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The incredible rise of England midfielder Jude Bellingham looks likely to continue when Real Madrid head to Wembley for the Champions League final on Sunday (5am AEST) as overwhelming favourites to beat Dortmund and be crowned European Champions for a 15th time. It is a… Read More »‘Greedy’ star and world’s coolest coach give ‘ultimate boss’ Real edge over Dortmund in Champions League final

Veteran Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper admits his Test days are likely behind him and backs Joe Schmidt to pick Aussie-based players for this year’s Test campaigns. The Japan-based Cooper expects Kiwi Schmidt to overlook foreign-based players – at a time when there are rising calls… Read More »‘Of course I want to’: Why Quade Cooper thinks Joe Schmidt will be right to ignore him for Test duty

Report from Trinidad and Tobago “Most of Australia hate me.” Nearly five years ago, having taken his maiden Test five-wicket haul in the fifth Ashes Test of 2019, Mitchell Marsh’s dry quip in a media conference when asked about his relationship with the country’s cricket-loving… Read More »From ‘most of Australia hate me’ to T20 World Cup captaincy, Mitch Marsh stays the same old Bison

The gap between the New Zealand and Australian Super sides has shrunk if only a little in 2024, but the increased jeopardy in this year’s Super Rugby Pacific has made for a much more entertaining competition. The ACT Brumbies, Queensland Reds and for the first… Read More »ANALYSIS: Strengths and work-ons for the Aussie teams bound for the Super Rugby finals