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What Ponting faces to earn a chance at Ashes redemption
Ricky Ponting speaks to the media at the SCG yesterday. Photo: Getty Images STACKED against Ricky Ponting’s dream for Ashes redemption is a list of formidable opponents he must conquer…
Secret formula to clean up ‘tanking’
Former Melbourne coach Dean Bailey commented after he was sacked last August that he had had ”no hesitation at all in the first two years in ensuring the club was…
Holidays to bump best and fairest
AFL clubs are on the verge of a significant dispute with their players over a threat to the staging of their annual best and fairest presentations. The stand-off is over…
Blues pile on the pressure
Chriss Judd meets young fans at Visy Park. Photo: Pat Scala CHRIS Judd has declared Carlton a ”completely different” club to the one he walked into five years ago, and…
Arthur puts ‘jaded’ Ponting on ODI notice
Rest needed: Ricky Ponting is jaded. Photo: Getty Images IN AN ominous sign for Ricky Ponting’s one-day career, coach Mickey Arthur has admitted the acting captain is jaded and in…
Record bid likely on world stage
Illustration: Matt Golding. AUSTRALIA may have seen the last of Black Caviar, for the time being at least, with the superstar now likely to shoot for a world record 20th…
Heat is still on ‘resting’ Haddin
Not for the first time this summer, Brad Haddin’s words have been prophetic. Photo: Getty Images IT’S JUST as well Brad Haddin knows where he stands with the national selectors,…
McCartney predicts big things for young Dogs
Western Bulldogs ruckmen Ayce Cordy (left) and Will Minson battle it out in training last season. Photo: Paul Rovere Western Bulldogs begin their 2012 AFL campaign without key men Brian…
Saved by the bell? Ellenberger holds on to defeat Sanchez
Jake Ellenberger. Former United States marine Jake Ellenberger moved one step closer to a title shot in the UFC’s welterweight division today, but he had to withstand a ferocious third-round…
Nine ‘doesn’t pick Australian team’
Peter Young… “Channel Nine doesn’t select the team and never will.” Photo: John Woudstra CHANNEL Nine’s lucrative television deal does not buy it the right to influence the selection or…