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AFL

Hall of Fame to go ahead, AFL confirms

Brisbane champion Simon Black is certain to be one of the seven inductees to be included into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in June.

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Port’s Ollie Wines in mix for AFL comeback

Port Adelaide vice-captain Ollie Wines is in the mix to make his comeback from shoulder surgery when the AFL competition resumes.

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Richmond won’t rush Houli return: Riewoldt

Richmond will take a cautious approach to Bachar Houli’s return to AFL play with calf issues keeping the defender out of main training on Monday.

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AFL star Steven returns to Cats training

Geelong midfielder arrived at club headquarters for training on Monday after recovering from a mysterious stab wound that required surgery.

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AFL

AFL blockbusters locked in for restart

A series of high-profile matches have been scheduled in prime time slots for the opening four weeks of the rebooted 2020 AFL season.

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Horse Racing

Horse Racing

Stradbroke places up for grabs at Doomben

The Fred Best Classic will provide a number of three-year-olds, including in-form Dawn Passage, a chance to secure a spot in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap.

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Hey Doc returns in boost for McEvoy stable

While the curtain has been drawn on the racing career of Sunlight, another Group One winner from the Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable has returned to work.

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Horse Racing

Purton, Moreira HK stoush down to the wire

Zac Purton and Joao Moreira have each ridden four winners at Sha Tin to remain in a share of the lead for the Hong Kong jockeys’ title.

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Horse Racing

Top NZ jockey Waddell in Australian move

New Zealander Jason Waddell, a 13-time Group One-winning jockey, is making plans to continue his career in Australia.

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Horse Racing

Tambo’s Mate injured, out of G1 Stradbroke

Tambo’s Mate, one of Queensland’s best sprinters, has been ruled out of the Stradbroke Handicap because of injury.

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Rugby

Rugby

Gutherson tells Eels to embrace NRL hype

Parramatta NRL players have been told to embrace the hype which has the club dreaming of claiming their first premiership since 1986.

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Rugby

NRL return on Nine second channel for many

The NRL will be shown on Nine’s secondary GEM channel in half of Australia.

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Rugby

Tevaga praises motivated Warriors NRL pack

Jazz Tevaga is confirmed to miss the opening match of the Warriors’ NRL season return but he’s confident their young pack can make a statement.

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Soccer

Soccer

A-League players demand contract solution

Frustrated A-League players are growing increasingly anxious about their futures with more than 100 contracts set to expire by the end of the week.

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Soccer

BATE celebrate cup triumph in Belarus

BATE Borisov scored a winner in the last minute of extra-time in the Belarus Cup final, played in front of 5,000 fans at the Dinamo National Stadium in Minsk.

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Soccer

Augsburg win as coach returns from ban

Heiko Herrlich made his debut in charge of Augsburg in a 3-0 win at Schalke in the Bundesliga while RB Leipzig went third with a 5-0 triumph at Mainz.

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Golf

Golf

Woods, Manning win charity golf match

Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning have teamed up to win a made-for-TV golf exhibition match that raised $20 million for COVID-19 relief funds.

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Golf

Woods, Mickelson ready for charity rematch

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are set to meet again in a money-spinning charity golf rematch match with NRL legends Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.

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Golf

Wary Scott plans late PGA Tour return

Adam Scott will sit out the first few weeks of the US PGA Tour’s return and is considering the WGC event in late July as his first event back.

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Other Sport

Other sport

Queensland Cricket confirms job cuts

Queensland Cricket has confirmed its workforce will be reduced by 29 per cent as it prepares for a big drop in ticket sales and funding from Cricket Australia.

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ICC rejects wax because of tampering focus

The ICC’s cricket committee has discussed allowing an artificial wax to shine the ball, but has decided it isn’t viable given a recent tampering crackdown.

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Make a call on T20 WC this week: Taylor

Former CA director Mark Taylor says T20 World Cup postponement would allow Australians to be released to play in the IPL should it be staged later this year.

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Other sport

COVID guidelines to alter cricket customs

Umpires wearing gloves to inspect the ball is among changes that cricket administrators will likely implement when the sport returns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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