Suarez MainED WYATT tries to find the positives in Channel Seven winning the bid to televise friendlies involving Manchester United and Liverpool.

naitanui-watts-140510From Nic Nat's trade value to Ian Robson's exit, CHARLES HAPPELL and JONATHAN HOWCROFT give their takes on the week's talking points.

monacogp-motor-260512The Monaco GP is held on a tight, tricky circuit around the principality, where average speeds are slow, but it's the race every driver wants to win, as DANIEL BARICEVIC explains. 

Williams SonnyBill 060313WILL EVANS looks ahead to round 11 of the NRL, the last before Origin squads are named, and headed by the Storm's visit to the Roosters.

dreamtime-200510JONATHAN HOWCROFT looks ahead to the weekend's footy, the program headlined by Dreamtime at the G on Saturday night, the centrepiece of indigenous round.

ribery-franck-180610The Champions League final will showcase the best of German football, but as JOSH PAPANIKOLAOU writes, it is a Frenchman that could prove the decisive force.

moody-peter-220911Peter Moody's hopes in the G1 Doomben 10000 this Saturday rest with a European horse who's yet to show his best in Australia, reports DANIEL MILES.

westcoast-fans-120812WILL THOMSON has pored over the AFL free-kick stats since mid-2011 and found that West Coast home games have produced some strangely lop-sided counts. 

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