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Police arrest former Tigers and Bulldogs halfback
Former Canterbury and Wests Tigers playmaker Brandon Wakeham has been arrested after he was picked up by police on Wednesday.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Wayne Bennett agrees to $3 million, three-year deal with South Sydney
- by Michael Chammas and Adam Pengilly
NRL
‘He’s not ready’: Moses no certainty to return before Origin as Sharks name Trindall
Mitchell Moses is out of Magic Round – and no certainty to return for next week’s final Origin I audition – as Cronulla recall Braydon Trindall.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Wayne Bennett agrees to $3 million, three-year deal with South Sydney
South Sydney officials held a meeting with Bennett in Brisbane days out from Magic Round as they prepare to announce his return to the Rabbitohs.
- by Michael Chammas and Adam Pengilly
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Around the clubs
Two fans cop indefinite bans over racial abuse directed at Souths stars
- by Adam Pengilly, Billie Eder and Michael Chammas
Insight & Analysis
Postecoglou is a football purist working in an impure world
The Australian is running Tottenham with principle. But English football is not always good and nourishing, and Postecoglou is not always patient with deviation.
Emma Kemp
Sports reporter
De Belin family’s fury after perjury charge
The Dragons star’s parents and sister have lashed out at the police who investigated his case.
Danny Weidler
Sport columnist
Time for an Australian sporting superstar to be roasted
If it’s good enough for the great Tom Brady, it’s good enough for one of our own.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Cricket
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England
‘It’s been an incredible 20 years’: Ashes foe Anderson confirms end of England career
- by Will Macpherson
Soccer
Analysis
EPL
The Premier League has exposed Postecoglou as a purist in an impure world
The Australian is running Tottenham with principle. But English football is not always good and nourishing, and Postecoglou is not always patient with deviation.
- by Emma Kemp
City in box seat for fourth straight EPL crown after win over Spurs
Tottenham are out of the Champions League race in Ange Postecoglou’s first season in north London and Arsenal are all but out of the title race after City’s 2-0 win.
- by Emma Kemp
AFL
Basketball
Rivalling the Dream Team: NBA superstars bound for ‘an Olympics like no other’
LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama and the NBA’s superstars are all lining up for Paris 2024 and Brian Goorjian knows he will need a gritty Boomers team to stare down an Olympic field like no other.
- by Roy Ward
Why the hottest basketball player in the world is a 22-year-old college student
Steph Curry and LeBron James move aside: Caitlin Clark is the most famous basketball player in the world right now, and she’s only just getting started.
- by Billie Eder
Racing
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Demon on verge of top 10 but Rome thrashing a French Open warning for Australia’s No.1
Alex de Minaur’s final match before this month’s claycourt grand slam ended in a humbling defeat as he bids to improve his underwhelming record in Paris.
- by Marc McGowan
‘Nausea, dizziness, blood’: Djokovic says bottle blow still affecting him after shock loss
The world No.1 was comfortably beaten in the third round of the Italian Open, two days after being struck on the head by a bottle that fell from a fan’s backpack.
- by Simon Briggs
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Paris 2024
‘Extremely heartbreaking’: Olympic medal hopeful suffers Achilles injury
- by Billie Eder