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Australian Open: Osaka downs Williams to reach final, Muchová v Brady– live! | Sport
11.42pm EST 23:42 For the superstitious types out there, Osaka reveals she ate Greek food last night which broke her tradition of eating Japanese food on the eve of a match. “Then I went to sleep and I woke up and TT (Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas) beat Nadal and I thought maybe this is a …
‘Skeletal tracking’: NRL explores upgrade to bunker technology | Sport
The NRL is considering the use of “skeletal tracking” to pick up forward passes as debate continues to rage about the merits of keeping the controversial, multi-million-dollar bunker. Referees’ boss Graham Annesley has revealed the league is researching the viability of such extreme motion technology following another round blighted by video refereeing howlers. Annesley said …
Glenn Maxwell to take break from cricket due to mental health issues | Sport
Glenn Maxwell will take a break from cricket to deal with mental health issues, with D’Arcy Short to replace him in the national Twenty20 squad. Maxwell is understood to have been dealing with personal matters for the past month. He met with Cricket Australia staff on Wednesday night, and is expected to miss the rest …
Hansen says pressure is on England for semi-final after 2015 World Cup flop | Sport
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has attempted to crank up the pressure on England and his counterpart Eddie Jones by citing the team’s pool stage exit at the 2015 World Cup. Jones said this week that New Zealand will have ‘pressure chasing them down the street’ ahead of their semi-final meeting on Saturday but Hansen, …
Michael Cheika and Raelene Castle reportedly in public World Cup altercation | Sport
Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle and Wallabies coach Michael Cheika allegedly got in a public spat at a function at the Australian embassy in Tokyo during the World Cup. Former Wallaby Morgan Turinui reportedly intervened to stop an escalating argument between Cheika and Castle in front of guests at the cocktail function, according to …
England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia | Sport
Not for the first time in their Rugby World Cup history England gave their fans some palpitations en route, but Eddie Jones and his players have lived to fight another day. The semi-finals now await after a seesawing contest against a battling Australia side who, for 65 minutes, made their opponents work extremely hard for …
England v Australia: Rugby World Cup 2019, quarter-final – live! | Sport
Eddie Jones has made what are considered to be some big calls with George Ford and Joe Marler both relegated to the bench after being in from the start and bang in form since the warm-ups. Owen Farrell is back to out-half, Tuilagi shuffles in one position to 12 and Henry Slade is back at …
Sportwatch: WBBL, World Nines, A-League and more – live! | Sport
Netball: News just in that Diamonds’ mid-courter Paige Hadley has been ruled out of tomorrow’s Constellation Cup match between Australia and New Zealand. It’s a blow for the Sydneysider who has had a huge year, being selected for the Netball World Cup and leading the NSW Swifts to victory in the Super Netball last month. …