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• Villa striker schools van de Ven to extend lead

  19-09-2026 16:16 via theage.com.au
  
  Nicolas Jackson puts Villa two goals in front at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
  
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• Everyone loves to hate the Roosters. But we shouldn’t. Their fans have suffered too

  03-10-2026 01:30 via theage.com.au
  
  The truth of rugby league is that fandom is all about torment, punctuated by the briefest flashes of ecstasy. Even the Roosters have had their lean times.
  
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• Roosters met with Rabbi Eli Schlanger days before Bondi attack

  02-10-2026 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Five days before one of Australia's darkest days, a group of Sydney Roosters players visited a Bondi synagogue. What happened next would change the meaning of that meeting forever.
  
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• Brisbane 2032 emblems leaked by official YouTube channel

  02-10-2026 22:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The emblems for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics have been accidentally leaked by the Games' official YouTube channel, ruining its own a grand unveiling slated for Monday.
  
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• Geelong notch seventh-straight AFLW win as Scheer fires against Richmond

  02-10-2026 22:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Geelong has climbed to the top of the AFLW ladder with a 34-point victory over Richmond at Princes Park. 
  
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• Tedesco and Ponga went through different worlds to meet in NRL grand final

  02-10-2026 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  On Sunday, opposing fullbacks James Tedesco and Kalyn Ponga will lead their teams into the NRL grand final. It's about the only thing their paths have had in common.
  
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• Stand by for one of the best Australian sports stories ever … and not a fairytale in sight

  02-10-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  If the Newcastle Knights beat the Roosters to win the NRL grand final a year after taking out the wooden spoon, it will rank among the greatest achievements by an Australian team.
  
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• Simmons, Giddey, Daniels, Paul? The next Aussie gun on the path to hoops stardom

  02-10-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  At just 17, Luke Paul has the world at his feet with his rookie NBL season about to start and a scholarship at the famed Duke University on the horizon.
  
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• Nawaqanitawase’s mum didn’t want him to play in the NRL. A touching gesture changed everything

  02-10-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  Mark Nawaqanitawase’s mum banned him from playing rugby league. Two Roosters greats made her think again.
  
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• ‘Just be careful, they’re on you’: Inside cricket’s greatest scandal

  02-10-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  As the Australian team returns to South Africa for a Test series for the first time since the sandpaper affair, unanswered questions and great intrigue remain.
  
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• ‘The club is innocent’: Manchester City appeal against Premier League ‘sham’ contracts ruling

  02-10-2026 15:45 via theage.com.au
  
  The club, which denies wrongdoing, had until the end of the day on Friday to appeal after it was found guilty of serious breaches of the financial rules.
  
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• Manchester City appeal against Premier League ‘sham’ contracts ruling

  02-10-2026 15:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The club, which denies wrongdoing, had until the end of the day on Friday to appeal after it was found guilty of serious breaches of the financial rules.
  
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• Shield star’s stunning haul in vain as Aus A fall agonisingly short of much-needed win

  02-10-2026 15:02 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Sam Harper’s first innings century and Liam Scott’s five-wicket haul were in vain as Australia A agonisingly fell one wicket short of a series-levelling victory against India A in Puducherry.
  
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• Man City appeals guilty findings of breaking EPL's financial rules

  02-10-2026 14:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Manchester City denies the Premier League's finding that it used "sham" commercial contracts as part of schemes to inflate revenue and understate costs.
  
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• AFLW round eight: Prespakis, Morrison grow partnership as Cats too good for Tigers; Mystery surrounds Dees skipper’s neck injury

  02-10-2026 13:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Round eight is underway as Geelong’s dynamic duo of Georgie Prespakis and Nina Morrison led their side to a dominant win over Richmond on Friday night.
  
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• ‘Everybody is very close’: Why no-one can pick a leader after F1 practice in Malaysia

  02-10-2026 13:48 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Friday in Malaysia started with considerable uncertainty about which car would suit the circuit.
  
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• AFLW round eight: Mystery surrounds Dees skipper’s neck injury; Prespakis, Cats too good for Tigers

  02-10-2026 13:42 via theage.com.au
  
  Round eight is continuing at Ikon Park on Friday night, with the Tigers going head-to-head with the Cats.
  
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• ‘We can’t be stopped’: Unwanted NBL record broken as title contenders stunned in wild blitz

  02-10-2026 13:29 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Not even their fiercely loyal fans who pack into the Sandpit could have seen this coming.
  
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• AFLW round eight: Mystery surrounds Dees skipper’s neck injury; Tigers and Cats clash

  02-10-2026 12:43 via theage.com.au
  
  Round eight is continuing at Ikon Park on Friday night, with the Tigers going head-to-head with the Cats.
  
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• Ferrari boss calls out ‘big issue’ as star makes statement after Hamilton jab — Practice Wrap

  02-10-2026 11:59 via foxsports.com.au
  Charles Leclerc topped the times for Ferrari ahead of Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar to hand a timely boost to team boss Fred Vasseur in Friday’s second free practice of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.
  
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• ‘I’ll try and teach him a couple of things’: Lachie Neale becomes a Magpie, could make Nick Daicos even more dominant

  02-10-2026 11:15 via theage.com.au
  
  Toby Greene has joined Geelong, Carlton have a new goal-kicking forward, and the Pies have landed Neale – but a premiership Magpie could be on the move – after a bumper opening day of the AFL’s player movement period.
  
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• Smith 'pinching himself' after icon's advice

  02-10-2026 11:09 via smh.com.au
  
  Sandon Smith received some stellar advice from Newcastle Knights icon before Sunday's NRL grand final.
  
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• Trade Whispers: Eagles confirm targets... but Cat pursuit hits snag; shock detail in Hawk’s pledge

  02-10-2026 11:03 via foxsports.com.au
  
  West Coast’s list boss has spoken on three of the club’s trade targets — but one pursuit has hit a snag.
  
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• Roosters dealt massive blow; Knights junior ‘in the frame’ for 90-year first — GF Early Mail

  02-10-2026 11:01 via foxsports.com.au
  
  The Sydney Roosters have been dealt a disastrous blow on the eve of this year’s grand final with star utility Connor Watson ruled out of Sunday’s match.
  
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• All Black legend’s World Cup advice to the Wallabies? Embrace your 2023 disaster

  02-10-2026 10:00 via theage.com.au
  
  Dan Carter, Richie McCaw and George Gregan have played in a combined 12 World Cups, and won five. They’ve shared some insights into fast-approaching 2027 tournament in Australia.
  
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• ‘That was news to us’: Saints respond over young gun trade report; Crows take stance on defender

  02-10-2026 09:59 via foxsports.com.au
  
  St Kilda’s football boss has responded following recent speculation over the future of a contracted midfielder.
  
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• A year ago, Nic Maddinson was battling testicular cancer. Now he’s in line for a Test recall

  02-10-2026 09:56 via theage.com.au
  
  When the NSW captain took the call from chief selector George Bailey on Thursday evening, he was over the moon. But then he realised there was a big problem.
  
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• ‘Surreal’: Neale speaks after joining Pies in fourth free agency deal; new club on watch for Cat

  02-10-2026 09:55 via foxsports.com.au
  
  The 2026 AFL player movement period is underway.
  
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• Spaniard breaks Motegi track record as Aussie provides laughs in Japan MotoGP practice

  02-10-2026 09:46 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Ducati’s Alex Marquez set a ferocious pace to top day one of practice at the Japanese Grand Prix, the Spaniard lowering the all-time Motegi track record to outshine championship-contending trio Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi on Friday.
  
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• NRLW needs its own CEO, says legend Ali Brigginshaw

  02-10-2026 09:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Retiring Broncos legend Ali Brigginshaw wants the NRLW to appoint its own chief executive to guide the future direction of the women's game.
  
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