Queensland great Trevor Gillmeister insists brutal Brisbane hitman Brendan Piakura is ready for State of Origin football due to the physicality and class he displays in all areas. Piakura, a former Queensland under-16 and under-18 representative, returned from a month’s absence with an ankle injury to torment Wests Tigers in attack and defence in the … Read more
Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal (Romero 64′, Son pen 87′ | Hojbjerg og 15′, Saka 27′, Havertz 38′) TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM — When the fourth official flashed the number six on his board at the end of a pulsating 90 minutes, fans of Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City held a collective intake of breath. Arsenal had six … Read more
Larrikin AFL personality Billy Brownless will have a second go at appearing on reality TV, but is remaining tight-lipped on exactly what the show will be. The 198-game Geelong champion and former Footy Show star spent 11 days in the African jungle as part of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here in 2020. … Read more
Amid the many damning statistics and so few little wins, West Coast showed enough steel in their spine to encourage coach Adam Simpson. It probably would have taken more than absentees Harley Reid and Tom Barrass to save the Eagles, who were blitzed in the third term on Sunday in their AFL match against Gold … Read more
In Venice, the pope’s first stop will be a women’s prison on the island of Giudecca, which houses the Vatican’s entry for this year’s Biennale festival of art. 01:46 Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 female inmates in break with Holy Week past Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 female inmates in break … Read more
Top West Australian draftee Daniel Curtin is closing in on a Showdown debut for Adelaide after a career-best game in the SANFL on Saturday. Curtin collected a team-high 31 disposals and a goal as a rebounding defender for the Crows reserves side in a 12.12 (84) to 10.8 (68) loss to North Adelaide at Prospect … Read more
A suspicious bushfire that has burned 9000ha of dense bushland in the Walpole Wilderness Area has been downgraded from an emergency level. It comes as Premier Roger Cook says he hopes the person responsible for the “outrageous” act has the book thrown at them. The emergency warning was downgraded to a watch and act alert … Read more
Ten Hag watched his side struggle to beat lowly Sheffield United on Wednesday (Photo: AFP) Four goals, three points, move on. If only it were that straightforward for Erik ten Hag and Manchester United. It suited Ten Hag to reduce another complicated 90 minutes for his team to a simple abstraction and allow Bruno Fernandes … Read more
Everton 2-0 Liverpool (Branthwaite 27′, Calvert-Lewin 58′) GOODISON PARK — Mikel Arteta scored in Everton‘s last win over Liverpool at Goodison Park, just as Jurgen Klopp was making his name as a young upstart of a coach at Borussia Dortmund. Fourteen years on and he will be punching the air with delight in front of … Read more
EMIRATES STADIUM — At last, with his sixth created chance of Tuesday night, Martin Odegaard finally got the assist a majestic individual performance warranted to put Arsenal 3-0 up against Chelsea. It would have been a travesty if the 25-year-old had ended the Gunners’ 5-0 thrashing of their hapless London rivals without one. Ultimately, he … Read more
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