Tom Heenan
Why Australia is seriously crazy to be bidding for the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Not another World Cup bid! This time it’s the women’s turn. Football Federation Australia [FFA] chair Steven Lowy announced this week that...
Forget the Olympic Games. Money is the future of athletics
In athletics, the two-hour marathon is all the rage. The race to be the first to achieve the feat – seen to...
The AFL’s Indigenous Round, it needs to be more than tokenistic
‘Dreamtime at the ‘G’ is the name given to Richmond’s now-annual clash against Essendon at the MCG, which takes place this Saturday...
It’s past time for the NRL to take a new line on drugs
We are almost at the stage where autocorrect on your smart phone adds ‘scandal’ after you type in the words rugby league....
Why it’s time we called an end to sport on Anzac Day
It’s time. Time we stopped playing sport on Anzac Day. The day is meant to commemorate our servicemen and women, not be...
A bush bash for the ‘final’ Commonwealth Games?
What is worse than one Commonwealth Games? Two. If there was any question that this relic of the British Empire was on...
Watch out, Melbourne. Sydney want to be Australia’s new horse racing capital
It has been a big month in horse racing. On the track, Winx kept winning while She Will Reign took out the...
‘It’s not OK’: The problem with Maria Sharapova’s return to tennis
In the tennis world, the natives are getting restless. Maria Sharapova’s return to the sport is just over a month away but...
What you probably don’t realise about being a sports fan
It is a stunt that usually ends sport CEOs’ and marketers’ careers. Last week, the New York Knicks returned basketball to the good old...
Why it is time for Test cricket to finally fix its major problem
Australia’s first Test win in India was surprising, memorable and utterly comprehensive. But completely lost in the aftermath was the fact the...