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Daniel Newell

Foxtel offloaded to UK streamer for $3.5b

Foxtel has been sold in a $3.5 billion deal that will bring UK sports entertainment juggernaut DAZN to Australia’s shores — and catapult local codes such as AFL and NRL onto a bigger global stage.

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Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney all failed at the Gabba.
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Mitchell Johnson

The under fire batter we should cut some slack

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Boxing Day is looming as D-day for Australia’s top three but selectors should show more patience with one of them, despite his failure to fire this series against India.

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Steve Snith, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
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Lisa Sthalekar

Why it’s hard to admit the end of the road is near

Several cricket legends are facing a moment of truth this summer with one having to face the toughest call of all.

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Rohit Sharma and Shane Warne.
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Caitlin Bassett

The tough call no skipper wants to make

CAITLIN BASSETT: Every cricket star goes through a rough patch but sometimes a team has to bite the bullet.

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Cooper Connolly can cement himself as a Scorchers superstar this season.
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Mitchell Johnson

The tough call BBL heavyweights had to make

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Perth proved on Sunday why they are the most successful team in the BBL, but they are gunning for their sixth title without one key player.

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AFL stars like Christian Petracca are paid vast sums compared to our top female athletes like the Matildas.
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Georgie Parker

The damning stat that shows how bad sport gender pay gap is

GEORGIE PARKER: Women’s sport is more popular that every, but the players are nowhere near being rewarded for it has well as they should be.

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Paul Kelly and Phillip Hughes.
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Justin Langer

The moments that still bring me to tears

JUSTIN LANGER: Those ancient warnings that a warrior does not weep and a provider cannot crack are hard to break. 

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Mohammed Siraj and Mitchell Johnson eyeing off Jimmy Anderson in 2014.
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Mitchell Johnson

Never like this: Why Siraj overreacted against Travis Head

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Mohammed Siraj follows a long line of angry bowlers but there is one thing he did I never would have dreamed of doing.

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South Africa are on track to play Pat Cummins’ Australian team in the World Test Championship final.
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Lisa Sthalekar

The unlikely opponent set to challenge Aussies’ Test crown

LISA STHALEKAR: No one understands how the World Test Championship actually works and there is one team taking full advantage of the confusion.

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Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard, Katrina Gorry and Naomi Osaka have all chosen to have children while still playing.
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Caitlin Bassett

The painful choice female athletes no longer have to make

CAITLIN BASSETT: When I played netball for Australia this was unheard of, now thankfully women can play on their own terms without sacrificing what is most precious.

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Mitchell Starc claimed the vital wicket of Virat Kohli during his sublime first innings
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Mitchell Johnson

The radical shake-up to when pink-ball Test should be played

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Mitchell Starc is deadly in day-night Tests, and the success of this match should start a conversation on where it should be played next summer.

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Mohammed Siraj and Travis Head’s run-in made headlines around the cricketing world.
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Georgie Parker

The one thing that needs to change after Adelaide showdown

GEORGIE PARKER: There was a lot of drama in just three days of cricket and Cricket Australia should now make this key move.

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Ian Redpath and Neale Fraser.
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Justin Langer

Which generation did it best?

JUSTIN LANGER: The passing of two Australian sporting greats made me reflect on what characteristics are important for success.

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Marnus Labuschagne
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Justin Langer

The one thing Marnus can’t afford to do today

JUSTIN LANGER: Nothing is harder than digging yourself out of a form slump but there is one piece of simple advice I would give Marnus Labuschagne heading into the second Test.

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Michael Vaughan and Sunil Gavaskar have been causing mischief for the Australian team.
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Mitchell Johnson

The commentators who should stop needling the Aussie team

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Everyone has had their say on why Cummins’ men failed in the first Test but some of the criticism has an ulterior motive.

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