‘The Sydney Sixers should hang their heads in shame’: Appealing the Tom Curran ban sets a bad example for sport at all levels

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The Tom Curran incident is rather troubling; not because of what happened, as I have seen young kids get abused by adults at children’s sports because of decisions they disagreed with. The ‘kids’ umpiring games were trying to give back to the sport they loved, only to be subjected to unfair treatment. Most of us, […]

A cleverly poetic side of the game: Presenting the 12 days of a rugby league Christmas

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It is Christmas time again and the end of another big year in rugby league. Some have been naughty – just ask the match review panel and judiciary – and others have been very nice, with both the NRL and NRLW crowning repeat premiers. And now, with the 12 days of Christmas almost upon us, […]

India’s women in control after day two of Test despite a four-wicket haul from Ash Gardner

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Australia have a mountain to climb to save the one-off Test at Wankhede Stadium after an unbroken 102-run stand between Deepti Sharma and Pooja Vastrakar lifted India to 7-376 at stumps on day two. Sharma (70 not out) and Vastrakar (33no) came together just before tea in Mumbai on Friday on the back of a […]

United snap losing streak with dominant Jets win as Ibusuki and Irankunda bounce back

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Adelaide United have snapped a three game losing streak, defeating Newcastle Jets thanks to goals from Hiroshi Ibusuki, Zac Clough and Ben Halloran – the latter thanks to a superb Nestory Irankunda assist. United manager Carl Veart had rung the changes pre-game, recalling Ibusuki for his first start in over a month and pairing him […]

Hobbled Giddey facing time out after nasty fall as Thunder cut Clippers down to size

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Boomers coach Brian Goorjian will be anxiously waiting the results of a scan after one of his stars, Josh Giddey, suffered an injury while playing for Oklahoma City in the NBA. The Thunder guard sprained his left ankle late in the second quarter of the 134-115 win against the Los Angeles Clippers and failed to […]