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Duck off: AFL declares war on head-duckers

The AFL has declared war on the competition's head-duckers, with operations manager Mark Evans saying the Laws of the Game committee will be considering ways to stop players lowering their scones and milking the rules for free kicks.

Anthony Milford criticised for Canberra Raiders, Brisbane Broncos mess

Rugby league greats Matthew Johns and Mark Geyer have taken aim at wantaway Raiders star Anthony Milford after reports emerged he would prefer to sit out the 2014 season than remain in Canberra.

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Sports psychologist defends Jonathan Trott management

Prominent sports psychologist Jacqui Louder has defended England's management of Jonathan Trott in the face of UK media outlets questioning whether he should have been selected for the Ashes in the first place.

Which teams have qualified for the Champions League second round?

ANALYSIS: We take a look at who's qualified for the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, who is out of contention and who remains in with a chance of making the second round on the final match day of the competition's group stage.

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Rory McIlroy expresses sympathy for Jonathan Trott

Golf champion Rory McIlroy has expressed sympathy for Jonathan Trott, saying stress-related illnesses like the one the England cricketer is suffering from will become increasingly common in professional sport.

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Dez Bryant footage

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NIS If only they'd actually been to these places

NIS Former England opener Marcus Trescothick

NIS Andy Flower on Trott

NIS Jonathan Trott on his decision to return home:

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Expect the unexpected after action-packed first Ashes Test

ANALYSIS: While the odds appear in Australia's favour, an action-packed first Ashes Test against England means we should expect the unexpected in what could be a brutal summer ahead.

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NIS And that's lunch at the Gabba

NIS Adelaide United head coach

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NIS Crazy scenes outside San Siro

NIS The Gabba pitch looks

NIS Day 4 of the opening

NIS Phil Moss enjoyed the perfect

NIS The Wallabies ended a week

NIS World champion Sebastian Vettel

NIS Australia set up a rematch

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NIS Amazing scenes at Allianz

NIS Sydney FC are down

NIS A second straight day

NIS Australia have declared

NIS Gareth Tander has taken

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NIS Rivals Melbourne Victory

NIS Wellington Phoenix have named

NIS George Bailey's day

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Michael Clarke: An Ashes bunny in Stuart Broad's headlights

Ian Chappell believes Michael Clarke has one Stuart Broad-sized monkey on his back, one that won't be coming off any time soon despite Australia's Ashes hopes hinging on Clarke hitting his best form.

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NIS With the AFL Draft over

NIS Veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis

NIS GWS have been quick

NIS Here is Swans recruit

NIS Our man Ronny Lerner

NIS Dayle Garlett finally has a

NIS Here are the top-10

NIS Round 1 of the AFL

NIS Collingwood use pick 10

NIS Midfielder Christian Salem

NIS As expected, North Melbourne

NIS The Brisbane Lions

NIS Defender Matt Scharenberg

NIS Classy Tasmanian Kade Kolodjashnij

NIS The Western Bulldogs have added

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First Ashes Test: Quotes of day one

England looked well on top on the opening day of the first Ashes Test before Mitchell Johnson and Brad Haddin led an impressive rearguard effort that kept Australia in the game. Check out some of the day's best quotes here.

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Ashes villains: Which Poms will be targeted?

The Ashes has always been a series with plenty of heroes and villains, depending on where one's loyalties lied, although Phil Tufnell was probably a villain for everyone. Heading into Thursday's first Test in Brisbane, we felt it time to have a serious look at the biggest villains from a dastardly England side.

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Who can lead Australia to Ashes glory?

There may be a few on-the-nose members of the Australian team but in the interests of patriotism we're going to come up with three bona fide Australian heroes destined to lead us to glory when the Ashes commences on Thursday with the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.

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NIS Socceroos veteran Mark Bresciano

NIS Mickey Arthur has hit back

NIS Zlatan Ibrahimovic was at his

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NIS Adelaide United eased the

NIS Osama Malik has broken

NIS England have tuned up

NIS India have torn through

NIS Some fellow A-League

NIS It's still goalless

NIS Our very own Jonathan Healy

NIS The teamsheets have been released

NIS Mark Bresciano is in danger

NIS Perth Glory and Adelaide United

NIS Great start

NIS Perth Glory

NIS At Blundstone

NIS NSW

NIS In Sydney

NIS Over at the Masters

NIS 62nd minute

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NIS Full time at AAMI Park

NIS Melbourne Heart have been

NIS Jarrod Lyle following

NIS Phil Hughes has given

NIS Half centuries to their top six

NIS Adam Scott has moved

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Friday Night Live A-League: Melbourne Heart v Sydney FC

Catch all the thrills and spills from Friday night's Melbourne Heart v Sydney FC clash and watch all the A-League action every Friday night LIVE thanks to Football Federation Australia.

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NIS Shane Warne

NIS England tour

NIS We put the mozz on Michael Klinger

NIS Over in Adelaide

NIS Johnny Bairstow

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David Koch: Alan Richardson is no liar

Port Adelaide chairman David Koch has refused to call new St Kilda coach Alan Richardson a liar but admits the Power were 'blindsided' by the Saints approach for their former coaching director.

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NIS Jarrod Lyle

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NIS Ahmed Saad

NIS Melbourne Heart

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40 Years Today: Australia's first World Cup qualification

Between 6-0 losses, coaching changes and Lucas Neill looking increasingly grumpy, it's been a pretty dark period for the Socceroos over the last few months. As a result, maybe now's as good a time as any to revisit a happier chapter in the national side's history and look back exactly 40 years ago to the moment when Australia qualified for our first World Cup finals in 1974.

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NIS Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle

NIS Guy Hand looks at five

NIS AFL legend Kevin Bartlett reckons

Jarrod Lyle: I'll be a mess at the Masters

Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle expects to be an emotional wreck when teeing off at Australian Masters after almost two years out of the game with leukaemia.

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Lance Franklin cops Adam Goodes 'missile'

AFL legend Kevin Bartlett reckons Adam Goodes may have launched a 'heat-seeking missile' at mega-money Sydney recruit Lance Franklin after the former Hawk was spotted enjoying himself in a big way at Flemington over the last week.

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NIS Test hopeful George Bailey

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Australia's Ashes dietary demands?

In light of England's complicated dietary demands and menu requests for the upcoming Ashes series, we thought we'd better investigate what the Australian camp might be having for dinner after a hard day's Test cricket.

Gai Waterhouse charged for Tres Blue treatment

She may have won her first Melbourne Cup on Tuesday with Fiorente but that hasn't stopped Racing Victoria Stewards from charging Gai Waterhouse for her race day treatment of Tres Blue heading into the race that stops a nation.

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NIS Wellington are sinking

NIS Stosur

NIS Novak Djokovic

NIS John Worsfold

Hayden: George Bailey a must for Ashes

Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has taken to Twitter to reject Ian Chappell's plea not to include George Bailey in the Ashes team for the first Test in Brisbane on November 21.

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NIS Vettel wins in Abu Dhabi

NIS Steven Caulker

NIS Bangladesh

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NIS to get the ball rolling

NIS Goal scored

NIS Classy move this by the organisers

NIS Graham Arnold

NIS Cronulla star

NIS It's a return to the old days of Pele

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NIS The Glory have taken

NIS The All Blacks have cruised

NIS Sydney FC have named

Final interview reveals clueless Watters

ANALYSIS: Scott Watters' final interview as St Kilda coach on Friday morning either reflects a coach doing his very best to present a united front to the media or someone who really didn't have any idea as to the reality of the situation going on around him.

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NIS Saints confirm

NIS Scott Watters

AFL fixture 2014: The soul-sucking seven

Following the release of the 2014 AFL fixture, we've taken a look at the games you most likely wouldn't cross the street to see.

Magnificent seven: Best 2014 AFL games

We've done the work for you and come up with seven of the biggest matches of the 2014 AFL premiership season.

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NIS Carlos Burle

NIS Fair to say Sydney FC fans

NIS Melbourne coach Paul Roos

NIS Good to see

NIS Maya Gabeira

Time for a Warner-free Ashes?

The Ashes series this summer may be Australian cricket's moment of truth, but David Warner doesn't deserve to be a part of it and shouldn't be considered for the Test team when the whole shebang kicks off at the Gabba on November 21.

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