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Alex began as a sport reporter at news.com.au before shifting to news in recent years. He has a keen interest in global affairs, painfully obscure rock music, Italian meats and Formula 1. As an eternal pest, he spends most of his time deleting sentences that simply won’t fly in civilised society.

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Cricket

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 06: James Anderson of England leaves the field following Englands loss during day five of the Second Test match during the 2017/18 Ashes Series between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval on December 6, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Dropped star ‘poured drink over Anderson’

FRESH details over an incident involving two English players in a bar, which resulted in a rising star being dropped, have emerged.

Cricket

‘Was that for real?’: Gayle leaves world in awe

DID that just happen? Fans around the world have been left in awe after Chris Gayle returned from a form slump with a vengeance.

Cricket

Australian batsman Mitchell Marsh leaves the field after being dsmissed by South African bowler Vernon Philander for nought on day 2 of the first Test match between Australia and South Africa at the Western Australia Cricket Ground (WACA) in Perth, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, IMAGES TO BE USED FOR NEWS REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL USE WHATSOEVER, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM AAP

Ashes great tees off at ‘sneaky’ plot

AS CRITICISM of a controversial Australian recall erupts around the country, a former Aussie star has made an accusation.

UFC

Francis Ngannou, left, hits Alistair Overeem in the first round during a UFC 218 heavyweight mixed martial arts bout, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 in Detroit. Ngannou defeated Overeem by first-round knockout. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

UFC’s ‘Mike Tyson’ back in the cage

THE most terrifying UFC star in recent memory has sealed the biggest fight in of career days after fighters declared “he can no longer fight humans”.

Cricket

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Mitchell Marsh of Western Australia appeals unsuccessfully during day two of the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Western Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 4, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Prezioso/Getty Images)

‘Nobody else in Australia can do that’

AN AUSSIE great has given Mitchell Marsh the mother of all backhands amid the most baffling Ashes controversy of the season.

The Ashes

No words were needed to mock Steve Smith.

Ashes sledge-fest erupts in Adelaide

NO WORDS were needed to reduce the Aussies to an Ashes laughing stock as a huge blunder haunted the home side.

Cricket

‘Extraordinary’: What’s going on here?

THIS wacky photo proves Steve Smith’s outrageously left-field tactics aren’t the weirdest in Australian cricket.

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 26: Daniel Ricciardo of Australia and Red Bull Racing prepares to drive in the garage before the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit on November 26, 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Proof indecisive Ricciardo must bolt

LEWIS Hamilton’s veiled swipe at Daniel Ricciardo is just one of the reasons the Aussie should be running for the hills.

Cricket

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: Mark Stoneman of England looks dejected after being dismissed by Nathan Lyon of Australia during day four of the First Test Match of the 2017/18 Ashes Series between Australia and England at The Gabba on November 26, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

England saved as heavens open

ENGLAND have escaped a horror start after the rain tumbled down and play was abandoned on day two.

UFC

UFC monster’s devastatingly scary KO

FRANCIS Ngannou almost decapitated No. 1 heavyweight contender Alistair Overeem with a savage left hook at UFC 218.

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