Analysis
NRL 2024
No-fault stand-down policy isn’t perfect, but NRL has little alternative
You can argue the stand-down rules are neither an effective deterrent nor a fair punishment – but that’s not the point of them.
- by Darren Kane
Latest
Why the China doping scandal has created a crisis of faith and suspicion
It must be traumatic for any athlete to discover, three years on, that they competed at an Olympics against rivals who, very likely, shouldn’t have been there.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
Doping
The wait of history: How and why East German medals should be reallocated
The GDR athletes were victims of doping, too. But if just a fraction of the 489 medals they won over nine Games were reallocated, it might be a worthwhile and cathartic exercise.
- by Darren Kane
Analysis
Doping
The running debate on doping that’s lasted four decades
It’s obscene that we know everything about the East German doping machine, yet we’re still talking about how to recognise that fact and offer redress all these years later.
- by Darren Kane
Why the most macabre doping scheme in Olympic history went unpunished
Righting the wrongs of the state-orchestrated East German doping of the 1970s and 1980s will be anything but straightforward.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
Paris 2024
Why no athletes should be banned from the Paris Olympics
There is an important distinction which must be drawn between athletes and where they come from.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
Olympics
The Enhanced Games will be many things, but they won’t be sport
The spruikers of the “Doping Olympics” have so far failed to make the case for their venture, while the many arguments against it are so obvious as to be absurd.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
NRL 2024
Why NRL players could struggle to get visas to Vegas
Some of the biggest stars slated for the NRL’s pioneering double-header in Sin City have had their troubles with the law. Will it scupper their chances of getting past US Immigration?
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
NRL 2024
Stateless Volkman deserved better, starting with the man he should be able to rely on most
The Ronald Volkman imbroglio asks tough questions of the Dragons, the Warriors and, most of all, his manager.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
Australian cricket
Forget the haters, it’s still Cricket Australia who owe Warner an apology
Few athletes upend and distort how a sport is played. Tiger Woods more than traversed that threshold. In time, we’ll realise David Warner also passed that test.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
Australian cricket
Why CA is acting like a law unto itself with Boxing Day banner ban
Cricket Australia’s approach to removing banners shouldn’t be blindly accepted or left unscrutinised.
- by Darren Kane