After a recent publicity blitz, the online betting industry is set to support a ban on the promotion of live odds in sports broadcasts, THE AGE has more.
ED WYATT tries to find the positives in Channel Seven winning the bid to televise friendlies involving Manchester United and Liverpool.
From Nic Nat's trade value to Ian Robson's exit, CHARLES HAPPELL and JONATHAN HOWCROFT give their takes on the week's talking points.
The 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.
WILL 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.
JONATHAN HOWCROFT looks ahead to the weekend's footy, the program headlined by Dreamtime at the G on Saturday night, the centrepiece of indigenous round.
The 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.
Peter 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.
WILL 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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I think when a player has marked the ball it is up to them whether to play on or go back and have a kick in any direction they wish....
It is not NZ turnover it is Australian turnover on NZ races,big difference and they weren't run 2 hours earlier they were run at the same time as the jumps...
"Do we have any way of knowing whether a Round 1 "Grand Final rematch" will fill the seats at Bluetongue Stadium?" It will definately sell out. 10k travelling Wanderers fans...
oh I see the feral anti racing grubs have infected this page
No questions relating to number of interchange players, number of subs or an interchange cap... the AFL don't care what we think on the matter
Well, a bit of time has passed now. It has given me perspective. I can see clearly now....Tottenaham should change their name to Moses.They were clearly given the green light...
The things I would like to see are:- An extreme focus on paying incorrect disposal. (Stop equivocating with 'genuine attempt'). If you have had a chance to dispose of the...