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28 October, 2015. 13:27 IMRAN GASHKORI | Editor | CONTACT It seems the Western Sydney Wanderers have had enough. After an endless barrage of media hype over flares, the A-League cellar dwellers have decided to fire back, today announcing a bold bid to lure former WWF/WWE wrestling superstar Ric Flair to the club as a club mascot and potential owner. Flair was recently spotted...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NRL players do not deserve the riches of the new broadcast deal, frustrated clubs executives believe. The Courier-Mail can reveal club officials plan to lobby the Todd Greenberg NRL CEO to come good on the promise made by the code in 2014 that would see $2 million dedicated to helping players remove the word "youse" from...

November 1, 2015. 5:30 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESPITE THE NEW ZEALAND being the better team on the day, both retiring All Black captain Richie McCaw and match referee Nigel Owens have both been offered a knighthood in the wake of the Rugby World Cup grand final. In addition to this great honour, each member of the triumphant All Blacks...

27 October, 2015. 14:05 HARRIS MANTER | Contributor | Contact In an exciting week that has seen a both New Zealand and Australian make it through to a trans-Tasman Rugby World Cup grand final, both former players and politicians have thrown in their two cents as the hysteria surrounding Rugby Union reaches heights not seen since the Alan Jones-era. Just yesterday, former-Wallabies captain, John Eales attracted...

20 October, 2015. 12:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact David Jones has been forced to defend its decision to feature former Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes as a brand ambassador. This comes as Australian social media users made the retail chain aware of the offense that had been caused by choosing such a controversial sporting identity. The retired AFL player and former Australian of...

19 October, 2015. 10:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact It is believed that the entire 6.8 million people that reside in Great Britain now regret that their Colonial ancestors invented the game of Rugby over 150 years ago. The office for Buckingham Palace has today sent out an official statement on behalf of the Royal Family, "Both her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the...

6 October, 2015. 14:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE WORLD'S GREATEST cricketer and a pioneering space entrepreneur Elon Musk are joining forces to do something truely great for mankind. Australian bowler Shane Warne is set to become the first person in history to bowl a leg break in space. Coincidently, the 46-year-old will become the world's fastest bowler as the...

4 October, 2015. 11:30 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AFTER THE WALLABIES historic win in the nation's third most watched sporting event of the weekend, a heavily intoxicated man searched his phone for an English person for close to 20 minutes. Despite being awake for nearly three days, Sydneysider Michael Watson said he's already sent close to a dozen text...

4 October, 2015. 10:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact In a jam-packed Grand Final weekend, the people from every state and sovereignty across this nation have vested interests in some sort of football match. Whether its the South and West of the country tuning in to watch the Saturday night's AFL Grand Final between the Hawthorn Hawks and West Coast Eagles - Or whether...

30 September, 2015. 15:03 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE SUPREME LEADER of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has paved the way for a North Korean victory on day two of their test match against Cuba in Pyongyang yesterday. The 32-year-old scored a quick-fire 807 not out in the last session of the day's play, putting the Koreans in...