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Frustration: Cheika was disconsolate after the loss to Argentina.
Ruck and Maul
Australia rugby

Cost of failure: How Wallabies’ woes hit Cheika in back pocket

Michael Cheika has good reason to look glum: the Wallabies’ on-field woes have cost him a fortune in missed bonuses.

  • by Greg Growden

NRL

Clash of cultures: Cody Walker (left) will lead the Indigenous All Stars against Adam Blair's Maori All Stars.

Walker's journey from Casino to Indigenous captaincy

Cody Walker never envisaged leading the Indigenous All Stars as a small-town boy from the Northern Rivers.

  • by Sam Phillips
Sponge: Trent Robinson has been keen to get ideas from other codes during the Roosters' trip to Europe.

Robinson picking brains of England, EPL managers ahead of WCC

Globally-recognised coaches Gareth Southgate, Brendan Rodgers and Sean Dyche have all given some time to Roosters mentor Trent Robinson.

  • by Ian McCullough
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Soccer

Another honour: Sam Kerr (left) has been recognised once again.

Foord says W-League final a welcome distraction from Stajcic sacking

Caitlin Foord has found solace in the W-League from the bitter fall-out from Stajcic's sacking.

  • by Dominic Bossi
Significant: The full cost of Manchester United's decision to sack Jose Mourinho has been revealed.

Manchester United's $35 million decision to sack Jose Mourinho

The Premier League giants have released their financial figures, including the full cost of their decision to sever ties with the Portuguese manager.

Cricket

AFL

Jarryn Geary has retained the St Kilda captaincy.

Last year was an aberration, Saints are better than that: Geary

St Kilda were better than they showed last year and they will bounce back this year to prove it an aberration, re-installed captain Jarryn Geary said.

  • by Peter Ryan and Michael Gleeson
Matthew Cottrell and Michael Gibbons

Tools down, boots on: Carlton’s VFL recruits relishing seachange

Having trained their way to AFL contracts, Michael Gibbons, 23, and Matthew Cottrell, 19, are looking forward to ditching their labour jobs to focus on Aussie rules full-time.

  • by Michael Fowler

Racing

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The Australians, who qualified for the finals earlier this month, have been drawn with Belgium and Colombia.

Australia draw Belgium, Colombia in Davis Cup finals

The Australian team can be reasonably pleased with its draw for the new-look and heavily criticised Davis Cup finals in November.

Need for speed: Australia's SailGP team getting to grips with their boat off the coast of Northland, New Zealand.

Sailors reaching 100km/h 'packing themselves for Formula One on water'

An Australian Olympic gold medallist will take on a fellow London Games hero while wearing Japan's colours in a series billed to "redefine sailing".

  • by Adam Pengilly

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