Israel Folau, contract law and discrimination
Wednesday, July 3, 2019, 12:24 am
No end is in sight for the debate about Israel Folau’s right to promote his fundamentalist Christian ideas, writes Lee Duffield.
Sport
Sport: Leave the Matildas alone
Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 1:48 pm
Lee Duffield wonders about the dumping of the Matildas’ team coach just ahead of their World Cup campaign.
Christmas again
Monday, December 24, 2018, 11:00 pm
Winding down at year’s end is bringing the traditional mix of devotional observances, silly season and anxiety about what’s likely to come next.
Lee Duffield writes.
Meme au bout de monde: Football victory for France reverberates world-wide
Monday, July 16, 2018, 4:53 pm
Even at the “end of the Earth”, or at least a most far-away point from France, they stayed up all night to revel in the country’s great victory.
Pandemic Games 2021: Queensland and WA as Fortress Football offer refuge to teams and a semblance of normality
Saturday, October 9, 2021, 11:12 pm
Reported by Lee Duffield
Dodging the world disease in Australia almost proved too much for sports industries trying to keep up elite entertainment for thousands of spectators and save their multi-million dollar balance sheets.
The major codes – AFL, NRL and international Rugby Union – resorted to moving their players in sealed-off ‘bubbles’, holding them in camps away from home and locating them in at least nominally safe stadiums at short notice.