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Daniel Newell

Ousted Eagles coach Simpson reveals next big career move

One Perth-based company is taking a punt on former West Coast Eagles coach Adam Simpson to help it kick a few more goals.

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Mitchell Johnson says Marnus Labuschagne should be dropped.
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Mitchell Johnson

Marnus Labuschagne needs to be dropped for his sake and ours

MITCHELL JOHNSON: He floundered his way through the first Test so the best thing selectors can do is leave him out of the Adelaide match.

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Adam Gilchrist has led a chorus of former players saying there could be a rift in Pat Cummins' team.
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Lisa Sthalekar

Aussie team’s old guard is coming for Cummins again

LISA STHALEKAR: It would be easy to forget Australia are the No.1 team in the world with the flak it is copping over the India defeat. But Pat Cummins has been here before.

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It's unclear who Australia's next great batter will be to follow in the footsteps of Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting.
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Justin Langer

Australia has failed to future proof for next batting star

JUSTIN LANGER: Once a great nursery of batting talent Australia’s cupboard lies bare, while India continue to produce several prodigious talents wielding the willow.

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Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja and Pat Cummins.
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Caitlin Bassett

Why winning can take its toll

CAITLIN BASSETT: Getting to the top of the world is hard, but staying there is harder — just ask the Australian men’s cricket team.

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Mary Fowler and Cortnee Vine are both taking break from international football due to the mental strain.
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Georgie Parker

The daily hell of being a national sports star

GEORGIE PARKER: Cortnee Vine and Mary Fowler’s brave moves to take a break from the Matildas for mental health reasons shows how far female sport has come since I was battling my demons with the Hockeyroos.

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Jasprit Bumrah has become Australia's bogeyman.
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Mitchell Johnson

It’s going to be a long summer with Bumrah bowling like this

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The Aussie top-order will be having nightmares about the Indian skipper unless they figure out how to play his unique bowling action that makes him near unplayable.

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Marnus Labuschagne, Virat Kohli and Steve Smith ALL enter the series in a form slump with Smith under particular scrutiny after abandoning his experiment as an opener.
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Mitchell Johnson

Why Smith is batting for his future in the Test team

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Virat Kohli’s form slump has been a major talking point heading into the first Test, but these next few innings are also vital for several Aussies’ careers, namely Steve Smith’s.

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The WBBL has been a great success for female sport.
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Georgie Parker

The WBBL tweak the AFLW should mimic

GEORGIE PARKER: It’s the change that has made female cricket a great success and the AFL should sit up and take note.

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Jake Paul has admitted he didn’t want to knock out Mike Tyson.
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Harrison Reid

Jake Paul makes huge admission about Tyson fight

The 27-year-old dominated the contest but has since confirmed what many suspected.

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Mitchell Johnson and Virat Kohli were fierce rivals.
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Mitchell Johnson

Inside my rivalry with Indian legend Kohli

MITCHELL JOHNSON: One of Virat Kohli’s attributes stood out early to me above all others. It was something I had rarely seen from an Indian player.

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Young players like Spencer Johnson (r) would benefit from playing more games with Aussie skipper Pat Cummins (l).
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Mitchell Johnson

Who the biggest losers of resting Aussie stars really are

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The fans and broadcasters obviously miss out but there is another forgotten group that pay the price when our nation’s best sit it out.

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Josh Inglis and Adam Zampa had a match they would rather forget on Sunday
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Lisa Sthalekar

Aussie cricket disrespects one-day cricket at its own peril

LISA STHALEKAR: The loss to Pakistan highlights that nothing can be taken for granted, not your opponent and especially not your fans.

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Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will fight in Dallas on Friday night.
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Oliver Holt

Everything that is wrong about the Tyson-Paul fight

OLIVER HOLT: The highly publicised bout is another signal of sport’s submission to money and the triumph of image over competition.

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Max Jorgensen celebrates scoring Australia's fifth and winning try in a game Joseph Sua’ali’i was man-of-the-match in on his debut.
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Dane Eldridge

The million-dollar man worth every penny ... so far

He’s only played one game but what a game it was. Joseph Sua’ali’i’s dream debut threatens to shake up the sporting landscape by making rugby cool again.

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