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Victorian midfielder Lachie Hicks hopes to be drafted into the AFL next week, and he will be thinking of one person, in particular, if it happens.
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Victorian midfielder Lachie Hicks hopes to be drafted into the AFL next week, and he will be thinking of one person, in particular, if it happens.
While the Australian cricket media watched Pat Cummins on Friday, behind them Sam Konstas was leading the next crop of batters in dominating Sheffield Shield bowlers at last.
It is unclear whether Nathan Buckley or Adam Simpson will get another crack as senior coach. On the surface, Buckley’s best hope might be an internal succession at Geelong.
David Warner has accused Cricket Australia of a cover-up of the sandpapergate scandal.
The goalkeeper whose challenge resulted in the death of a player has been banned for 12 matches after a decision by the Spanish football federation’s disciplinary committee.
Tony Popovic’s side showed the promise of their recent friendly series against Brazil was no flash in the pan, thoroughly dismantling the two-time Asian Cup winners in Doha.
The Australian captain faced down over an hour’s worth of awkward deliveries on Friday, sending Usman Khawaja’s controversial claims racing away to the boundary.
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Greg Baum is a former chief sports columnist and associate editor with The Age.
How does Australian cricket turn the chapter on Sandpapergate when it refuses to die.
After an agonising four-point loss to Melbourne, Geelong have a second chance to continue their rampaging finals campaign, and star Georgie Prespakis is at the centre of it all.
The only certain truth now is that there is a wedge between Pat Cummins and Usman Khawaja, and probably between Cummins and David Warner, too. That is sad.
The choices of a small group of Swans players have dragged their club’s reputation through the mud for three months.