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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A 21-YEAR-OLD Tajik national has been granted a temporary protection visa by the Department of Immigration this afternoon after he was observed bowling googlys, zooters, legbreaks and flippers at the Nauru detention facility last week. Muhammed Ashkent, from the southern highlands of the tiny central Asian nation of Tajikistan, said he learned to play cricket before he left...

28 April, 2016 17:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With the 2016 National Rugby League season in full swing, Fox Sports have announced that presenter and former Australian 100m national sprint title holder, Matt Shirvinton, has been replaced by former Australian long-jumper Jumpin' Jai Taurima, as a co-host of the NRL Super Saturday program. It is believed that Shirvington, who competed in the 100m, 200m and...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact OPENING UP FOR THE FIRST time since last week, former PM John Howard has revealed that the greatest moment of his tenure in the top job was being there to see Glenn McGrath score 61 runs against New Zealand at the Gabba. It was the first Test way back in 2004 and the Australians well...

20 April, 2016. 14:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESPITE HAVING MILLIONS OF brain cells left to lose, Irish fighter Conor McGregor has chosen to retire from all forms of professional MMA. Rumours have swelled for the proceeding 12-hours before the announcement, with confirmation coming from UFC President Dana White. The 27-year-old says he was confronted in a dream by his remaining...

8 April, 2016. 10:30 ORENTHAL SIMPSON | Sports Psychology | CONTACT In his second open letter this week, star Brumbies flanker, David Pocock has today penned yet another heartfelt apology. This time it was to his wife of 6 years, Emma Palandri. The second letter follows the Wallabies star finding himself in a situation that only he and, well, most other men in the world...

27 March, 2016. 10:10 CHIP DOUGLAS | Other News | CONTACT The Australian Olympic Committee have today released their athletes uniform for the 2016 Rio Olympics, modelled by their private school graduated athletes. The Alex Perry designed uniforms, which have received mix reviews across social media, were custom-made to align with the privileged image of the current stock of athletes and their elite schooling....

24 March, 2016. 11:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following world No.1 Novak Djokovic's controversial comments that suggested female players should be thankful to their male counterparts "because they ride on the coattails of the men" - tennis organisers have announced a compromise that will further scale down the female competition during major tournaments. The move has been praised by tennis enthusiasts around the...

23 March, 2016. 16:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN WHAT STARTED OUT in such dramatic and Fijian circumstances, now has all the hallmarks of a Labor-eque swan dive into political annihilation. For countless years, hedge fund manager Bruce O'Gorman says he couldn't wait for his old friend Malcolm Turnbull become prime minister. The Member for Wentworth was supposed to herald...

15 March, 2016. 15:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Balmain resident, Nigel Waspey says his brief encounter with Sydney's working class community will probably be his last. Despite living in Balmain for over five years, the 48-year-old graphic designer had never been to a live NRL match at nearby Leichhardt oval. That was until yesterday afternoon. "A lot of the bars and...

6 March, 2016. 18:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT An popular Irish athlete's entire career is in jeopardy after it was revealed to millions of international audiences that he is not fond of losing consciousness through physical combat. After roughly seven minutes of bloody, physical combat with an American opponent - the Irishman (27) was heavily inconvenienced by the fact he...