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21 August, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BLESSED WITH THE ABILITY to roll a Turf King out of the back of his hand, using his ring finger to get some ungodly purchase on the ball, Mick Crichton says that while he enjoys being part of the wider AIS community - deep down he just wants to tour the...

20 August, 2016. 12:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact MICHAEL CHEIKA HAS URGED HIS men to fight like they're the third chimp on the ramp to Noah's Ark tonight as the look to start their Bledisloe campaign on the right foot. But for one Sydney private schoolboy, he started his big day of sinking cold tins and spinning yarns with the...

19 March, 2016. 13:15 MERV HARRIS | Brown Snake Correspondent | CONTACT The recipient of the next statue to be erected outside Lang Park was revealed this morning at a QRL breakfast: a much anticipated bronze idol of the headgear worn by arguably the greatest rugby league player of his generation, the great Steve ‘The Pearl’ Renouf. “We are exceptionally pleased to announce that...

17 August, 2016. 09:35 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact Caroline Springs resident, Alf Garnett, is predicting big things for Sydney Swan's Sudanese born recruit Aliir Aliir, after a recent eye catching display in the Swans defence. According to Alf, Aliir Aliir has 'got the skills and looks like he could have a long future in the game." "He reminds me heaps...

10 August, 2016. 14:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The Australia Boomers lost 88-98 to the USA have wooed Olympic audiences with several impressive wins over France and Serbia with one of their greatest performances. The Boomers led by two points early in the final quarter and the US had to pull out all stops to get the job done. Speaking to media after...

10 August, 2016. 14:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The late great, Supreme leader Kim Jong Ill's seemingly unbeatable tally of Gold from 1988-2004 was pipped by Phelps today, with the North Korean leader's son vowing to take back the crown. Korean state media report the dictator (age Unknown) is a surprise inclusion in a number of events in Rio despite...

9 August, 2016. 14:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Australia's first Olympic gold medallist of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Mack Horton has felt the wrath of Chinese swimming fans today, after his well publicised sledging of Chinese rival, Sun Yang. Prior to the race, Horton called Yang a “drug cheat” for testing positive to a banned substance in 2014, for which he...

8 August, 2016. 11:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The newly-crowned 'bad boy' of Australian swimming, Mack Horton, has today been photographed taking part in a wild rooftop party in the favela slums of Rio De Janeiro. Not even an entire day after picking up Australia's first gold medal in the men's 400m freestyle, Horton has taken a break from calling...

6 August, 2016. 16:03 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact WHEN THE OFFER FIRST CAME across coach Darren Lehmann's desk, he laughed and said it might teach them a thing or two about the golden rule of cricket. Following their day-four-English-style batting collapse yesterday in Galle, the Australian cricket team was offered the changed to star in an upcoming advertising campaign for...

4 August, 2016. 16:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SPORTS JOURNALISM IS THE NEW mining engineering - that's the message from news media outlets around the country as the scramble to recruit enough staff to cover the return of Jarryd Hayne to rugby league football. Riding the high and beautiful wave of the boom is Fox Sports News, who've recently announced they've...