legends of yesterday? Two different views by Philip Mendes and Lucas Lewit-Mendes

Should you compare players across eras? Philip says no, Lucas says yes. Who is right?

Wangaratta Gift – Bombers history

Essendon players have featured in past Wangaratta Gifts, David Griffin shares the history.

A-League 1,000: The Garcia Edition

This week’s round of A-League previewed by Hamish Neal

Heroes, Villains and Dummy Spits

As the 2016 Australian Open gathers steam, what is going on with our young Aussie tennis stars and why does tennis seem to excel at dummy spits?

Time to reload 2016 with the Monkey

After a gloomy start to 2016, David Parker raises hope that the year of the monkey will reset his year.

Almanac NFL: Wild momentum, but Seahawks fall short.

Paul Campbell reports on the Seahawks’ almost comeback against the Panthers.

Almanac Tennis: The five-set specialist (it’s how he likes it)

Tribute to Lleyton Hewitt, as Ross Green recalls his own personal intersection with so many gritty Hewitt moments.[Ripper piece – Ed]

How to fix a tennis match

Crio sends us this timely link to a previous story on Tennis corruption