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27 January, 2015. 15:30 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | CONTACT A DAZZLING array of skills. A stunning vocabulary of curse words. The shittest haircut in the world. This is the new face of Australian Tennis The world’s tennis media is fascinated with Nick Kyrgios and his charge into the Australian Open quarter-finals. Nick McCarvel, writing for USA Today, said succinctly: “Australia has a new...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's mens cricket side have been today advised to follow the lead of less-self-important Australian athletes and get a second job, that's if they want to be on the same pay grade as Australia's highest paid cricketer, Ellyse Perry. The Australian mens cricketers will boycott an Australia A tour of South Africa unless Cricket Australia...

21 January, 2015. 12:30 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | Contact It's a decision that has been dubbed "Outrageous" by former great Brian Lara: The Indian-dominated International Cricket Committee (ICC) has ruled that the international cricketing side known as the West Indies will now be referred to as "The Caribbean" for the upcoming ICC World Cup. In a shock move, the governing body deemed...

2o January, 2015. 11:30 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | Contact Explosive Australian opener David Warner on Monday defended a heated on-field exchange with Indian batsman Rohit Sharma in which he demanded the Indian cricketer "speak English" Warner said the verbal exchange at a one-day international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday earned him a fine of 50 percent of his match...

19 January, 2015. 15:37 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | Contact In the last few weeks we have seen a rise in the number of current, former and returning NRL players to be involved in the world of crime. Drug Trafficking (Former Players Jason Smith, Matt Seers), Drug Manufacturing (returning player, Danny Wicks) and Grievous Bodily Harm (Russel Packer, signed to St George while in...

17 January, 2015. 15:30 JACO VAN DER MERWE | Cricket | Contact The ICC has confirmed that England is under investigation and could risk disqualification from the upcoming World Cup after a dramatic change in the international qualification laws. The Betoota Advocate can exclusively report that the ICC are “sick and tired” of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) constantly “exploiting the rules”...

14 January, 2015. 15:00 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | Contact After decades of pressure and debate, as well as an official application submitted by the International Basketball Federation, the IOC have this week confirmed that a three-men-a-side basketball variant will be included as a part of the official event program for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The final decision was made quietly during...

12 January, 2015. 15:00 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact GREG Norman has returned to the golf course for the first time since his chainsaw accident. In September last year, Norman injured his left hand with the power tool as he trimmed a tree in his Los Angeles garden. However, The Daily Mail revealed in December that Norman had in fact lost his hand due to...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | [email protected] It was a shock discovery for the 79-year old self-confessed “sports nut” Alan Starkey over the weekend, during an annual family brunch celebrating his wife Irene’s 75th Birthday. A heated discussion around the dining room table at Mr Starkey’s South Betoota residence on Sunday morning resulted in the former boxer and junior Rugby League coach...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | [email protected] 9 December, 2014. 19:55 Today, after years of close association, The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club has formally entered the inner sanctum of the Hillsong Church - they are now owned by them. This is the first time a professional sporting team in has been bought by a religious organisation and is what some describe as...