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James Lawton on the Ashes 2013: Australia must learn lessons of Steve Waugh to restore past glories in the Ashes
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Tourists should take a leaf out of former captain’s book as their country’s failing cricket culture threatens to overwhelm Clarke
Danny Brough hopeful Huddersfield can take giant stride to top
Saturday 20 July 2013
Wigan’s two rivals for the League Leaders’ Trophy have the opportunity to step up the pressure this weekend. With the Warriors not going to St Helens until Monday night, both Huddersfield and Warrington have the chance to steal a march on them tomorrow.
Australian man dies after eating chilli pie in pub pie eating contest
Friday 19 July 2013
Bruce Holland died during a contest which took place in a local pub in north Queensland on Wednesday
Manchester United excite fans in Australia - with 17,000 buying tickets to watch a training session
Wednesday 17 July 2013
The Premier League champions are to play an A-League All Star XI on Saturday
Dave Hadfield: Return of promotion and relegation set alarm bells ringing in Super League
Friday 12 July 2013
Super League clubs may look back on this week as the time when the turkeys voted for Christmas.
A Very British Ramadan kicks off Channel 4's 'provocative' season on Islamic festival
Monday 08 July 2013
Channel 4’s “provocative” series of programmes about Ramadan will begin tonight with A Very British Ramadan.
Lions Tour 2013: George North apologises for wagging finger in Will Genia's face
Friday 28 June 2013
Jet-heeled 21-year-old says he copped a 'lot of stick' from team mates for gesture
Australia v The Lions: Honours end even in clash of two titans
Sunday 23 June 2013
George North and Israel Folau add a compelling rivalry to the spectacle
Australia's Kurtley Beale joins fall guys without a leg to stand on
Sunday 23 June 2013
It is one of the mad ironies of rugby that a Lions Test of ebb and flow, bash and sashay, and 43 players whose every aching moment is dedicated to standing up for their mates should come down to one kick by one man. Kurtley Beale's final-minute penalty attempt to win the match for Australia transported him out of the ultimate team game into the loneliness of the long-distance goal-kicker. His miss and the manner of it, as his standing left leg slipped from under him and he fell flat on his back on the spiteful Suncorp Stadium turf, joined the horrible history of defeats settled in a single act.
Castleford 30 Hull 28: Ben Crooks haul fails to clinch thrilling contest as Castleford edge Hull
Saturday 22 June 2013
The name Crooks is a celebrated one at these two clubs, thanks to the exploits for both of the former Great Britain prop, Lee Crooks.
British and Irish Lions 2013: Rugby league convert Israel Folau among trio of players making Australia debut
Thursday 20 June 2013
Medical team hand Rob Howley a 'massive boost' as George North is passed fit for Saturday
Brian Barwick: Rugby Football League gets a chairman who says the unthinkable
Monday 17 June 2013
Brian Barwick, the new boss of the RFL, tells Dave Hadfield he wouldn't mind a Super League with no London club
Glenn Moore: Even for Rupert Murdoch the sums do not add up to make a summer league look viable
Monday 17 June 2013
The money on offer would have to be huge for clubs to risk draining their stars for the main season
England defeat Exiles but fears over captain Kevin Sinfield
Saturday 15 June 2013
Steve McNamara's side record 30-10 victory but both Sinfield and Gareth Ellis leave with nasty looking injuries
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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