Tomorrow sees the start of what may be the most consequential staging of the Japan Series – that country’s answer to the World Series and the biggest sport event by far – in the tournament’s proud 70-year history. The two teams involved, representing the Pacific and Central divisions of the

The American weekly publication Adweek, which has been charting the advertising business since 1979, published their ‘Most Powerful Women in Sport’ review last week. There were 31 women honoured but no ranking as such, although tennis’ Noami Osaka was Adweek’s cover star for that particular issue. To read a

India’s sporting and commercial juggernaut, the IPL, reached its climax on Tuesday with the Mumbai Indians bagging their fifth Indian Premier League title with a five-wicket win over Delhi Capitals. Mumbai, the most successful team in IPL history, chased down 157 with eight balls to spare as captain Rohit

Australia’s response to the coronavirus rests with the individual states that make up the Commonwealth of Australia. And for Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, battling a pandemic that peaked at 715 daily cases on August 5 in his state, the imposition of a draconian four-month lockdown has seen him roundly