While this might look like a rehearsal for an upcoming superhero movie, it's actually a working concept for a suit of armour built by Sydney company Chiron Global. Armour that's been designed not for show, but for sport. » 2/26/14 8:00pm 2/26/14 8:00pm

Proving there really is a sport out there for everyone, Australian school teacher Sarah Hay is the best woman - and one of the best humans - in the world at...jousting. » 9/26/13 12:00am 9/26/13 12:00am

Japanese actress Aki Higashihara writes a blog—a blog that has been nicknamed the "Death Blog". It's called the "Death Blog" after Japanese manga Death Note » 11/13/12 7:30am 11/13/12 7:30am

One of the more bizarre stories to come from the London Olympics so far has been the farcical conclusion to the group stages of the women's badminton, which saw eight players deliberately try and lose in order to manipulate their knockout stage seedings, to the outrage of many. » 8/01/12 11:30pm 8/01/12 11:30pm

Here's your first trailer for EA Sport's annual juggernaut FIFA 10. Curiously for EA Sports, aside from the depth of field effects going on in the background, that really is "actual gameplay footage". » 7/02/09 4:30am 7/02/09 4:30am

UFC 2009 Undisputed is, by all accounts, a pretty great fighting game. Realistic, too. But there's one thing missing from the game: renowned fighter Clay 'The Carpenter' Guida. And his giant hair. » 5/28/09 7:30am 5/28/09 7:30am

Been a while since we had a good, new cricket title. That may hopefully change later this year when Codemasters releases Ashes Cricket 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Wii. » 5/09/09 12:40am 5/09/09 12:40am

Don't know much about TNA Wrestling myself, but I'd imagine that the fanbases of TNA and Gears of War dovetail elegantly. Which explains the following, strange video. » 4/22/09 2:00am 4/22/09 2:00am

Yesterday, the Australian Youth Olympic Festival kicked off in Sydney. Mostly boring. Less boring, though, is the story of the flag-bearer for the ceremony, who only took up sport after being kicked off his computer. » 1/16/09 4:30am 1/16/09 4:30am

Michael Phelps is both the winningest swimmer ever, and chummy enough with Activision to be given a box containing no copies of Call of Duty. Surely he should have his own game by now? » 12/03/08 3:20pm 12/03/08 3:20pm

Games companies sponsoring sporting teams is nothing new. Sega (Arsenal), Nintendo (Fiorentina) and Microsoft (Seattle Sounders) have all tried their hand at it. But a game sponsoring a football team, that’s new. » 12/03/08 6:30am 12/03/08 6:30am

Sports Interactive is planning a 'soft launch' of its online multiplayer twist on soccer management sim Football Manager 2009, with massively multiplayer footy to kick off properly early in 2009. The Live edition will essentially be a football MMO, with multiple servers hosting different sets of competing teams.… » 10/09/08 8:30pm 10/09/08 8:30pm

EA Sports' Fifa Soccer 09 will get an optional realism boost in the form of weekly stat updates to reflect player's real world performance. » 8/20/08 6:40pm 8/20/08 6:40pm

Go!View is ushering in the new football season by offering downloadable highlights of the Barclays Premiership (the top level of competitive football/soccer in the UK) on their PSP video-on-demand service. » 8/15/08 5:20pm 8/15/08 5:20pm

The Seattle Sounders will be joining the the MLS next year. Means they need a big-time sponsor. Lucky Microsoft were just up the road, then, because it's been announced that the team's sponsor for next season will be...the Xbox 360. As such, the team will have "Xbox 360 Live" splashed across the front of their kit,… » 5/28/08 10:20pm 5/28/08 10:20pm