Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Muhammad Ali's coffin to be carried by Hollywood star Will Smith, boxing legend Lennox Lewis and other top stories.

  • Muhammad Ali's coffin to be carried by Hollywood star Will Smith, boxing legend Lennox Lewis

    Muhammad Ali's coffin to be carried by Hollywood star Will Smith, boxing legend Lennox Lewis
    Muhammad Ali's coffin to be carried by Hollywood star Will Smith, boxing legend Lennox Lewis Updated June 07, 2016 13:04:33 Hollywood star Will Smith, who portrayed Muhammad Ali in the biopic Ali, will join former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and family members as pall bearers at a public funeral for "The Greatest" in Louisville on Friday.Organisers say Ali helped plan his own funeral as a "last statement" to the world.The charismatic Ali, a dazzling fighter and ou..
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  • Connoisseur Cat no flash in the pan

    Connoisseur Cat no flash in the pan
    Ben Robinson retires0:24Super Rugby: Waratahs veteran Benn Robinson has been forced into early retirement. The 31-year-old's career has been cut short because of complications with an eye injury sustained against the Brumbies this season. EVERYONE enjoyed a dinner on tour organised by Benn Robinson but the key was to take along your plainest-looking credit card. Or a rookie.Both were useful for mitigating - or escaping entirely - the damage to the bank balance that c​ame ​with mints at the ..
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  • Manly Sea Eagles locked in legal battle with major sponsor

    Manly Sea Eagles locked in legal battle with major sponsor
    Manly Sea Eagles locked in legal battle with major sponsor June 7, 2016 5:05pm MICHAEL CARAYANNIS & REBECCA WILSON Elliott on match fixing00:27:46 NRL: Matt Elliott gives us his thoughts on match fixing in the NRL. EMBATTLED Manly Sea Eagles are at war with its major sponsor as the latest drama to engulf the club heads for the courts next month. Manly are embroiled in a standoff with sponsor Coco Joy calling for the Sea Eagles to stop displaying their logo on the fron..
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  • Wests Tigers chair Marina Go said independent thinking may work for troubled Parramatta Eels

    Wests Tigers chair Marina Go said independent thinking may work for troubled Parramatta Eels
    Independents day: Wests Tigers chair Marina Go recommends the model adopted by the joint venture club. Photo: Kirk Gilmour Marina Go wouldn't presume to tell Parramatta, or any other business, how to run their affairs.But if you want a ringing endorsement for how the addition independent directors help end factionalism, look no further than the Wests Tigers chair."I can only comment on the benefits to our club, but certainly over the past 20 months the additi..
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  • Weir: Prince Of Penzance owes us nothing

    Weir: Prince Of Penzance owes us nothing
    Prince Of Penzance and Stevie Payne on Melbourne Cup Day (Image: Darren McNamara) Darren Weir says Prince Of Penzance is right on target to defend his Melbourne Cup crown - but it won’t be at any cost. Speaking at the launch of the 2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour, the champion trainer was adamant the horse means too much to too many people and that he won’t hesitate to pull the plug on his career if there are any issues. “Prince Of Penzance doesn’t have to do anything else for us, if he s..
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  • Ready for Rio: Members of the Australian Paralympic team at the uniform launch on Tuesday. Photo: Edwina Pickles

    Ready for Rio: Members of the Australian Paralympic team at the uniform launch on Tuesday. Photo: Edwina Pickles
    Ready for Rio: Members of the Australian Paralympic team at the uniform launch on Tuesday. Photo: Edwina Pickles If going to this year's Olympics seems like a borderline inconvenience for some Australian athletes given all the problems engulfing Rio de Janeiro, spare a though for the nation's Paralympic team.But be careful not to offer too much concern for their welfare – they're not the least bit interested. All they want is to compete as fiercely as possibl..
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  • Rio Olympics 2016: Shooter Michael Diamond pleads not guilty to high-range drink-driving and carrying a shotgun

    Rio Olympics 2016: Shooter Michael Diamond pleads not guilty to high-range drink-driving and carrying a shotgun
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Michael Diamond in court Michael Diamond appears in court on Tuesday to fight the firearms charges that could keep him from the Rio Olympics. Vision courtesy Ten News. PT1M33S 620 349 Dual Olympic gold medallist Michael Diamond's dreams of competing in Rio may now hinge on him having a chance to beat drink driving and firearm charges before the team is selected in July.Diamond, 44, has applied to expedite a hearing after pleading not guilty on ..
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  • Match-fixing not the only scourge of a sports landscape entwined with gambling

    Match-fixing not the only scourge of a sports landscape entwined with gambling
    Match-fixing not the only scourge of a sports landscape entwined with gambling Updated June 07, 2016 16:02:23 Current allegations about match fixing involving the Manly Sea Eagles in the NRL may or not be true.If they are, they will surely rip the game of rugby league apart such is the magnitude of the claims reported in some media outlets.As it is, New South Wales Police are still deciding whether or not to hold an investigation.The sooner we find out, the better.But w..
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  • Ten aims to build on Big Bash success

    Ten aims to build on Big Bash success
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Brendon McCullum highlights Brendon McCullum was in such smashing form at Eden Park on the weekend, Australians wish he was one of theirs. PT0M0S 620 349 Network Ten is set to boost its Big Bash League programming this summer, capitalising on the cricket competition's rising popularity, but this could make the broadcast rights harder to hold on to when they come up for renegotiation.The competition, which runs in December and January, delivered ..
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