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NRL in a storm

NRL in a storm

The sporting world has received a massive blow this past week with the allegation that the Melbourne Storm deliberately breached National Rugby League salary cap rules in a systematic campaign over five years. The news made headlines around the world and saw supporters in Victorian dumping their jerseys and scarves on the doorstep of the Carlton club rooms in disgust. .

  • Sports News – 7 super strikes for Chelsea!

    Chelsea cemented their spot on top of the ladder with a convincing display at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Chelsea knew only a win would do as Man United had won on Saturday to put the pressure firmly on the Blues. However Chelsea didn't look like a side under any pressure with Kalou scoring a hatrick and Lampard with a brace. Chelsea are now one point clear of United with two games to go. Chelsea travel to Liverpool next week for a blockbuster that will go a long way to sealing their fate.

  • Cadel Evan's Rainbow Jersey

    Cadel Evans became the first Australian cyclist to win the Fleche Wallonne, in the race's 74 year history last Wednesday in Belgium.

  • Sport news ranges from the hilarious to the disgusting

    Sport news rarely surprises Mark Tronson after 40 years of writing sport. He began writing field hockey in 1970 for the Illawarra Mercury, and when he relocated to Sydney in 1977 for theological seminary he wrote field hockey for the Sydney Morning Herald and later The Australian: at Olympic Games, World Cups and Champions Trophies, including five books on field hockey.

  • NRL Round 7 Review and Super 14

    The NRL season is turning out to be an exciting and close affair with 6 of the 7 teams trailing the ladder leader Dragons by just two points, or one win.

  • That Crazy Jump – Fabrice Lapierre's jump onto the world stage

    Fabrice Lapierre has jumped to the attention of the world athletic community at the Commonwealth Games selection trials at the Western Australian Athletics Stadium. In what Lapierre described as a "crazy" jump the 26 year old Australian long jumper cleared 8.78m.

  • Sports News – Scholes Heroics Keep United in Race!!

    Sir Alex Ferguson last week handed long servant Paul Scholes a one year contract extension and Scholes paid his manager back with a superb injury time winner in a dramatic derby against Man City. Manchester was alive on Saturday with the anticipation of one of the biggest derby's in England. Man United travelled across to the blue side of the city in a must win game for both sides. Both teams defended well from the start with Bellemy and Scholes both going close. But with 20 seconds left of inju

  • Hawaiian Carves up Victory

    Red-hot Australian surfer Sally Fitzgibbons was outclassed by Hawaiian rookie Carissa Moore, on Friday at the women\'s surfing world championship tour event off Taranaki in New Zealand.

  • A Commonwealth Games for the Gold Coast

    The Gold Coast has put up its hand for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which is only a mere 18 years away, and if awarded, would provide a providential opportunity to transform the region\'s sport facilities.

  • What Prayer Means: A Rediscovery of Biblical Prayer

    Most of us, I suspect, would immediately say, \'No, that\'s not me.\' Most of us are sure that we don't pray enough, for long enough, for the right things, or well enough to be described as a \'person of prayer\'.

  • Super 14 & NRL - Bulls v Reds to be a High Scoring Rugby Spectacle

    The Queensland Reds face an important task this week in their quest for a Super14 finals birth, fronting up against the Northern Gauteng Bulls. The Bulls have only lost one game this year but more impressive then their win/loss ratio, is the way they've been able to rack up the points week after week.

  • AFL – Melbourne Demon's Victory

    After a demoralising loss last week to Collingwood, the Melbourne Demons recorded a 57 to 41 win over the Adelaide Crows. The win breaks a drought for the Demons, and is a turning point for a club with a large number of young players growing in stature with each game.