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,CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Visiting Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao has weighed in at 66.1kg at a pre-fight weigh-in this morning, while his opponent and Brisbane boy Jeff Horn tipped the scales at 66.3kg. Dubbed 'The Battle Of Brisbane' - schoolteacher Horn will be boxing in front on an international TV audience of nearly 1 billion people tomorrow - on top of...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The top dog of the nation's chief cricketing body has said he's prepared to put the pads on himself if it means getting a team together for the upcoming Australia A tour of South Africa. Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland made that shocking revelation at a Sydney press conference this morning as the June 3o...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Filipino-Australians living in Brisbane are really going hard on the whole Filipino thing ahead of this weekend's Manny Pacquiao match, it has been confirmed. Australians right around the country will be tuned in on Saturday night to watch Pacquiao, 38, is defending his WBO world welterweight championship against 29-year-old Aussie Jeff “Hornet” Horn at Suncorp Stadium. Dubbed 'The Battle...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A Townsville man has today taken a 40 inch hunting knife to his own shoulder after hearing the news that an injury sustained by Johnathan Thurston on Wednesday night would mean end to the Cowboys captain's representative career. Thurston will play no further part in the Origin series and will miss the World Cup at the end of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's boxing fans are growing more excited by the minute as one of the greatest boxers of all time, Manny Pacquiao, touched down at about 8:30pm on Saturday night in a privately chartered jet from the Philippines. The 11-time world champion said he is in top shape for next Sunday's showdown at Lang Park, where he will be...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT One of Brisbane's fifteen stockbrokers says he is currently not confident enough in the Wallabies slight lead over Italy at halftime today. He says he's worried their choppy performance could greatly affect his share portfolio. Scott Boulster-Fairfield is taking this half time break to check up on share prices within his print copy of the Australian Business...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A friendly, approachable poon had his faith in the Sydney Swans restored last night, prompting him to renew his expired membership in the fledgeling team. Peter Willmott, a Sydney-based middle manager, said now that his team is back in the top eight, he's more than willing to get the plastic out. "I actually was watching the...

22 June, 2017. 13:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The writing team behind the NRL's most popular TV drama, The State of Origin, are tipped to win next year's Gold Logie Award after last night's theatrics in Sydney captivated audiences around the nation. Often viewed as the last real gladiatorial sporting conquest, Origin, as it's known locally, is repeatedly compared to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The touring British and Irish Lions have revealed their plans to respond to the All Blacks haka this weekend in Aukland - and it's the most British thing ever. Set to the tune of Pink Floyd's seminal 1975 prog rock masterpiece, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part VIII), the Lions will dance beneath the 4-meter tall...

PAUL MORELLO | Victoria | CONTACT Brunswick Football Club Head Trainer Dave O’Keefe has been a part of the furniture in the Bat Cave (the team’s clubrooms) for the previous 28 years. “He says it’s like a second home, but I’ve never seen him leave… I think he sleeps on the rub down table” said 38-year-old Bats wingman, Allen “Skinny” Ablett. That...