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• Utah is embracing its new NHL team. But is the frenzy sustainable?

  05-11-2024 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hockey has a rocky history in Salt Lake City but fans are flocking to see its new franchise. The team hopes it can build long-term stability“The fact has become very clear to us this year that, economically, hockey just does not work in this market,” Larry H Miller told a press conference in March 1994, announcing that he’d sold the minor league Salt Lake Golden Eagles to a group in Detroit headed by the then-owner of the NBA’s Detroit Pistons. The Golden Eagles needed 7,
  
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• Saudi oil and betting firms? Women’s football must not lose its moral compass | Suzanne Wrack

  05-11-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Investment is needed to maintain growth but recent deals go against the values women’s game has worked hard onWomen’s football, the business, is on the rise. There will be ups and downs, anomalies and backwards steps, but the overall trajectory is upwards.In March, Racheal Kundananji’s move from Madrid CFF to Bay FC for £685,000 broke the record for the most expensive transfer fee in women’s football, a record being superseded with such increasing frequency that the
  
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• Investment is needed, but women’s football still has ethical responsibility | Suzanne Wrack

  05-11-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Deals with Saudi oil firms and gambling companies contradict the values women’s game has worked hard onWomen’s football, the business, is on the rise. There will be ups and downs, anomalies and backwards steps, but the overall trajectory is upwards.In March, Racheal Kundananji’s move from Madrid CFF to Bay FC for £685,000 broke the record for the most expensive transfer fee in women’s football, a record being superseded with such increasing frequency that the first
  
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• Melbourne Cup 2024: The day and the race that was

  05-11-2024 12:57 via smh.com.au
  
  In an era when the famous race has become the plaything of the big stables and leviathan owners, Knight’s Choice’s boilover win was a throwback to yesteryear.
  
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• The Breakdown | Danny Care’s belated whistleblowing shows toxicity of the wall of silence over Jones

  05-11-2024 12:43 via theguardian.com
  
  The former England scrum-half’s depiction of the Australian’s ‘dictatorship’ raises serious questions for RFUIt has taken a while to trickle out but the full and frank verdict of the players is finally in. “It was like living in a dictatorship,” writes Danny Care in his new autobiography, Everything Happens for a Reason, serialised in the Sunday Times. “Remember what it felt like when someone was being bullied at school and you were just glad it wasn&rsq
  
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• David Squires on … Rúben Amorim’s big job and suspicious minds elsewhere

  05-11-2024 12:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Our cartoonist on Manchester United’s hive mind choosing the next manager and José Mourinho’s latest anticsGet a copy of a Squires cartoon in our Print ShopDavid’s new book, Chaos in the Box: order it now Continue reading...
  
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• NHS reviews prostate cancer tests after cycling star Chris Hoy calls for more screening

  05-11-2024 12:21 via theguardian.com
  Health secretary orders review following ‘powerful’ call from cyclist who has cancerThe NHS has been ordered to review its guidance on testing for prostate cancer by the health secretary in light of Sir Chris Hoy’s “powerful” call for men to be screened in their 40s.Olympic cycling champion Hoy, who has terminal cancer, urged men with a family history of prostate cancer to see their GP for a blood test even if they are under 50. Continue reading...
  
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• NRL star AJ Brimson deletes post showing big Cup win – and alleged rugby bet

  05-11-2024 11:26 via theage.com.au
  
  The NRL has been made aware of an image allegedly posted by the Gold Coast star showing a Melbourne Cup-winning wager, next to what appears to be a bet on a rugby league fixture.
  
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• NRL aware of Brimson’s deleted Instagram post after big Melbourne Cup win

  05-11-2024 11:26 via smh.com.au
  
  The image allegedly posted by Gold Coast star AJ Brimson showed the winning wager next to what appears to be a bet on a rugby league fixture.
  
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• Grand final young gun set for debut

  05-11-2024 11:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Mal Meninga discusses the ability of Lindsay Smith ahead of his Kangaroos debut.
  
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• Melbourne Cup 2024 as it happened: Knight’s Choice wins the race that stops the nation

  05-11-2024 11:08 via smh.com.au
  
  From fashion to race analysis and everything in between, read up on all the action in Melbourne.
  
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• This husband and wife team put retirement plans on hold. Now they’ve won the Cup

  05-11-2024 10:24 via smh.com.au
  
  In an era when Australia’s famous race has become the plaything of the big stables, leviathan owners and internationals, Knight’s Choice’s boilover victory was a throwback to yesteryear: when the homebred stayer could beat the bluebloods.
  
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• Gout Gout's manager on training with Noah Lyles, skipping the Comm Games and comparisons to 'UB'

  05-11-2024 09:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Gout Gout's manager James Templeton reveals the teenage sensation is likely to skip the 2026 Commonwealth Games, is planning for a US training camp with Olympic champion Noah Lyles, and explains why comparisons to Usain Bolt are being avoided at all costs.
  
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• Gout Gout's coach on training with Noah Lyles, skipping the Comm Games and comparisons to 'UB'

  05-11-2024 09:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Gout Gout's coach James Templeton reveals the teenage sensation is likely to skip the 2026 Commonwealth Games, is planning for a US training camp with Olympic champion Noah Lyles, and explains why comparisons to Usain Bolt are being avoided at all costs.
  
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• ‘He thought I was tipsy’: The phonecall that changed international rugby league

  05-11-2024 09:45 via theage.com.au
  
  Jason Taumalolo had to convince his coach he was genuine about representing Tonga. Seven years on, the impact of his decision continues to be felt.
  
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• Top of the pops: The jockey who turned three chairs on The Voice then won the Cup

  05-11-2024 09:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Robbie Dolan could have given up racing for music, but now he’s a Melbourne Cup winner.
  
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• Spring tour guide: How will the Wallabies fare in Great Britain and Ireland?

  05-11-2024 09:31 via theage.com.au
  
  The Wallabies have arrived in England for the start of the spring tour, under intense pressure to deliver after their nine-Test apprenticeship under Schmidt.
  
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• ‘This was the winning break’: Anatomy of one of the greatest rides in Cup history

  05-11-2024 09:25 via smh.com.au
  
  How a little-known jockey on an unfancied horse made the impossible possible in the 2024 Melbourne Cup.
  
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• Uefa has risked the Champions League’s popularity with an increase in supply | Ignacio Palacios-Huerta

  05-11-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Decision to raise number of fixtures in the competition by 51% ignores strategy of excess demand and its long-term benefitsThe year is 1991. The place, the University of Chicago. The person, Gary Becker, who just over a year later would become a Nobel laureate in economics. In a famous academic paper, he notes: “A popular seafood restaurant in Palo Alto, California, does not take reservations, and every day it has long queues for tables during prime hours. Almost directly across the street
  
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• Sporting success of Amorim and Viana soon to be split across Manchester

  05-11-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  On Tuesday the Portuguese side host City, Hugo Viana’s next employer, as a partnership nears its endIn Portugal they speak of Hugo Viana working “in the shadows”, a man eager to perform his duties away from the spotlight. He will be especially pleased that his good friend Rúben Amorim will take the headlines when Viana’s current and future employers meet in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Over the past six years he has built his reputation as one of Europe&r
  
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• ‘I got a bit excited’: The moment Jamie Kah’s Cup dream was dashed

  05-11-2024 08:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Vision from Kah’s helmet-cam shows a glimpse of the finishing post with nothing but grass ahead, before two horses rush past.
  
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• McSweeney firming for Test squad as selectors reshuffle Australia A order

  05-11-2024 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  All signs are pointing to Nathan McSweeney being chosen as Australia’s next Test opener.
  
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• ‘The Australian horse has done it’: Inside the Flemington bubble as an underdog wins the Cup

  05-11-2024 08:08 via theage.com.au
  
  The Melbourne Cup legend may be wearing thin, but don’t tell anyone who was at Flemington on Tuesday.
  
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• McLellan hopes De Poet continues purple patch in Jacaranda Cup

  05-11-2024 08:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Jockey Darryl McLellan and trainer Terry Evans will take a power of beating at Grafton on Wednesday.
  
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• ‘Playing like schoolyard bullies’: Ian Healy calls out poor shot selection in Australia’s narrow win over Pakistan

  05-11-2024 07:51
  
  Former wicketkeeper Ian Healy has likened Australia’s batting effort in the first ODI against Pakistan to a “schoolyard” game, saying some of the batters couldn’t put their egos away in what should have been a simple run chase.
  
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• Tycoon’s whopping $1m failure... and punter’s $728k mystery miracle: Biggest Melb Cup bets

  05-11-2024 07:37
  
  The more you bet, the more you lose. That was certainly the case for a host of punters in the 2024 Melbourne Cup, with Knights Choice shocking the world to win the showcase.
  
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• Jockey Robbie Dolan goes from star turn on The Voice to live out Melbourne Cup dream

  05-11-2024 07:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Irish-born Dolan better known for singing on the talent show than his horsecraft until riding Knight’s Choice to victory at FlemingtonIf the Melbourne Cup is looking to expand its appeal beyond thoroughbred diehards, organisers could not have asked for a better winner of the 2024 race. The jockey who rode outsider Knight’s Choice to victory is less known for his horsecraft, and more for his appearance on The Voice.In riding the gelding’s late kick all the way to the post, Robbi
  
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• Racing tycoon’s whopping $1m failure... and punter’s $81k miracle: Biggest Melbourne Cup bets

  05-11-2024 07:26
  
  The more you bet, the more you lose. That was certainly the case for a host of punters in the 2024 Melbourne Cup, with Knights Choice shocking the world to win the showcase.
  
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• Melbourne Cup: Race 10 - Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival

  05-11-2024 07:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Don’t miss a moment of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival live and free on Channel 9 and 9Now.
  
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• Robbie Dolan rides to Melbourne Cup dreamland on Knight's Choice

  05-11-2024 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Knight's Choice's win in the Melbourne Cup stuns almost everyone at Flemington, including the jockey, as the favourites fall by the wayside.
  
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