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Robert CraddockSenior sports journalist

Robert ‘Crash’ Craddock is regarded as one of Queensland’s best authorities on sport. ‘Crash’ is a senior sport journalist and columnist for The Courier-Mail and CODE Sports, and can be seen on Fox Cricket.

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Aus Team News

(Back L to R) Holly Lincoln-Smith, Adam Gibson, Madison Wilson, Kyle Chalmers, Stephanie Talbot, (Front L to R) Morgan Mitchell, Sally Pearson and Brooke Stratton unveil the official uniforms to be worn by the Australian Olympic team during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in front of the Sydney Opera House. Pic Brett Costello

Don’t be spooked by Rio reports, athletes urged

AUSTRALIA’S Olympic athletes have been urged to keep their eyes on the prize as reports of labour strikes, uncompleted venues and mosquito plagues flood from Rio.

Olympics

Olympia Aldersey, of Hyde Park, is off to the World Rowing Championships. Pictured here at West Lakes Rowing club.

Is Olympia destined to make Rio team?

SHE was born the day of the opening ceremony at the 1992 Barcelona Games and named after the Olympics but will Olympia Aldersey get to compete in one?

Olympics

Why Rio tickets can humble tennis brats

A STINT at the Rio Games could be just what Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic need to bring them back from Planet Me, writes Robert Craddock.

Olympics

Medical marvel hitting targets on way to Rio

PAUL Adams embarked on a new career as a registered nurse at the start of the year – the same year he will represent Australia in skeet shooting in Rio.

Eels

‘Parra can still win but the board must go’

RAY Price, one of the stars of the last premiership-winning Eels team, tells ROBERT CRADDOCK cheaters always get caught and why he still hates to lose.

NRL

NRL CEO David Gallop holds a press conference at NRL headquarters at Moore Park, Sydney to announce that the Melbourne Storm have been stripped of their 2007 and 2009 premierships and have had all their competition points for the 2010 season docked, and will have to pay 1.6 million after being found guilty of salary cap rorting.

Dodgy cap deals have long been par for the course

CLUBS have cheated the salary cap before, from huge golf day bets to home renovations where the bills just disappear, the Eels saga is nothing new.

Cricket

David Warner's bat and the bat Barry Richards scored 356 in 372 minutes including 325 in a day against a WA attack that included Dennis Lillee and Graham McKenzie.The bat is now on permanent display in the Sheffield Room of the Adelaide Oval with other historical bats and memorabilia.

Great’s warning to current Proteas squad

BARRY Richards faced the first ever cricket ball under lights and the South African great has urged the current squad to think pink or suffer the consequences.

Cricket

Gabba faces real test in first day-nighter

BRISBANE’s first day-night Test will be announced on Wednesday. but of even greater significance will be the unspoken message that comes with it.

Horse Racing

Flemington races looking for pics of the

From Caviar, the Queen to a swag on the Downs

ROYAL Ascot is a world away from sleeping rough on the Darling Downs… so just how has life changed for colourful Queensland horse trainer Peter Moody?

Cricket

Aussie players to blame for pink stink?

AUSTRALIA’S cricketers may have contributed to South Africa’s growing opposition to day-night Tests after several batsmen relayed twilight fears to their rivals.

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