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Dan Houston has three clubs chasing him.
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Caitlin Bassett

The agony and ecstasy of AFL trade period

CAITLIN BASSETT: There is more at stake than a high draft pick as players are offered to the highest bidder.

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Pat Cummins and the Australian team face a challenge with Cameron Green suffering back issues ahead of the Test series against
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Mitchell Johnson

Australia’s latest headache heading into Indian summer

MITCHELL JOHNSON: How the national cricket team manage this star could be crucial to their success against a rampant India.

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Christian Petracca and Josh Battle did not attend their club's best and fiarest awards for different reasons.
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Georgie Parker

St Kilda should hang their head in shame over petty antics

GEORGIE PARKER: There has been nothing best or fair about several end-of-year AFL club functions with St Kilda taking the cake for a really low act.

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The Storm failed to deliver in the big moments.
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Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll

Why the Storm lost the NRL grand final

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Penrith were unbelievable as they wrote themselves into the history books, but Melbourne will rue another missed opportunity to win a premiership.

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Chris Fagan celebrating the AFL grand final win on Saturday.
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Justin Langer

The making of a Lion King: How Fages finally won a flag

Nothing in life ever comes easy and no one knows that better than the latest AFL premiership winning coach.

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Matthew Potts' ridiculous attempt at time-wasting in the final one-day match on Sunday.
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Mitchell Johnson

Time to give cricket umpires the power to send players off

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The Poms really tried to pull the other foot in the final one-day match with their antics. Here is the best way to stamp it out.

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Daniel Ricciardo is still in demand for the US Grand Prix, even though he's no longer an F1 driver. (AP PHOTO)
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Ian Chadband

Why Daniel Ricciardo could return for US race

Fired driver Daniel Ricciardo is so popular in America that he will still feature at the next F1 race if US Grand Prix promoter Bobby Epstein has his way.

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LISA STHALEKAR: Alyssa Healy (r) will lead a star-studded line-up featuring Annabel Sutherland (l) at the ICC T20 World Cup
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Lisa Sthalekar

Forget the Olympics, these are our best female athletes

LISA STHALEKAR: We don't just have golden girls, we have an entire golden team. And the rest of the cricketing world had better watch out.

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New Eagles coach Andrew McQualter.
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Caitlin Bassett

The first person McQualter needs to speak to at Eagles

CAITLIN BASSETT: West Coast’s new coach has promised a new dawn in Perth and there is one member of the club he should seek out first to help make that happen.

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Sydney may need to trade Chad Warner now rather than have the issue linger next year if he wants to leave.
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Matthew Richardson

Why Swans need to bite the bullet and trade Chad Warner now

RICHO’S TOP 10: John Longmire has some tough choices to make to stop his team from falling off a cliff in 2025 and this might be the toughest one of all.

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Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll: Top five rugby league grand finals
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Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll

Simply the best: My top five NRL grand finals of all time

Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll: Spoiler alert Manly isn’t on the list, but with another historic decider on the cards here are five titanic clashes to relive before Sunday night’s Storm-Panthers showdown.

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Nathan Cleary has a big question mark hanging over him ahead of what could be one of the greatest NRL grand finals, writes Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll.
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Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll

My big call on NRL star Nathan Cleary’s shoulder injury

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: We could be about to witness one of the truly great NRL grand finals. But there’s a big question mark hanging over one of its biggest stars.

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The Swans struggled through grand final week and it showed on the big day.
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Georgie Parker

What the Swans could have fixed before grand final disaster

GEORGIE PARKER: Brisbane were magnificent and the Swans woeful. Here are my 10 takeaways from the AFL decider.

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The Swans after the 2022 and the Lions after the 2023 grand final.
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Ryan Daniels

Both teams fear failing again, one of them will

RYAN DANIELS: Brisbane and Sydney will need to overcome the ghosts of grand finals past quickly if they are to earn redemption in today’s decider.

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Patrick Cripps revealed to Justin Langer he gave up his sweettooth.
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Justin Langer

The secret to Cripps’ Brownlow success

During a coffee with the Blues skipper I found out why he is one of the game’s best.

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