Russell Jackson
Russell Jackson is Guardian Australia's deputy sport editor. He has previously written for ESPNCricinfo, The Cricketer and The Cricket Monthly.
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Muhammad Ali: Bill Clinton will give eulogy at boxing legend's funeral – as it happenedMuhammad Ali dies, aged 74: live reactions from around the globe following the death of a sporting icon
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Inside 50: Fremantle's AFL malaise could stretch well beyond 2016Winless and down a Brownlow medalist, Fremantle’s fortunes could worsen beyond 2016 if they’re unable to attract high quality players in the off-season
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The Joy of Six: AFL player-coach feudsFrom Kevin Sheedy’s blue with Derek Kickett to Mick Malthouse’s decades-long spat with Brad Hardie, we look at six key dust-ups between players and coaches
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Collingwood hand Essendon a hefty Anzac Day defeat - as it happenedGoal-by-goal report: all the live action with Russell Jackson as the previously struggling Pies accounted for Essendon by 69 points on Anzac Day
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Inside 50: Anzac Day promises as many thrills as AFL's opening monthFree of contrived appeals to fans, the first month of AFL action has delivered some of the best football of the decade and that should continue on Anzac Day
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Inside 50: Rebuilt Western Bulldogs leaving behind the AFL's battlersOften strugglers in their AFL past, the Western Bulldogs have leap-frogged St Kilda and other similarly placed sides in their exciting regeneration period
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Richmond hold off gallant Blues in AFL season opener – as it happenedGoal-by-goal report: all the action from the MCG has a nervy Richmond held off a much-improved Carlton outfit in the season-opener
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2016 AFL season preview: Hawthorn and West Coast EaglesAFL grand final adversaries in 2015, Hawthorn and West Coast are both well positioned for another tilt at the premiership as the 2016 season begins
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2016 AFL season preview: Fremantle Dockers and Sydney SwansPremiership contenders last season, Fremantle and Sydney might find that significantly different fates await them in their 2016 campaigns
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Australia top world cricket's rankings but greatness awaits on foreign soilSitting on top of the ICC Test rankings once more, Australia’s statistical titans now find themselves a little closer to banishing their doubts away from home
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Trans-Tasman series win puts Australia top of world rankings – as it happenedAustralia win by seven wickets on the final day of play at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, knocking India off the top of the world Test cricket rankings
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Australia close in on victory and world No1 test cricket ranking – as it happenedOver-by-over report: Australia moved within 131 runs of a series win and the No1 Test ranking after day four of play in Christchurch
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New Zealand v Australia: second Test, day three – as it happenedOver-by-over report: Brendon McCullum’s career as a Test batsman came to an end and Australia are still well-placed for victory after day three of the second Test
Nick Kyrgios pulls out of Rio Olympics due to 'unfair and unjust treatment'