Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Sharapova says she has failed a drug test at the Australian Open. Photo: AP and other top stories.

  • Sharapova says she has failed a drug test at the Australian Open. Photo: AP

    Sharapova says she has failed a drug test at the Australian Open. Photo: AP Sportswear giant Nike on Tuesday suspended its sponsorship of Maria Sharapova, after the tennis star admitted to testing positive to banned drug Meldonium.The company's leaders drew criticism when they refused to drop Tiger Woods when the world found out the golfer had cheated on his wife Elin Nordegren with a number of different women.But it took swift action against Filipino boxer M..
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  • Jeff Kennett squashes Eddie McGuire's plan for $1 billion stadium next to MCG

    Jeff Kennett squashes Eddie McGuire's plan for $1 billion stadium next to MCG
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Future of Etihad Stadium in the hands of AFL Etihad Stadium could be bulldozed under Eddie McGuire's radical $1 billion proposal to revamp Olympic Park Precinct. Courtesy Seven News Melbourne. PT0M34S 620 349 Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has bluntly shot down Eddie McGuire's idea to build a new $1 billion football stadium next to the MCG, referring to the ambitious proposal as already "dead and buried".The Collingwood president put forwa..
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  • Parramatta Eels at centre of more salary cap drama over Jarryd Hayne deal following document leak

    Parramatta Eels at centre of more salary cap drama over Jarryd Hayne deal following document leak
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Plays of the Week From last gasp heroics to Rio dreaming, these are the most exciting, silly and downright crazy plays in the sport world this week. PT2M4S 620 349 The Parramatta Eels are at the centre of allegations that senior management signed off on deals that rewarded third-party sponsors with game-day hospitality, contravening NRL rules.The Eels will also face questions about an alleged $39,000 payment to former star and now NFL player Jarr..
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  • Collingwood chief Gary Pert insists the 'volcanic' drug use of AFL players remains the biggest issue in the game

    Collingwood chief Gary Pert insists the 'volcanic' drug use of AFL players remains the biggest issue in the game
    Collingwood chief Gary Pert says drug use among AFL players remains biggest single issue in the game. Picture: Michael KleinCOLLINGWOOD chief executive Gary Pert has insisted the ‘volcanic’ drug use of AFL footballers remains the biggest single issue confronting the game, stressing the need for more debate on further tightening the league drugs code.Three-and-a-half-years on from putting the drugs debate on the agenda at an AFL chief executives meeting on the Gold Coast, Pert said on Wednesday h..
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  • Ange reveals rookie trio on cusp of selection

    Ange reveals rookie trio on cusp of selection
    ANGE Postecoglou’s relentless pursuit to create a formidable Socceroos unit continued with his squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. A number of regular contributors have been overlooked, while he’s shown his hand in the areas he feels needs boosting on the road to the next World Cup.Postecoglou has always been one to reward players in form, and playing regularly, regardless where they are across the globe.That policy has seen Terry Antonis earn a recall after finally reaching full fitnes..
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  • Trainer Bede Murray dies aged 80

    Trainer Bede Murray dies aged 80
    Trainer Bede Murray (Image: Bradley Photos) Veteran horseman Bede Murray has died overnight on Tuesday aged 80, after a battle with cancer. Kembla Grange trainer Murray was best known via his 21st-century stars Universal Prince - a one-time Melbourne Cup favourite - and Victory Vein, the pair winning four and two Group 1s respectively. Despite being the favourite for ‘the race that stops a nation’ in 2001, Universal Prince never actually won a race in Melbourne - but Murray trained him to ..
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  • Kade Snowden dropped from the Newcastle Knights starting team

    Kade Snowden dropped from the Newcastle Knights starting team
    Kade Snowden dropped from the Newcastle Knights starting team Posted March 09, 2016 12:28:04 Newcastle Knights coach Nathan Brown is sticking with his rookie players for Saturday's clash with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, but experienced forward Kade Snowden has been dropped after a sluggish start to the season.Brown has named a 19-man squad for the round two match, with Snowden named 19th man on the extended bench.The former Australian and NSW Blues prop made just 28 m..
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  • Andrew Hore named CEO of Waratahs and NSW Rugby Union

    Andrew Hore named CEO of Waratahs and NSW Rugby Union
    Andrew Hore named CEO of Waratahs and NSW Rugby Union Roar Guru 2 Have your say Former Ospreys boss Andrew Hore has been named as the new CEO of the Waratahs and NSW Rugby Union. Kiwi-born Hore, not to be confused with the former All Blacks’ hooker, spent the last eight years with the Welsh Pro 12 side Ospreys, four as chief operating officer and four as CEO. Hore will take over Greg Harris in April, and may have to persuade Kurtley Beale to stay with the Waratahs after reports su..
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  • Waratahs Kurtley Beale set for London Wasps move

    Waratahs Kurtley Beale set for London Wasps move
    Waratahs Kurtley Beale set for London Wasps move Wasps bound: Kurtley Beale. Photo: Rob Jefferies/Getty Images Kurtley Beale is reportedly set to sign a record two-year deal worth $2.7 million with the London Wasps.Such a deal, reported in the Daily Mail, is unlikely to be matched by the Australian Rugby Union even if Beale enters into a flexible deal which allows him to play in Japan.It would make the Waratahs and Wallabies inside centre the highest paid p..
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NSW public service promises flexible work hours by 2019 .Ingleburn, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia .
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