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Marsh walks despite not nicking the ball in 'bizarre' Test dismissal
Topic:Cricket
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Teen sprint star Gout Gout breaks Peter Norman's 56-year national 200m record
Topic:Athletics
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Celebrating Phillip Hughes, who could have been his generation's best
Topic:Cricket
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Australia's Jakara Anthony wins moguls World Cup event in Sweden
Topic:Winter Sports
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Raygun-inspired musical cancelled over legal threats, comedian says
Topic:Theatre
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Starc's pink ball mastery hands Australia a chance to control its destiny
Topic:Cricket
Photo shows Mitchell Starc holds the ball up towards the crowd as he leaves the field
Quick hits: Starc's career-best five-fa and a beer snake stops play
Topic:Cricket
Photo shows A composite image of India's Rohit Sharma (left), and Australia's Mitchell Starc (centre) and Scott Boland (right).
Unselfish act at Olympics earns Norwegian decathlete fair play award
Topic:Olympic Games
Photo shows A smiling decathlete points to his teammate, who is wrapped in a Norwegian flag, after an Olympic event

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Bowlers have reclaimed control in Tests and cricket is better for it

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A second chance is a rare thing in State of Origin. What will Laurie Daley do with his?

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North Melbourne's perfect AFLW season didn't happen overnight

Topic:Analysis

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Wallabies' spring tour shows next year's British and Irish Lions series will be no walkover

Analysis by Luke Pentony

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At this year's Paris Paralympics, only three of 22 sports featured events for athletes with an intellectual impairment. How can elite Para sport better embrace these athletes?
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