A decade ago, Michael Rodd had never ridden a horse. Last year, he rode the winner of Australia’s greatest horse race - the Melbourne Cup. Here’s how…

An anomaly in State-of-Origin history, the game played in California in 1987 still stirs up cross-border rivalries

When Portsmouth made the FA Cup final in May 2008, Alpha editor Rob Pegley boarded a plane to seek the cure for over 30 years of hurt

Every couch potato can be a sporting superstar, thanks to EA Sports’ perfectionist approach to sports video games

Russell Crowe, Split Enz, Willie Mason, Keith Urban and now Steve Price. Is there no end to the talent the Kiwis are claiming as their own? 

Just before the Australian captain left for the 2008 cricket tour of India, Alpha put the hard questions to Ricky Ponting