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[The Toad]

Does anyone actually like basketball? Has to one of the most mind numbingly boring games in the planet.

 

[BlueGum]

Does anyone actually like basketball? Has to one of the most mind numbingly boring games in the planet.

Dribble

 

[The Toad]

Dribble

I see what you did there.

 

[norway blue]

Big shout out to Jack Holder and Max Fricke . Up and coming Aussie talent in solo flat track speedway.

 

[The Toad]

Well at least Melbourne storm are still playing.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Just lurve the Haka.

Rightio Aussies....

 

[sosos]

Bloody good effort from the Wallabies in wet, windy Wellington. Pulsating last five minutes.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Wallabies get one over the line!!

.....and convert.

Trail by 3...

 

[Stig O'Hara]

All Blacks lead 10-7 at the half.

Eden Park is deadset chockers.

 

[sosos]

Can't say that's the greatest weekend I've ever had as a sporting fan: First the ferals make another granny - that one was the worst of them all; I'm no fan of Penrith, then the All Blacks pound the Aussies, then another Kiwi wins Bathurst. And lastly, the Arsenal get the done again by the Manchester City.

So long as Cats wipe the floor with those bastards next week, I'll be happy. But seeing that dirty mob in the media all week will be very hard to deal with!

 

[norway blue]

Very solid pro rides by Remy and Jack . Building into their factory rides .

 

[Jabba73]

NRL pre-Grand Final coverage shits all over the AFL “effort”.

 

[Gethelred]

NRL pre-Grand Final coverage shits all over the AFL “effort”.

How focussed on the game instead of the prematch bullshit are they?

 

[Jabba73]

How focussed on the game instead of the prematch bullshit are they?

Great highlights package of signature moves from previous GFs, meshed with kids re-enacting the moves at school, on the beach, at the park etc. ... brilliant stuff.

Talking heads only part of the package, not the whole thing. Interviews with the coaches were about them, not the person making a statement disguised as a question.

Oh, and Amy Shark with a couple of the INXS boys did the pre game singing. Classy

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Copping a nice old pantsing v The All Blacks.

26 - 0........after half an hour.

 

[thylacine60]

don't see the point of continuing the bledisloe..........how embarrassing, over and over again.......give it away wallabies...........

 

[thylacine60]

just what women's cricket didn't need, michael slater in the commentary box, no sense of place, plays lead without being asked, takes the bulk of the commentary without being asked, never shuts up, hyperbole, cringe-worthy addition of "y" to everyone's name (price/pricey) the worst of the men's game

 

[Stig O'Hara]

9 changes, paying $7 on the tote, home ground, dead rubber.

Commentators saying ‘new look wallabies’.......then a bit of hakaing.......nah.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

2 minutes in, and we’re over the line!!

Noice.

 

[norway blue]

Huge shout out to Remy Gardner . Another very solid ride and a podium.. Factory ride next year


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[thylacine60]

lanning leads melbourne stars to sixth win on the trot - dupreez fully sick.........

 

[thylacine60]

They won how many?

After 80 games and almost four years, Lyon's unbeaten run is ended by PSG

For the first time in almost four years, Ellie Carpenter's all powerful Lyon side were beaten in a domestic match, ending an 80-game unbeaten run.

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[norway blue]

Congratulations to Remy Gardner winning his first Moto 2 Grand Prix . Solid mature second half season culminating in podiums and a win . Looking forward to his elevation to the factory team next year. He belongs in the top class . He’s built for moto gp . And Jack Miller wow . Great consistent year not withstanding. He will ride in red for factory Ducati next year. Well done to both riders , especially coming from the satellites..


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[Stig O'Hara]

Maradona - gone at 60.

Diego Maradona had two dreams. He achieved both in a life that was both sublime and overflowing with excess

He had many nicknames — 'Golden Boy', 'Moptop', 'Cosmic Kite', 'God' — but, ironically, the name which best captured this colourful character and the operatic saga of his life was his real one: Diego Armando Maradona.

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[Elmer_Judd]

Maradona - gone at 60.

Diego Maradona had two dreams. He achieved both in a life that was both sublime and overflowing with excess

He had many nicknames — 'Golden Boy', 'Moptop', 'Cosmic Kite', 'God' — but, ironically, the name which best captured this colourful character and the operatic saga of his life was his real one: Diego Armando Maradona.

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Very sad news.

To my mind, he is the 2nd Greatest Sportsman who ever lived

My top 3 are

1 Muhammad Ali
2 Diego Maradona
3 Michael Jordan

There is a magnificent bio-pic movie about his brilliant career and troubled personal life/struggles on Amazon Prime.