NBL Round 5: Harvey hits Hail Mary for Hawks to topple Taipans at the buzzer, Cheatham injured as Sixers upset Breakers

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Illawarra Hawks import Tyler Harvey has sealed an 84-83 upset defeat of the Cairns Taipans with a clutch three-pointer in the final seconds at WIN Entertainment Centre. Staring down the possibility of a 1-5 start to the NBL season, last year’s wooden spooners looked intent on staging an ambush on Thursday night as captain Sam […]

Qatar, WAGs and United hate: The Beckham doco was great, but it skipped three of the biggest questions of his career

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Beckham, the Netflix documentary on the England legend, global superstar and all-round cultural icon, dropped last week and the torrent of memes has been constant. There’s the one of his wife, Victoria, trying to pretend that she’s working class, as David looks cheekily on from behind the door. (Hint: her nickname is Posh Spice.) There’s […]

Kiwi aggression, Mal’s picks and Fonua-Blake’s big mouth: 5 things to watch for in the Pacific Championships

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We roll into week three of international footy and it’s shaping up very nicely indeed. Australia had the week off in both men’s and women’s, but in their absence, New Zealand arrived with a bang: the Kiwis were excellent in dispatching Samoa and the Kiwi Ferns put away Tonga with little fuss. Over in Port […]

‘Mowing lawns’: Fozzie reveals next job and future plans, explains ‘toughest’ selection call of career for RWC final

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Ian Foster appeared more relaxed than ever before as he joked his way through his final press conference before his last game in charge of the All Blacks. Foster’s fate was sealed earlier this year when New Zealand Rugby decided his journey in the revered job would end with the team’s last shots being fired […]

Wallaroos have to pick themselves up off the canvas… against French side that just beat the Black Ferns

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Last week, the old saying ‘a change is as good as a holiday’ did not deliver a great holiday for the Wallaroos against the Red Roses. It delivered a 42-7 loss. To be honest, it went the way one would have expected. England, just like the Black Ferns did a couple of weeks ago, wore […]