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The Dragons rank only above the NRL’s new boys - the Dolphins - when it comes to social media clout.

Facebook followers could get Super League clubs relegated. What if the NRL did the same?

The Super League is using the number of social media followers to help determine which English clubs are included. These would be the NRL clubs in trouble if the same measure was applied here.

  • by Adrian Proszenko

NRL

Wests Tigers’ payout to former coach Tim Sheens (right) was the biggest contributor tot eh club making a $1.4 million loss last season.
Opinion
NRL 2023

Wests Tigers financial shortfall covered for now … but that may not always be the case

The NRL joint venture club will ride out a series of payouts that hit the 2023 bottom line.

  • by Roy Masters
Valentine Holmes with a white bag in his mouth.

‘I had some tough talks’: Social media scandal a lesson for Holmes

Presented to the media for the first time since a controversial and costly online post, the first question posed to the Kangaroos star was: “what was in the bag?”

  • by Adrian Proszenko
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Insight & Analysis

The sad truth: Why this World Cup is a fan-free zone

It’s not just that there are so few Westerners; there are few anybodies. The ICC is displeased about half-empty stadiums, but won’t say so publicly.

Greg Baum
Greg Baum

Sports columnist

Why mystery surrounds Papenhuyzen link to Storm’s rivals

The Melbourne star has been secretly floated to at least one other club as a potential recruit, but the Storm say he is going nowhere.

Danny Weidler
Danny Weidler

Sport columnist

Straight bat outta Compton: Why LA gang members are embracing the gentleman’s game

Cricket returns to the Olympics in Los Angeles with millions invested in the sport, more to be made, and an American history that stretches from the founding fathers to LA gangbangers.

Dan Walsh
Dan Walsh

Sports Reporter

Cricket

Soccer

Tony Gustavsson.
Opinion
Matildas

Swede nothings: Gustavsson coy on Matildas future with US job still vacant

The coach talked and talked until there was nothing left to say. Except, perhaps, what everybody really wanted to know: will he still be around for the Olympics?

  • by Emma Kemp
Erling Haaland broke his Champions League scoring drought in style with a second-half double for City.

Haaland and Mbappe star as Man City, PSG win big in Champions League

A late double for Erling Haaland ensured the holders avoided a slip-up against Swiss club Young Boys but there were no such issues for the French giants, who hosted AC Milan.

  • by Lori Ewing and Fernando Kallas

AFL

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Even NBA champions have to ask for permission. The story behind Ian Clark’s special number

Ian Clark is an NBA title winner but he still paid his respects to Lanard Copeland by asking for permission to wear the number 21 jersey for Melbourne United this NBL season.

  • by Roy Ward
Good handles: Dallas Mavericks -and Boomers - guard Josh Green (left) has inked a three-year extension.

Australia’s $64m man: Basketballer signs bumper NBA deal

Australian basketballer Josh Green has reaped a major pay day as he aims to help the Dallas Mavericks claim an NBA championship.

  • by Jon Pierik

Racing

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Kaylee McKeown competing in the 50m race in Budapest.

McKeown hits World Cup jackpot after record-breaking heroics

Three triumphs, two world records and the series champion crown mean it’s been a highly lucrative weekend in Budapest for the Australian swimmer.

  • by Ian Chadband
Alonso Lopez crashes out of the Moto2 race, which was eventually red-flagged before it finished.
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MotoGP called off amid ‘dangerous’ conditions at Phillip Island

Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez agreed with organisers’ decision to call off MotoGP racing but local Jack Miller thought racing should at least have been attempted, despite nine riders crashing out of the Moto2 race before it was halted after nine laps.

  • by Matthew Clayton

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