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The low down from those in the knowOn Australia Day, Rodney Hogg, the former Australian test cricketer, delivered a beamer to our Muslim community.
New coach Ivan Lendl will have his job cut out to improve Andy Murray’s mental toughness after watching him butcher his Australian Open semi final against Novak Djokovic at Melbourne Park last night.
Both the players in the 2012 Women’s final of the 2012 Australian Open, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, are screamers and grunters, when they strike the tennis ball.
Brisbane Roar coach Jeff Hopkins believes last week’s tempestuous semi-final win leaves the reigning champions in good stead to face Canberra United in Saturday’s W-League grand final.
RLPA expect gradual NRL cap boost
By AAP, TodayRugby League Players Association (RLPA) chief David Garnsey expects a gradual increase to the NRL salary cap over the next five years rather than a dramatic overnight boost if a $1 billion media rights deal is signed.
Fan safety ultimately forced the FFA’s late decision to call off Friday night’s A-League clash between the Gold Coast and Central Coast at Skilled Park.
Adelaide Oval’s former groundsman Nathan Lyon took his dream wicket by dismissing India’s Sachin Tendulkar on Friday as Australia edged closer to a 4-0 series sweep.
Gutsy world No.1 Novak Djokovic will shoot for a slice of tennis history in Sunday night’s Australian Open men’s final after outlasting Scot Andy Murray in a drawn-out, see-sawing Friday night thriller.
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Your sports opinion. Write your own articleHumility begins at home for Aussie cricketers
By art pagonis, Today
What a summer for Australian Cricket. From the highs to the lows to the end of the show, they have been a thrill a minute sensation. Despite its recent success, the Australian team still displays some undesirable behaviour on the field.
Brumbies 2012, New Coach, New Players, New Attitude
By pjbreck, TodaySo here we are on the precipice ready to dive into Super Rugby Season 2012. I am ready to move on from the debacle that was the Brumbies last season and the bewildering meanderings of the Wallabies at Rugby World Cup 2011. So I thought in order to banish my memories of the Brumbies last [...]
UFC: Evans vs Davis – or The Chael Sonnen Show
By ErinT, Today
We are not even one month down in 2012 and the UFC on Fox hype continues to show no sign in slowing down, with the UFC on Fox 2 (Evans vs Davis) event taking place over this weekend (shown on One HD Sunday, noon AESDT).
Matty owes Fatty a bit of respect over Footy Show
By Gazbo, TodayThe recent verbal attack on Paul Vautin by both Matty Johns and John Singleton showed a lack of respect, and leaves us in no doubt at all that there is no love lost between them.
Novak Djokovic vs Andy Murray: Australian Open live scores, blog
By alan nicolea, 27 Jan 2012
In a repeat of last years final, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray clash for the right to face Nadal in the 2012 Australian Open decider. Join us for live scores and blog from 7:30pm AEDT.
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Black Caviar: Australian Stakes race blog, live updates
By The Crowd, 27 Jan 2012
She’s back. For 33 months, 16 race meetings including seven Group 1s and $4.3M, and around 17.33minutes, Black Caviar has embarrassed opponents that dared to enter into the same barriers as her.
Is the ACL the FFA’s Achilles heel?
By Todd Kelly, 27 Jan 2012Roar expert Mike Tuckerman wrote in his article for the FFA: “the build up to the game (between Brisbane Roar and FC Tokyo) is intriguing and as the game draws near, hopefully it’s one Hyundai A-League fans begin to appreciate”.
Australia vs India, Adelaide Test: Day 4 live scores, commentary
By Suneer Chowdhary, 27 Jan 2012Australia took a lead of 332 on the third day at Adelaide and despite squandering three wickets for next to nothing, they hold all the aces against India.
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Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer: Australian Open live scores, blog
By alan nicolea, 26 Jan 2012189 Have your say
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Ben S says: Not sure how much of a forward move this is. Meyer has been out of hands-on coaching for quiet a while now, and hi achievements have been based on lineout supremacy. In terms of style he took Leicester back about 10 years, so I can't see what he'll b...
Johnno says: What I do find laughable and defiantly think he should show more respect to fatty is Singo. Matt Johns actually played for Australia, NSW origin, Knights ARL title. Paul Vautin played 13 tests for Australia, 22 QLD origin matches, captained and ARL...
Johnno says: Do the crowd at the OZ open chant go Shar, if they do that sounds awful very bogan behaviour....
David Lord says: Amazonfan - apologies I did forget Roy Emerson, but not Federer - he's been in a minimum five finals of every Slam, as reported....
Johnno says: Amazon can't agree head to head in grand slam is what counts. I think Sampras has a better head to head vs Agassi too and courier in grand slams. Like test cricket you don't base a player who has a high average vs average teams, you base the palyer...
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