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Will Swanton is a sportswriter who’s won Walkley, Kennedy, Sport Australia and News Awards. He’s won the Melbourne Press Club’s Harry Gordon Award for Australian Sports Journalist of the Year.

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Trust me — you want Fifita

Andrew Fifita brings acute embarrassment to his organisation.

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Tennis

Nick at home among wild things

The US Open is still the most untamed of the majors. The night sessions are when it comes to life.

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NRL

WARNING EMBARGO UNTIL FRIDAY THE 24TH OF AUGUST. North Queensland Cowboys co-captain Johnathan Thurston ahead of his final NRL game in Townsville. Picture: Zak Simmonds

Sweat, tears and tributes for JT

Tributes have been flowing as Johnathan Thurston prepares to play his last NRL game in Townsville.

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Sport

A supplied image of Australian surfer Owen Wright who advances to Round 4 of the 2018 Tahiti Pro Teahupo'o after winning Heat 4 of Round 3 at Teahupo'o, Thursday, August 17, 2018. (AAP Image/Supplied by World Surf League/Kelly Cestari) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE

Teahupo’o fails to roar

The Teahupo’o we’ve seen in the last week has been a playground. A damn pretty one, but not the test of courage it’s meant to be.

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Football

Usain Bolt sitting in the club house chatting with Central Coast Mariners Player Kalifa Cisse in the grounds of Pluim Park, Lisarow.Photo: Tim Pascoe

Inside Bolt’s mind

An all-time great Olympic sprinter is starting from scratch as a wannabe footballer at Central Coast Mariners today.

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Tennis

F-bombing Federer’s final flop

Roger Federer lost his cool and copped a code violation as his bitter rivalry with Novak Djokovic spilled over during a crushing defeat.

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Football

TOPSHOT - Usain Bolt poses for pictures with fans upon arrival at Sydney international airport on August 18, 2018. - Bolt, 31-year-old eight-time Olympic champion, arrived to start training with the A-League club Central Coast Mariners. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)

Romance of Bolt remains

If Usain Bolt wants to play in the A-League, he will play in the A-League.

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Switzerland's Roger Federer reacts against South Africa's Kevin Anderson during their men's singles quarter-finals match on the ninth day of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 11, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Oli SCARFF / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

Davis Cup blood on Fed’s hands

The grand statesman of tennis devalued the Davis Cup by rarely playing in it. Then he damned it with his deafening silence.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 16: Hugh Bowman on Winx returns to the mounting yard after a trackwork session at Rosehill Gardens on August 16, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. Winx, the world's highest rated racehorse, completed her final trackwork session before aiming for an Australian record 26th consecutive victory in Saturday's $500,000 Group 1 Winx Stakes. (Photo by Mark Evans/Getty Images)

Winx is sport’s quiet achiever

What motivates a champion such as Winx? One can only speculate.

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Rugby Union

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 13: New Zealand's fly-half Aaron Cruden (C) with Ma'a Nonu (R) and Aaron Smith (L) perform the haka before The Rugby Championship match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the South Africa Springboks at Westpac Stadium on September 13, 2014 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Marty Melville - Pool/Getty Images)

All Blacks say haka strong as ever

A new book has suggested former All Blacks players think the haka has lost its lustre. The current All Blacks disagree.

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