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Soccer
As the Socceroos prepare to relaunch their stuttering World Cup qualification campaign, goalkeeper Mat Ryan has lifted the veil on the unlikely source of inspiration behind Australia’s best performance of the last year.
Cricket
UPDATED: A coroner has found that a “minuscule misjudgment” by Phillip Hughes from a high-bouncing ball led to his death during an SCG Sheffield Shield match in November 2014.
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Phillip Hughes’ batting partner when he was fatally felled by a cricket ball says he’s confident NSW paceman Doug Bollinger didn’t say something like “I’m going to kill you” before the tragic incident.
Phillip Hughes’ former manager James Henderson and Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland say they hope that something positive comes from this week’s inquest into the death of the former batsman.
Lack of medical attention for Phillip Hughes has been ruled out as a factor in the cricketer’s death by an independent report which calls for mandatory use of helmets by batsmen and close-in fielders.
A Test in Sharjah that nobody wanted to play – amid one of cricket’s darkest hours – laid the foundation for New Zealand’s latest playing renaissance, says retired captain Brendon McCullum.
