Roy Masters
Roy Masters is a Rugby League Columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Institute of Sport must 'regain its position as a centre of excellence'
Roy Masters The father of the AIS has warned that the Canberra facility must be returned to its original status as a centre of excellence or the flow of Olympic gold medals will stop.
Federal government to review Australian Institute of Sport operations five months from Rio Olympics
Roy Masters AOC president John Coates has criticised the Australian Sports Commision after a change in policy left the body with 560 public servants and no athletes - and the AIS a 'ghost town'.
Michael Clarke's return to Pratten Park for Western Suburbs Cricket Club feels 'brilliant'
Roy Masters Separating fact from fiction is always difficult with superstar sportspeople, but Michael Clarke says his return to Pratten Park is 'all about Western Suburbs ...
Sketcher of the stars Tony Rafty dies days before his 100th birthday
Roy Masters Tony Rafty's zest for life, so evident in his more than 10,000 published sketches of politicians, sportspeople and entertainers, finally left him at 4pm on Friday, only three days shy of his 100th...
Women's World Cup: After FIFA corruption, Matildas bring back joy to the beautiful game
Roy Masters FFA boss David Gallop has been inspired by the efforts of the Matildas at the Women's World Cup.
ASADA boss gets support from anti-doping agencies around the world
Roy Masters Alarmed at the precedent set by the not-guilty verdict for the "Essendon 34" in the long-running AFL supplements saga, the heads of many western national anti-doping agencies have contacted ASADA...
Phillip Hughes tragedy echoes down the ages
Roy Masters As Macksville prepares to farewell Phillip Hughes, Roy Masters looks at the impact of his death on the NSW country town.
US anti-doping boss Travis Tygart slams Australia's former government over supplements scandal
Roy Masters The United States’ leading investigator into doping in sport has slammed the role of Australia’s former federal government in the AFL and NRL’s supplements saga.
Given a free hand, David Gallop tackles his FFA role with zest
Roy Masters There was something presidential about FFA chief executive David Gallop's "State of the Game" address in Sydney on Thursday, a US-style declaration of national goals achieved and those still to be...
Drugs in sport
ASADA wants to sidestep legal action, judging by chief's Senate admission
Roy Masters ASADA chief Aurora Andruska's revelation that show-cause letters involving players and officials embroiled in football's supplements investigation were being prepared is an acknowledgement that the...
Drugs in sport
WADA may not believe fanciful tale of two cities
Roy Masters Dank has always maintained his programs at AFL and NRL clubs were never about doping.
Drugs in Sport
Does a private email between ASADA and Stephen Dank suggest the Bombers might have no case to answer?
Roy Masters Does a private email between ASADA and Stephen Dank suggest the Bombers might have no case to answer?
Where are the charges?
Roy Masters Officials perplexed as to why Stephen Dank has not been served an infraction notice.
Drugs in sport
The Dank force: the different impacts it has had on two clubs and two codes
Roy Masters The Cronulla Sharks and Essendon have travelled parallel roads but each vehicle was piloted by sports scientist Stephen Dank.
Sport
Dank on the scene long before he hit the headlines
Roy Masters Stephen Dank's long history in professional football demonstrates why clubs hire him: his services are usually free and his multi-team background carries with it the possibility he knows the secrets...
DRUGS IN SPORT
WADA would appeal 'soft' sanctions as AFL prepares to charge Essendon
Roy Masters The AFL is expected to charge Essendon on Monday, together with the club's coaching, training and medical staff, over abuse of its doping code.
Cycling
Meals on wheels and nerves of steel at Le Tour
Roy Masters Taking the lunch order of a Tour de France cyclist through the open door of the race car, while travelling at 60km/h along roads with hairpin bends, would test the nerves of the most passive waiter.
SHOW ME THE MONEY
Magpies highest flyers in clubs' scramble for cyber supremacy
Roy Masters Official team website data confirms what most AFL fans know and NRL fans suspect: Collingwood is the most popular football club in Australia.
SHOW ME THE MONEY
Vast monument to racing, or just grandstanding?
Roy Masters THE Australian Turf Club recently announced a debt of $60 million but this is on top of $174 million in government-allocated funds spent at Randwick and Rosehill.
Show me the money
A bit of skylarking, a lot of well-earned pride
Roy Masters IT could, as publisher Kevin Weldon said, have been one of those ''didi die? didi die? didi die? dinners''.
