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This is not a family like most. The pain is relentless
The coronial inquest into the death of Phillip Hughes may yet deliver some good.
The coronial inquest into the death of Phillip Hughes may yet deliver some good.
The Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort was falsely reported last week to be considering euthanasia, for which she has had papers since 2008, after competing in the Rio Games. Once she had won her silver medal in the 400m wheelchair race, Vervoort corrected that mistake. She is 'still enjoying every little moment' and has no plans to depart this mortal coil.
"He's the reason I wanted to be a better swimmer," said Joseph Schooling after defeating his hero in the 100 metres butterfly.
The peace-loving welcome of Rio's opening ceremony did not extend to the basketball court, where the Brazilian women's team and a feral home crowd double-teamed to stun Australia in their opening pool match on Saturday. Calling on all their experience, the Opals prevailed 84-66 after trailing at the first two breaks.
We simply cannot and will not stand by and allow the widespread and systemic mistreatment of New South Wales rugby league supporters.
Sally Pearson is the way we like our sporting heroes: gritty, imperfect, up for the struggle.
But at least he made the NFL, didn't he? Or you could say, the whole thing was a marketing scam to suck in all of us who wanted to believe the best of people.
If NAPLAN turns education into sport, we would like to redress the balance and turn sport into education. In our test, called NOPLAN, don't stress - everyone's a winner.
The further you were from the game, the better last year's day-night Test match was.
Leicester City have kept me waiting a long time. My role in the club's success began at Christmas 1993, when I went with friends to see the Foxes at the old Filbert Street ground to play Watford.
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