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7 Reasons Why Australian Sport Deserves More Funding Than The Arts

8 December, 2015 10:05 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Australian Sports Commission is a Government agency responsible for providing strategic guidance, leadership and funding for all Australian sports that don't generate an income of their own. Alongside their world-renowned training facility, The Australian Institute Of Sport, this ASC sits within the portfolio of Australia's Department Of Health - and has provided our proud nation with endless memories and champions...

Mike Tindall: “Bieber’s New Album Is Straight Fire”

27 November, 2015 14:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The former captain of England's national rugby union team, infamous hard-man, Mike Tindall, has spoken to The Betoota Advocate today about how Canadian pop icon Justin Bieber has finally won him over. "It took a while... but this new album is straight fire. I'm a fuckin' Belieber, I have no shame in admitting that," Tindall (36),...

This Sun Has Got Some Fucking Bite, Says Nation’s Tradesmen

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With the mercury rising to upwards of forty degrees celsius in some Australian capital cities today, it has been confirmed that the entire nation's construction industry are fucking off it. "Fuck this shit," say Jack Kennedy, a 27-year-old maritime carpenter who was approached for comment by our reporters. "This is fucked," "You fucken journos spend most of your time in the...

WWE Legend Rick Flair Set To Light Up The A-League

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...

NRL allocates $2m to help stop players from saying “youse”

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...

Richie McCaw, Nigel Owens in line for knighthood after heroic World Cup win

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...

Mike Baird announces $2bn M4 upgrade to cater for Wallabies bandwagon

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...

“Booing Brand Ambassadors Is A Normal Part Of Retail Marketing”

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...

Great Britain Really Regrets Inventing Rugby

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...

Shane Warne and Elon Musk team up to do something truely great for mankind

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...

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