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Home truths spark Lions AFL turnaround
The focus might be on Brisbane coach Michael Voss but Lions co-captain Jed Adcock said senior players had felt the pressure, prompting an honesty session that might yet turn their AFL season around. Players did their best to end speculation that off-contract Voss had until round 15 to secure his job by upsetting Essendon last round. However, Adcock credited a player heart-to-heart weeks ...
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Phil Hughes to meet Ashes mentor
Phil Hughes says the English county mentor who reinvented him as a Test batsman will play a key role in his Ashes preparation. Hughes credits Worcestershire coach Steve Rhodes with breathing new life into his career in 2012 after he was dumped from the Test side midway through the 2011/12 summer. The 24-year-old says Rhodes helped him believe in himself again after three years of slipping in ...
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Hockey puts ATO set-up on notice
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) looks set for a major shake-up should the coalition win power in September, with its policeman functions to be split from its tax administration. Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey, in his budget reply speech before the September 14 election, said a parliamentary committee would also be set up to conduct regular public hearings of the tax commissioner, similar to ...
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Column Play ball with Goodell and NFL _ or else
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference at the NFL football spring meetings in Boston, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise ...
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Deans must forgive Quade Slack
Wallabies great Andrew Slack believes Robbie Deans should be honest and explain that Quade Cooper's controversial omission from his Test squad is due to last year's "toxic" outburst.And Slack warned the under-pressure Wallabies coach that he quickly needed to forgive and forget if he wanted to beat the British and Irish Lions - and hold onto his job.Australia's 1984 ...
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Sharks Hang On to Beat Kings 2-1 and Tie Series
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Bruins Rally Push Rangers to Brink of Elimination
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Spurs Cant Ease Up Despite 2-0 Lead on Grizzlies
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Rodgers Suarez not for sale
When he arrived at Anfield last summer, one of Rodgers' most important tasks was keeping the Uruguayan at the club. And Rodgers expects to succeed this year, just as he did last."Listen, every player has their price but there's certainly no pressure for the club to sell him. We're trying to build that bit of quality so he's not for sale," he explained."I ...
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Qld Origin hopefuls last roll of the dice
This weekend will be the last roll of the dice for several players hoping to make the Queensland State of Origin side for game one in Sydney next ...
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Spurs go 2-0 over Memphis in NBA playoffs
The San Antonio Spurs held off the late-charging Memphis Grizzlies to triumph 93-89 in overtime on Tuesday and stretch their lead in the NBA Western Conference finals to 2-0.Tim Duncan's 17 points included six of the Spurs' eight points in overtime, when he also delivered a key block to help San Antonio hang on after they let a 13-point fourth-quarter lead evaporate."I hate that ...
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Etherington confident over Stoke future
22 May 2013 Stoke winger Matt Etherington is confident chairman Peter Coates will make the correct call in his search for the club's next ...
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Lampard labels Benitez stint a success
Barclays Premier League .Lampard, whose form under Benitez was rewarded with a one-year contract extension, told the Sun: "He's a professional bloke. He prepared very well for games. And it was a difficult situation for him as well." He added: "As interim manager it was always going to be quite difficult because we all knew it was only to the end of the season."So there ...
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Spurs survive ugly fourth quarter to go up 2-0 on Grizzlies
The Spurs defeated the Grizzlies 93-89 in overtime to win Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night. San Antonio now holds a 2-0 series lead. Game 3 is set for Saturday in ...
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Souths back NRL star over assault claim
South Sydney won't stand down back-rower Ben Te'o despite allegations he assaulted a woman in Brisbane last month. The woman made an initial approach to police, who attended the scene of the alleged assault, but those allegations have since been withdrawn. Te'o strongly rejected the assault allegations, claiming he did not act improperly and made it clear that he'd not been ...
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Storm sore after Manly NRL clash
Melbourne NRL coach Craig Bellamy plans to nurse his battle-weary players through a light week on the track before their second big game in five days when they tackle the Sydney Roosters on Saturday night. Bellamy said Melbourne's 10-10 draw with fourth-placed Manly at AAMI Park on Monday night in extra time had left his side bruised and battered. "After about 10 or 15 minutes, it ...
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Ricciardo confident ahead of Monaco F1 GP
Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo is confident of an improved performance at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix, saying his team has a better understanding of his Torro Rosso. The team has been plagued by inconsistency this season but Ricciardo says the outfit is back on track. He thought Torro Rosso had solved its problems when he scored an impressive seventh in the Chinese ...
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Sreesanth Denies Wrongdoing Confident of Exoneration
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Tomic Will Play French Open Despite Troubles Woodbridge
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Cavs Win Right to First Pick in NBA Draft
(Reuters) - The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Draft Lottery and the top overall pick for the second time in three years on Tuesday. The Cavaliers were able to edge out the Orlando Magic, who had the highest probability of winning the top selection, as they continue to rebuild a franchise reeling from the loss of LeBron James following the 2009-10 campaign. "It's huge for us," ...
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Guan Tianlang gets in Memorial and takes himself out of US Open qualifying
FAR HILLS, N.J. - Guan Tianlang has decided not to try to play in the U.S. Open. The USGA said Tuesday that the 14-year-old from China has withdrawn from sectional qualifying in Dallas on June 3. Guan informed the USGA shortly after he received a sponsor's exemption to play in the Memorial, which ends June 2. The USGA offered to move Guan's qualifier from Texas to the Ohio to help ...
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Pakistani cricket star politician leaves hospital
Supporters of former Pakistani cricket star and chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) Imran Khan attend a sit-in-protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of PTI in Karachi, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday. (AP Photo/B.K. ...
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Trout Hits for the Cycle as Angels Thump Mariners
(Reuters) - Mike Trout became the youngest player in the American League ever to hit for the cycle in the Los Angeles Angels' 12-0 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday. The reigning AL rookie of the year singled in the third inning, tripled in the fourth, doubled in the sixth before completing the feat with a home run in the eighth. The 21-year-old finished with five RBIs while ...
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Israel and Palestine as one country?
Peace in the Middle East, it’s as illusive now as it was ten years ago and ten years before that. For many commentators, peace in the Middle East has become a myth, something local and international governments strive for or claim to support without any real hope of realization of the goal. With the current impasse between Israel and the Palestinian Authority ongoing, an old theme is being kicked around again, that of a single state that incorporates Israel and Palestine.
A single state solution is an idea that grew up in the 1920s and then died with the Six-Day War when divisions between the newly-founded Israeli state and the rest of the region were too entrenched for the idea to retain any traction. The political landscape after the war and even today is what many Jewish groups feared when Jewish Zionists were calling for a return to the biblical homeland to develop a Jewish state. Read more
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