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Daniel Wighton is a Berlin-based freelance journalist and editor. Daniel has worked with The Roar as an editor since 2012.
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Brad Arthur had started this season claiming Parramatta players finally believed they could beat any team to win this year's premiership. On Friday night,…
Cronulla coach John Morris insists his team fears no one ahead of the NRL's finals as the Sharks go in search of a big…
St George Illawarra star Jack de Belin is seeking financial compensation and damages from the NRL as he fights to be reinstated, court documents…
Sevu Reece crossed for two tries and set up another for Braydon Ennor as the Crusaders sent a chilling message to their Super Rugby…
After the longest winter break of any of the five biggest European leagues, the Bundesliga Rückrunde kicks off with Hoffenheim hosting champions Bayern Munich…
Aaron Mooy has scored twice to lift his Huddersfield side off the bottom of the table, defeating a disappointing Wolverhampton away from home. Mooy…
May 26, 2018. Kiev. Champions League final. An underdog side gunning for their sixth title, up against the perennial favourites looking for their 13th,…
In last season's Champions League, Tottenham should have made it to the quarter-finals. After fighting back from 2-0 down after ten minutes in Turin…
Picture yourself in 1992, watching as the ribbon is cut on the dawning of England's new football tournament, the Premier League. The times have…
In sport, winning cures almost everything. If you're top of the table, everything in the dressing room is harmonious. There are no egos and…
A meagre four weeks after Paul Pogba took France to World Cup glory, the same Paul Pogba scored Manchester United's opening goal in their…
Other than LeDecision out of Cleveland, it's been the biggest story of the NBA off-season: just where will want-away San Antonio Spur Kawhi Leonard…
While it might force you to check your calendar just to be sure it isn't April 1, News Corporation are reporting that 100-metre sprint…
It might be a mystery to fans of other sports, but Origin just doesn't do dead rubbers. Queensland have won 18-12 at Suncorp Stadium…
In a tournament punctuated by giant killing, all-time World Cup trophy leaders Brazil have put aside some of the doubts from their previous performances…
Switzerland have failed to win their final game in the group stage, however their 2-2 victory will be enough to see the Swiss through…
An exultant second half effort has put Sweden through to the top of the group with a 3-0 victory, all three goals scored after…
Saudi Arabia have clinched their first win of the tournament, coming from behind to beat a disappointing Egypt at the death in their final…
It was game Egypt could not afford to lose and they started off the game looking like a team under pressure. Click here to…
It had been discussed as the tournament where England's Harry Kane was to announce himself as a member of football's top class of players,…
The next event – and the next chance for Australian gold – is the 200m men’s backstroke. Mitch Larkin is a solid chance here for the Aussies.
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog
The placings are up on the screen, and Rie Kaneto has won the event in a time of 2:20.30. Australia’s McKeown has finished sixth in a time of 2:22.43. Coming into the final lap she tried desperately to make up the gap, but was held off and will finish well outside the medal places.
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog
With 50 metres to go, Japan’s Rie Kaneto is in the lead and Australia’s McKeown looks to be in fifth or sixth place.
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog
Next up is the women’s 200-metre breaststroke, with Australia’s Taylor McKeown in the fourth lane.
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog
A dead heat!
The USA’s Anthony Ervin – the gold medallist from the same event at Sydney 2000 – has swum 21.46 to draw with the Ukraine’s Andriy Hovorov to win the second semi. The time is .12 slower than that of Manaudou of France in the first semi.
Unfortunately for Aussie fans, McEvoy has finished in seventh and will not qualify for the final.
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog
The swimmers are beginning to come out for the second leg of the semi final, so the TV cameras are predictably trawling the audience for famous people before fixing on Matthew McConaughey. The actor sure seems to love his swimming.
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog
France’s Manaudou has overcome a bad start to touch down just .15 of a second before rival Adrian of the USA in the first semi final. South Africa’s Bradley Tandey has qualified in third place with a time of 21.80.
The time was just .02 shorter than the world record, set by Cesar Cielo of Brazil in 2009.
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog
The swimmers have arrived at the pool and are standing on the blocks. Will it be Nathan Adrian of the US, Florent Manaudou of France – or someone else completely?
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog
Let’s hope he can channel his disappointment from yesterday into a good time.
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog
Hi and welcome to The Roar’s live Olympic swimming coverage on Day 6 of the Rio Games. Up first today will be the men’s 50-metre freestyle semi finals, featuring Australian Cam McEvoy, at 11:03 am.
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog
“if they can’t beat you, they ban you. If they can, they encourage you to keep losing.”
I can’t see how that should be legal. If anyone should be afforded legal protection in the course of a betting-gambling transaction, it should not be the corporate bookmaker.
They offer a service, a product, plain and simple. If you’ve got the time or the brains to work out how to beat them, the most they should be allowed to legally do is hire you.
Victorian minimum betting framework doesn't give punters a fair go
Will be interesting to see how Henrikh Mkhitaryan goes. He was disappointing for Dortmund until last year, where he was at the core of their attack. That said, I think he’ll bring about more United wins than Zlatan – but less shirt sales.
EPL free signings may make the biggest splash
Nice one Jay, really good summary. I’ve watched THAT block 15 times now.
History eraser: Cleveland seize Golden State's crown
Gotta say I agree with Joe here, not to say Conks doesn’t have some good points.
The main reasoning for me is that tennis tournaments, unlike in other sports which feature both genders, are under the same banner. It is the Australian Open 2016, or the French Open 2016. There is a men’s champ and a women’s champ. In cricket there is the NBA and the WNBA, or the men’s Ashes and the women’s Ashes, which are totally different formats and happen at totally different times, with different sponsorship and attendance.
[The Danica Patrick example is an exception to the rule, just showing how great her achievements truly are].
The total money made for each tournament is for the tournament as a whole. There will be years where people are more interested in Novak versus Roger, but there will also be years were people are keen to see Sharapova versus Serena. In Australia, there’d be more TV ratings and ticket demand to see Sam Stosur go all the way to the final than to see Novak destroy everyone in his wake.
Therefore, it makes sense to split the prize money down the middle.
For other sports, like the ones mentioned, the money paid to athletes of either gender is generally respective of their drawing power, which is fair. Ronda Rousey says she is the highest paid athlete in the MMA. That might be an exaggeration considering Conor McGregor says the same, but these sports have different calendars and differing events. The recent Rousey fight had arguably a bigger drawing power than most recent MMA fights, purely due to her presence.
Roar and Against: Pro male tennis players should be paid more than females
I’d agree – look at the hoopla surrounding LeBron James. He has won two championships and has been the best player in the game for a decade by a long margin. But he still wont be considered to be the best unless he brings a few to Cleveland.
I’d say American sport is more into the individual than European or Australian sports.
The final chapter of Brady versus Manning
You are probably right Kaks – in hindsight Thursto was outstanding, particularly until he injured himself in the 60th minute. I thought the Slater rating was fair though – Inglis’ try was pretty much created by that Slater pass.
State of Origin 2: Roar player ratings for Queensland
Barca definitely have the biggest stadium in Europe – but their average crowd is still 10,000 behind Dortmund, like I said in the article. Plus, the Camp Nou would have a fair few more tourists than Signal Iduna Park.
In May I went to a Real home game and a Dortmund home game in the same week. Dortmund the better atmosphere by 1,000 miles.
A non-German's guide to Jürgen Klopp (written by a non-German)
That’s true – Dugan can certainly kick them (and almost did) so I wonder if it was on purpose from Farah. That said, the NSW captain really should have found Hodkinson at that moment.
The Roar's Origin 1 player ratings: New South Wales
You are probably right – although he did pull out that big fend a few times in the second half and looked dangerous – dangerous enough to have NSW fans Google Mapping Macksville and sending screenshots…
The Roar’s Origin 1 player ratings: Queensland
Perhaps I wasn’t giving Wally enough credit, but listening to the comment again it definitely sounded like he had forgotten all about Mr C Smith.
The Roar’s Origin 1 player ratings: Queensland
Cracking read – streakers at the footy are just fun. Streakers at the cricket are hilarious, especially when they get shoulder barged by Andrew Symonds.
But streakers at the cycling? Assholes.
Spectator decides to join the Giro d'Italia, causes a spectacular 30-man pile-up
With 100 metres gone, the men are around .66 slower than world record time. Mitch Larkin is in the lead, although Ryan Murphy appears to be gaining.
Olympic swimming: Day 6 - women's 100 freestyle, men's 200 backstroke, live blog