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Matt Turner is a sports reporter for The Advertiser and CODE Sports who covers mainly AFL and basketball. He has been with News Corp for more than a decade, starting at The Messenger, where he was sports editor for two years. Matt isn’t to be confused with Matt Turner, the award-winning Advertiser photographer, who also shares the same middle name (James).

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Women's basketball - Forestville Villi's Eagles (yellow) v South Adelaide Panthers (white/blue). Forestville - Jess Fergus Pic Keryn Stevens

Basketball transfer saga over

THE Premier League basketballer at the centre of a transfer stand-off between rival clubs says she is relieved the matter has finally been resolved.

Local Sport

16 year old Kyle Chalmers ahead of 50m freestyle heat during Australian Swimmining Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. pic. Phil Hillyard

SA superfish Chalmers eyes Rio berth

HE IS the SA superfish touted as the next Ian Thorpe, but Kyle Chalmers has his size 13 feet firmly on the ground.

West Adelaide

Porplyzia leads Bloods’ comeback

WEST Adelaide kicked eight of the last 10 goals to record a come-from-behind six-point win over Woodville-West Torrens at Woodville Oval.

Local Sport

02/04/15 - West Adelaide basketball veteran Blake Truslove recently played his 250th game for the club. Pictured with sons Carter, 8, and Spencer, 3, and daughter Chelsea at the Port Adelaide Recreation Centre. Photo Tom Huntley

250 games up but still chasing a flag

TRY talking to West Adelaide basketball veteran Blake Truslove about his 250-game milestone and he brings up the championship missing from his resume.

Local Sport

30/03/15 - Karate couple Adam and Tracy Pearce will captain Australia at next year's world championships in South Africa. Photo Tom Huntley

Karate couple off to world champs

KARATE has been at the centre of Adam and Tracy Pearce’s love story – now the husband and wife will captain Australia at the world championships.

Local Sport

23/3/2015 pic tonight at the Hope inn Sports and Social club at Ridleyton are SA's top men's and women's darts players are husband-wife Peter and Debbie Machin.ran out of time as competition was about to start ....PHOTO DAVE CRONIN

SA’s top darts couple flies under the radar

PETER Machin is the state’s top-ranked male darts player and has beaten 14-time world champion Phil Taylor, but outside the SA darts community he is anonymous.

North & North East

Weekly Times Football. AFL match day Sherrin Footy generic pictures. Picture: Eugene Hyland

40km for a game of footy in metro Adelaide?

A DUMPED northern suburbs amateur league club may field a team in the Southern Football League this season — with players travelling about 40km to compete some weeks.

Local Sport

Club free to play grand final after tennis stoush

AN ADELAIDE tennis club will play for a premiership tomorrow after the governing body upheld the result of a controversial semi-final.

Local Sport

LtoR: Jake Birchmore 19 of Mallala, Harry Nielsen 19 of Underdale and Ben Turley 20 of Woodville South (Woodville Cricket Club players) at Woodville Oval. Seven members of Woodville Cricket Club's side which has reached this Saturday's A-grade cricket grand final are 21 or younger. Picture: Stephen Laffer

Woodville youngsters set for Grade grand final

THE Busby Babes made headlines in soccer and AFL had the Baby Bombers, now Woodville’s Wunderkinds are impressing as one of the youngest teams in Grade Cricket history.

Local Sport

20/03/15 - North Adelaide has several players/officials with Port Adelaide links, including new recruits Daniel Kulikowski, Jay Shannon, Derick Wanganeen, Corey Grove and Michael Clinch. Photo Tom Huntley

Roosters add Wanganeen as ex-Port contingent grows

FAMILIAR faces from Alberton have helped lure Derick Wanganeen to North Adelaide, boosting the Roosters’ contingent of former Port Adelaide players.

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