League and Aussie rules gets serious

6 Sep 2014 | Sports reporter Lachlan Barker analyses the AFL and ARL matches this weekend as we come down to ...  

The Sydney Swans and Tommy Dean

30 Aug 2014 | With the AFL getting towards the business end of the season, IA sports reporter Lachlan Barker ...  

U.S. Open tennis starts tonight: Australians in the mix

25 Aug 2014 | The U.S. Open tennis tournament starts at Flushing Meadows today (late tonight/early tomorrow ...  

Bledisloe Cup battle: Australia looks to end New Zealand's record-breaking run

16 Aug 2014 | Australia play New Zealand at Stadium Australia in Sydney tonight in the first match of this ...  

Why sport is important

15 Aug 2014 | Following some comments on my new regular sports column, the editor asked me recently to outline ...  

PREVIEW: Super Rugby grand final — Waratahs vs Crusaders

2 Aug 2014 | The exciting NSW Waratahs play the mighty Canterbury Crusaders in the Super Rugby grand final ...  

Au revoir au Tour de France

29 Jul 2014 | The Tour de France is over and Lachlan Barker gives a wrap of the final stages of a terrific and ...  

Heartless Abbott snubs Pararoos and disabled 12-year-old girl

24 Jul 2014 | Tony Abbott exhibits callous disregard and gross disrespect to a young partially blind soccer ...  

Yellow Jersey battle goes up hill and down dale

20 Jul 2014 | The Tour de France is heading into the Alps, although without some of its pre-race favourites ...  

The other side of the Brazilian World Cup

13 Jul 2014 | Behind the glitz and glamour of the Brazilian World Cup lies a seedy underbelly of corruption ...  

The Tour de France experience

12 Jul 2014 | The Tour de France has been speeding through the English and French countryside and sports repo ...  

Germany's Brazillion and sod’s law

10 Jul 2014 | IA's sports guru Lachlan Barker missed perhaps the most remarkable game in football history due to ...  

Le Tour de France rides again

5 Jul 2014 | The Tour de France – it’s more than a load of blokes with their junk on display, writes ...  

World Cup 2014: David Attenborough of commentators and Hannibal Lecter of players

30 Jun 2014 | World Cup Brazil has now moved to the sudden-death phase, where the nerve of player and spectator ...  

World Cup Brazil 2014: Into the second round of matches

18 Jun 2014 | With the first set of matches at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil over, soccer expert Lachlan Barker ...  

An Abbott Abroad II: Tony no-friends wants to be like Mike

14 Jun 2014 | Part Two of Alan Austin’s report on Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s bumbling visits to Indonesia ...  

FIFA World Cup 2014 kicks off

13 Jun 2014 | With the FIFA World Cup began last night in Brazil, resident soccer reporter Lachlan Barker gives ...  

Tiger Tommy Hafey: Cancer's most glorious temple

17 May 2014 | Contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence provides Independent Australia's tribute to legendary ...