Sports

1 June, 2017. 9:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Belconnen semi-professional scooter athlete is relieved one of his State of Origin teams won last night as the prospect of going into work this morning after his team lost, he says, would've been too much. Greg Kelso, a part-time sandwich artist at Canberra Airport's Subway, revealed to The Advocate that he...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Lidcombe-based printing supply sales rep, Johnathon Hindmarsh (33), has never been a religious man. He stopped going to church when his grandmother decided she didn't like the local chaplain in 1992 and he's been back for weddings since. In fact, apart from the heebee-jeebees he gets while walking through the local cemetery on his way home from the pub of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queensland's Origin preparations have been dealt a blow with a reported Ebola break out preventing up to four players from taking part in last night's training session. Forward Josh Papalii was the worst hit, having to remain quarantined in a tent donated by UNICEF. Dylan Napa, Moses Mbye and Kalyn Ponga were also on light duties as they battled...

28 May, 2017. 13:23 WILLIS KEKMANN | London | Contact A number of classified documents regarding rugby league stalwart Phil 'Gus' Gould have been leaked to the media this morning by Wikileaks - some of which allege the 59-year-old died in 2013 and has since been replaced by a hologram. Julian Assange took to the balcony of his Knightsbridge apartment around 9am local time...

27 May, 2017. 10:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Cricket Australia rejected the latest offering from the players' association earlier this week, prompting CEO James Sutherland to compare the current crop of national cricketers to the likes of Bernard Tomic and Nick Krygios. "I mean, isn't a four-bedroom home in Vaucluse and a Range Rover enough?" asked Sutherland during a press conference...

26 May, 2017. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The boss of Australia's flag carrier airline has hit back at controversial tennis player Margaret Court over her comments surrounding gay marriage, telling The Advocate that 'she's more of a Tiger type anyway.' Alan Joyce today took the opportunity to address remarks made by Court during an interview the West Australian online...

24 May, 2017. 15:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The director of ABC television has defended the coverage of last night's exhibition match between Sydney FC and English Premier League side Liverpool, saying that the broadcaster tried to match the amount of enthusiasm held by all Australians in their coverage of the game. A recent study conducted by the Daily Telegraph,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has reportedly asked numerous Londoners strolling passed the Ecuadorian embassy in Knightsbridge if they'd like to join him and diplomatic staff for a game of indoor cricket. With his mood purportedly buoyed by Sweden's decision to drop it's rape and sexual assault investigation, an insider source revealed that Assange has started enjoying...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Mitchell Pearce's selection for the 2019 State Of Origin series decider has been met with a mixed reaction today. Is his head in the game? Does he really want it? While many of the game's greats think he has matured as a player and a bloke, both selectors and coaches are reportedly very aware of how volatile his place...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local 4th-grade backrower, Watto, says he now believes in a divine force. After 5:00 am finish with some of the colties who have bye this weekend, the big fella woke up with one of those cold-sweats, can't-finish-your-train-of-thought kind of hangovers. "I threw up in the shower" he says. "I'm just so crook" As Watto puts it, a friday night club feed turned...