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Brad Arthur during an Eels match.
Opinion
NRL 2024

Happy 50th birthday Brad – you’ve received the most Eels-style present ever

From club member number 2911828, here’s a tribute to the former Eels coach on his birthday.

  • by Adrian Proszenko
Raymond Faitala-Mariner faces the Bulldogs on Thursday for the first time since leaving the club.

‘Maybe I was wrong’: Former Bulldogs skipper lifts lid on Ciraldo methods

Raymond Faitala-Mariner faces Canterbury on Thursday for the first time since leaving the club and has spoken about challenging Cameron Ciraldo’s training methods.

  • by Dan Walsh
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Insight & Analysis

Operation woo Wayne west: Inside the Eels’ failed plot to replace Arthur with Bennett

On May 11, while the rugby league world poked fun at the Eels for not pursuing Bennett’s services, club bosses boarded a flight to Brisbane to meet him at his farm.

Inside the Magic Round meetings that saved PNG’s NRL bid from collapse

If the bid to establish an NRL franchise in PNG is successful next month, discussions inside Suncorp Stadium’s Chairman’s Room will be remembered for saving it.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster

Chief Sports Writer

Court case shines light on Paul Kent’s demons

The Fox Sports NRL host’s well-publicised fall warrants compassion. This is why he won’t get much.

Danny Weidler
Danny Weidler

Sport columnist

Cricket

Soccer

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou.

From Cold Chisel to Hotspur: ‘Big Ange’ calls the tune

Ange Postecoglou is back at home, but he is a long way from where he started. It’s been a ride like no other in Australian sport.

  • by Greg Baum
Sam Kerr won’t be going to the Olympics.

Sam Kerr finally ruled out of Olympics – five months after knee injury

The Matildas had been bizarrely reluctant to speak definitively about her chances – until Tuesday, when coach Tony Gustavsson unveiled his squad for their upcoming friendlies against China.

  • by Vince Rugari

AFL

Basketball

LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Josh Giddey.

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
Forget Steph Curry and LeBron James - the best basketballer player in the world right now is college star Caitlin Clark.

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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Brad De Losa in training at his South Bownfels base shortly before leaving for Italy.

Why sprinting with a roaring 30kg chainsaw is just all part of this game

Australia’s top woodchopping athletes will contest the World Trophy in Milan next weekend, armed with axes and saws of all varieties.

  • by Emma Kemp
Danny Morseu, pictured in 2007, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.

‘A real shock’: AOC blindsided by Morseu’s two-year-old assault charge

The former Olympic basketballer was last week found guilty of one count of assault occasioning bodily harm to a woman he punched in the head repeatedly in June 2022.

  • by Emma Kemp

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