Paris, Hilton deliver dose of reality to Blues as WA make history with third straight one-day crown

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Hilton Cartwright and Joel Paris have powered Western Australia to a five-wicket win over NSW in the one-day cup final, securing a historic third straight title. The recent dominant force in domestic cricket, WA set up their latest limited overs victory when they skittled the hosts for just 169 at Sydney’s Cricket Central on Sunday. […]

Season over before it’s started for Origin star after ACL tear continues wretched injury run

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Tom Gilbert will have scans on his injured knee on Monday as the Dolphins and Queensland prepare for the likelihood of another campaign without him. The 23-year-old went down without contact while trying to make a tackle on Warriors centre Rocco Berry in their Auckland NRL pre-season game on Saturday. Gilbert’s knee twisted and he […]

Back-up quicks strangle Black Caps in timely World Cup reminder as Aussies clinch series sweep in 10-over shootout

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Australia’s selectors have plenty to consider heading into this year’s T20 World Cup, after nominal back-up fast bowlers Nathan Ellis and Spencer Johnson suffocated New Zealand in a rain-affected third match in Auckland. With the weather restricting the Black Caps to a 10-over chase of 126 for victory, and with frontline options Pat Cummins and […]

Ref under fire after Wigan upset Panthers in WCC with contentious try: ‘Very difficult to see how that ball gets over the line’

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The World Club Challenge lived up to the hype of a match that decides the global champions of rugby league with Wigan going toe to toe with Penrith before prevailing in a 16-12 boilover. After three straight years of being kings of the NRL jungle, the Panthers are used to being hunted by fired-up opponents […]

Manchester United kick off new era with costly loss as Villa extend gap by cutting down Forest

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The new era at Manchester United has got off to a disappointing start as the team lost ground in the race for Champions League qualification with a 2-1 home loss against Fulham. The week had started with new co-owner Jim Ratcliffe completing his purchase of a minority stake in United and boldly setting out a […]