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Steve Kean, a man with no prior managerial experience, replaced Sam Allardyce as manager. (Getty)

The dark side of millionaire owners

11 May 2012 | 14:08

Blackburn Rovers are rightly considered one of the staples of the EPL – they won the league in 1995 and remain just one of four clubs to have won the revamped Premier League.

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But this weekend they were relegated, with hardly a whimper, after a 1-0 home defeat against Wigan Athletic, and only the most deluded of Blackburn fans could have said they didn’t see it coming. Read more

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Rafael Nadal will verse Novak Djokovic in the 2012 Australian Open final. (AAP)

Men's final, strap yourselves in

29 January 2012 | 12:05

Tonight’s Australian Open men’s final is a clash of the titans – and one from which I expect Rafael Nadal to emerge victorious.

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I’m tipping Nadal in five, but either way, strap yourselves in for a classic. Read more

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Ridiculously, Channel Seven had a decibel meter on centre court to measure Sharapova%u2019s shrieks. (AP)

Shrieks of nature

27 January 2012 | 16:14

Already everyone’s billing the Australian Open women’s final as the "shrieker vs the screamer", as Maria Sharapova prepares to take on Victoria Azarenka.

But if the pair were men who made the same amount of noise, would it still be causing such a stir? Read more

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Windies legend Holding talks to SBS

12 September 2011 | 18:36

Michael Holding says he never expected anything like a film would be made on the now legendary Windies team.

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The West Indies fast-bowling legend chats to Glenn Osborne about his memories of the game and a newly-released documentary. Read more

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Andrew Hilditch has been dumped as chairman of selectors, with a new full-time chairman to be appointed to a five-man panel. (AAP)

Cricket Australia finally wields the axe

19 August 2011 | 17:47

As heads roll, seven months after the Ashes debacle, most seem to be saying “about time”.

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Cast your minds back to January, if it doesn’t hurt too much. A 3-1 loss on home soil to the Old Enemy, with all three losses by an innings – it was the first time that had ever happened in Australian cricket history. Read more

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