4th quarter julyaugust 2013 edition

Volume 1 Edition 5 July/August 2013

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Inside this issue:

Editors Blog Meet The Team

1 2 3&4

The Battle Field— English Ashes Le Tour de France

5&6

Shane van Gisbergen puts dramas in rear view mirror to win Clipsal 500

7&8

Aussie Rules

9 & 10

Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Launch for 2018

11 & 12

AFL Sponsors Quiz

13

The British & Irish Lions Tour of Australia 2013 (Promo)

14

Ice Hockey News

15 & 16

Hyundai A-League

17—20

David Beckham Poster

21 & 22

Feel The Crush—David Beckham

23

OzsportsInsider Presenters Recruitment (Promo)

24

Mad Mondays

25 & 26

Vox Sports Partnership

27

The Word Basketball

28

Swimming Australia

29 & 30

Surfing

31 & 32

Cycling Lingo

33 & 34

Cycling News

35

Inside this issue:

Ozsports Box Office

36

Ozsports Current Vacancies

37

Harry Kewell signs with Melbourne Heart for one year

38

Swimming News

39

Tennis News— Sam Stosur set for Fed Cup

40

Ozsports Footy—AFL, SANFL News

41 & 42

Tomasz Ng’s A– League Column

43 & 44

Major League Baseball is coming to Sydney, with the opening series of next season Cricket—Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars win first Women’s Ashes ODI

45

46

Sports Corner with Allan Sports Column & Ozsports Sponsorship

47

Ozsports Volunteer Opportunities

48

Hockey News

49

Cricket News

50 & 51

Soccer (Football) - Socceroos book berth for World Cup 2014 Brazil

52

OzsportsInsider— Weekly Online Sports Show

53

Hero Athlete—Shannon Eckstein

54

Emma Johansson Wins Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik

55

Mathew Hayman Joins ORICA-GreenEDGE

56

Coming Sports Events

57

Ozsports Grassroots Sports

58

Ozsports Contact Details

59

Ozsports Sports Fact s

60

Ozsports Club House

61

Well it has been a very busy two months at Ozsports HQ with the team very busy preparing to air our new sports show The OzsportsInsider which will air every week on the Ozsports website and on YouTube and Facebook.

We are very excited to have Sportys Bar & Arena at the Arkaba Hotel in Fullarton in South Australia. A great venue to watch your favourite sports with mates or enjoy a meal and entertainment.

It has also been very busy in the world of sports with the Australian Men’s and Women’s Cricket Teams in England for the for the Ashes Test series.

I have not had a chance to take a breath with the return Ashes series in Australia in commencing in November in Brisbane Queensland is just around the corner and the 2013 & 2014 Hyundai A– League Season almost upon us. I have hardly had a chance to catch up on all the news from the world of sports.

The Ozsports Crew and Myself have been settling into our new digs at Sportys Bar & Arena at the Arkaba Hotel in Fullarton SA, Australia. The new home of OzsportsInsider very excited a great venue to watch your favourite sports and enjoy a meal or a few quite drinks with mates and don’t forget the great entertainment they have at Sportys Bar & Arena.

On a sour note for every Aussie Rules Fan especially if you are a fan of the mighty Bombers ( Essendon Football Club). And I will put my hand up and say I am a fan of the Mighty Bombers but I won’t hold it to high of for long. With the Australian Football League & Australian Sports Anti Doping Authority I (ASADA) investigating the Essendon Football Club for alleged illegal use of banned drugs.

Growing up within a South Australian Football League Club with a family member involved in the junior development squads and being an Aussie kid it was natural that I would follow this SANFL Club and before the Adelaide Crows came along I was an Essendon Football Club (Bombers) supporter. And The players and coaches could do no wrong.

I thought illegal use of drugs only happened sadly in cycling you wish it did not. Riders you look up to and stay up late every July for the Tour de France. One of my favourite riders a South Australian Stuart O’Grady who used to ride for Orica GreenEDGE coming out after the 2013 Tour de France and admitted using illegal substances. I feel so disillusioned with cycling and Aussie Rules.

My favourite player at the Bombers James Hird after retiring from playing went onto coaching the Bombers. This player I grew up watching every Saturday to be told and have him admit he was involved in the drug scandal at Essendon Football Club shatters my view of James Hird. I thought when he was playing he could do no wrong just win games for the Bombers.

This whole incident has tarnished the greatest game Aussie Rules. The national game of Australia. I feel sorry for the Essendon fans who I feel have been let down the players, sponsors and especially their fans. I would like to know how many of them will be renewing their memberships next season.

We will have more on the situation at Essendon Football Club on the Ozsports Online Network and what penalty's will be handed to the club and James Hird.

Until next time, enjoy your sports Cheers Darren Andrews Ozsports Editor.

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THE

BATTLE FIELD The Australian squad faces its toughest to Australian cricket team and thank him for all his hard challenge yet– England on tour for work and efforts,” Sutherland said. the Ashes. Can the Baggy Green prevail?

Mickey Arthur responded to his sacking as Australian Coach Weeks out from the commencement of the Investec Ashes saying: Series in England Australia have given the coach of the Aus“Naturally I’m very disappointed with how this has all ended. tralian Men’s cricket team his marching orders replacing ArI certainly wanted to see the job through but I accepted that thurs with Darren Lehmann who is the current Queensland the team hasn’t been completely galvanised under my leadBulls coach in the Australian domestic cricket series. ership and our performance have been inconsistent.

Arthur was appointed in November 2011 and since that time “I’m certainly a believer in good culture and traditions much Australia has won 10 of 19 Tests, 18 of 39 ODIs and 7 T20s. like all Australians and feel we were starting to get a shift in CA CEO James Sutherland said: the right direction. We certainly need the team to be absolutely unified if we’re any chance of beating the English.

“This has been a difficult decision to make but one that we feel is necessary. We are looking to establish a high perform- “I will take some time out with family and friends and reflect ing Australian cricket team that is consistent over a period of on this and hope to continue my career in cricket coaching. I time. To achieve that we need all the parts moving in the re am passionate about it and, like all Australians, I want to see right direction. Recent on-field results have been too incon- us succeed on and off the field. It has been a very challenging sistent.

18 months and I think the future is bright for Australian cricket. I have built some wonderful relationships over the “Discipline, consistency of behaviour and accountability for period and I genuinely care about the team and wish them performance are all key ingredients that need to improve. all the best in the up and coming series.”

And we see that the head coach is ultimately responsible for that.

Sutherland welcomed Lehmann on his appointment as the new head coach of the Australian team.

“The Cricket Australia Board decided on the 23rd of June that Mickey Arthur should not continue as head coach of the Aus- “Darren Lehmann has been appointed as the new Australian tralian cricket team. In taking this decision, the Board accept- head coach. He has had outstanding success in a short time ed the recommendation to make an immediate change as with the Queensland Cricket winning the Bupa Sheffield being in the best interest of the team.

Shield, Ryobi One-Day Cup and KFC T20 Big Bash League all within the last two years. He will be contracted until June “The timing is far from ideal less than three weeks out from 2016.” an Ashes series, but we didn’t feel we could sit back and hope things would change. We need to tackle the critical “The Board considered him the outstanding candidate to issues that go to the heart of a high performing team envidrive the performance improvement the team needs and to ronment. We firmly believe that the decisions made be for take it to the one ranking in all formats of the game. No-one the best. is underestimating the task at hand but we believe he is the right man for the job. It is up to the players to respond under “Mickey Arthur was advised of the Board’s decision in perhis leadership and demonstrate their commitment to a sucson on the 23rd of June 2013 in person yesterday by CA’s cessful Australian team.”

Executive General Manager Team Performance Pat Howard.

While is was clearly a very difficult decision, we take this moment to acknowledge Mickey’s passion and commitment

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BATTLE FIELD At the same time the Australian Cricket Team were going through the transition of head coaches The Australian captain Michael Clarke stepped down as a selector of the team.

“Michael first approached Pat Howard in April after the recent Indian series and requested to stand down as a selector so that he could focus on his team’s and his own preparation to play international cricket. This change will allow Michael to focus his primary responsibilities as a player and as a and a captain.

“The board unanimously supported Michael’s request and he will naturally continue to be heavily consulted by the National Selection Panel (NSP) on all team selection issues,” Sutherland said. ___________________________________________________ Australian Ashes squad for VB Tour of England announced The National Selection Panel (NSP) today announced the following 16-player squad for the 2013 Ashes Series during Australia’s VB Tour of England.

The NSP today also announced a 14-player squad for Australia A’s VB Tour of the British Isles.

The Australian Ashes squad is: Name

State Age

Tests

Name

Michael Clarke (C)

NSW 32

92

Brad Haddin (VC)

NSW 35

Jackson Bird

TAS

Ed Cowan

State

Age

Tests

Chris Rogers

VIC

35

1

44

Peter Siddle

VIC

28

41

26

2

Mitchell Starc

NSW

23

9

TAS

30

17

Matthew Wade

VIC

25

12

James Faulkner

TAS

22

0

David Warner

NSW

26

19

Ryan Harris

QLD

33

12

Shane Watson

NSW

31

41

Phil Hughes

SA

24

24

Usman Khawaja

QLD

26

6

Nathan Lyon SA

25

22

James Pattinson

VIC

22

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The 100th edition of LeTour de France got underway on the Island of Corsica on the 29th of June 2013. The Tour de France in its 100 year history has never had a start or a stage on the Island of Corsica.

Australia hopes of a 2nd Tour win after BMC’s rider Cadel Evans was the first Australian to win Le Tour de France back in 2011. This year Australia has 11 riders contesting the 100th edition.

Cadel Evans—BMC Stuart O’Grady— Orica-GreenEDGE Matt Goss— Orica-GreenEDGE Simon Clarke— Orica-GreenEDGE Cameron Meyer— Orica-GreenEDGE Simon Gerrans— Orica-GreenEDGE Brett Lancaster— Orica-GreenEDGE Michael Rogers— Saxo Tinkoff Richie Porte— Team Sky

Stage winner Marcel Kittel celebrates on the podium on the Champs-Elysees.

Photo: AFP Then came the presentation for the winning team - the Saxo-Tinkoff line-up of former Tour winner Alberto Contador and Australian Michael Rogers, followed by Slovakian Peter Sagan (Cannondale) to receive the green jersey as winner of the points competition, and then the revelation of the Tour, Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar) who won the red and white polka dot jersey as King of the Mountains and white jersey as best young rider.

Finally came Froome's ultimate moment of glory, just as the Arc de Triomphe was again lit up in the yellow representative of the race winner's jersey.

After receiving one of world sport's most prestigious winner's garments, Froome, 28, was then joined by Quintana and Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) who finished second and third overall to him at 4mins 20secs and 5mins 04 secs respectively for the playing of God Save the Queen.

Rohan Dennis— Garmin Sharp Adam Hansen— Lotto Belisol ________________________________________________________________ Stage 21 - As it happened After claiming his first Tour de France victory on Sunday, Kenyan-born Briton Chris Froome labelled the historic evening finish as near "perfection".

But in the back of his mind, he knew there was one missing element - that being the presence of his mother Jane who died five years ago of cancer.

Tour winner Chris Froome. Photo: Getty Images "It was really an exceptional Tour with a fight to the end," Froome began, addressing the crowd in French. He then switched to English to honour his mother, saying: "I would like to dedicate this win to my mother. Without her encouragement to follow my dreams, I would probably be at home watching this event on TV. It's a great shame she never got to come and see the Tour.

She would have been so emotional and proud this evening."

The podium finishers: Race winner Chris Froome of Britain, Nairo Quintana of Colombia (L) and Joachim Rodriguez (R) of Spain. Photo: AP It was to her that Froome dedicated his victory, sealed when finished on Sunday's stage in the peloton in 128th place with his six remaining teammates around him - Australian Richie Porte, Spaniard David Lopez, Belarussian Kanstantsin Siutsou and Britons Peter Kennaugh, Geraint Thomas and Ian Stannard Shortly before Froome was presented with the yellow jersey, the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe were illuminated as a tribute to this 100th Tour.

Darkness then fell as the presentations began, with German Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) the first to step up to the podium for winning the final 133.5km stage from Versailles to Paris in a sprint from German Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) and Briton Mark Cavendish (Omega-Pharma-Lotto).

Froome then thanked his teammates, including Australian Richie Porte, saying: "This amazing journey would not have been possible" without them. He also thanked the Team Sky management and staff for believing in and supporting him, and finally his fiancee Michelle Cound who watched on.

FINAL RESULTS The stage, raced in humid and hot weather, began with the traditional pageantry of photo opportunities featuring the wearers of the four key jerseys.

From Versailles, the stage headed south and turned left before heading north and towards Paris, with the peloton riding at a slow and relaxed pace.

But the pace picked up, as the peloton crossed the Pont de Billancourt, turned right down Avenue de New York alongside the River Seine towards the Pont Alexandre III and then Pont du Caroussel before entering the first of 10 seven kilometre circuits on the Champs Elysees at Rue de Rivoli.

It was there that Froome, in a touching gesture, beckoned his wingman and roommate, Porte, to the front of the peloton for the honour of leading it on to the finishing circuit to the cheers of the thousands of fans who lined the famous cobblestoned boulevard that is synonymous with a Tour finale.

Almost simultaneously, as they raced up to the Arc de Triomphe for the first time came the roar of seven jets from the Patrouille de France - the French Air Force's precision aerobatic team - as they left a trail of red, white and blue plumes of smoke in recognition of their national colours.

For Porte and Froome the moment seemingly startled them, as Froome spoke to Porte and pointed to skies, prompting both to laugh out loud.

Then as the sun began to gradually dip towards its inevitable setting behind the Arc de Triomphe the race proper began for final stage honours.

Over the ensuing 10 laps of the seven kilometre circuit, numerous riders tried their best to force an upset and win the stage by either soloing to the line or outsprinting a breakaway group. There were moments of drama. Cavendish flatted with 52km to go and had to chase furiously through the team cars to catch the peloton at 50kmh. Dutchman Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) abandoned with 38km to go due to a chest infection - so close yet so far.

Cavendish' teammates looked primed to set the British champion up for his fifth consecutive win on the Champs Elysees, but as the peloton took the tricky sweeping right hand bend with 400m to go, Kittel was ideally placed and had the distance he needed to claim his fourth win for the Tour.

"I'm very very proud about what we achieved here - on what I achieved here - in the sprint," Kittel said afterwards. "For me, it's just to go and win as many sprints as I can and I was in great shape. I had a great team and we showed what we are capable of. That was the most important thing."

Overall standings after the 21st and final stage of the Tour de France, a 133.5km ride from Versailles to Paris on Sunday: 1. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 83h56min 40sec 2. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) at 4:20s 3. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 5:04.

4. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 6:27.

5. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/SAX) 7:27.

6. Bauke Mollema (NED/BKN) 11:42.

7. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 12:17.

8. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 15:26.

9. Daniel Navarro (ESP/COF) 15:52.

10. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) 17:39.

Australian finishers: 16. Michael Rogers (AUS/SAX) 26:51.

19. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 39:41.

39. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 1h30:14.

68. Simon Clarke (AUS/ORI) 2h20:14.

72. Adam Hansen (AUS/LTB) 2h23:15.

80. Simon Gerrans (AUS/ORI) 2h34:36.

130. Cameron Meyer (AUS/ORI) 3h32:14.

152. Matthew Goss (AUS/ORI) 3h57:24.

154. Brett Lancaster (AUS/ORI) 4h00:19.

161. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/ORI) 4h03:27.

V8′s Motorsports Shane van Gisbergen puts dramas in rear view mirror to win Clipsal 500 "It is up there with the other wins.

"With everything that has gone on, it is great just to get out there and go racing.

Tenko Motorsport's Shane van Gisbergen taking out race 2 at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, Australia SHANE van Gisbergen came face-to-face with the V8 Supercars team he walked out on moments after shocking the sport he almost quit by storming home to steal a spectacular Clipsal 500 win from reigning champion Jamie Whincup.

"I enjoyed that so much and the car was just fantastic."

Van Gisbergen was the fastest man on track all day and looked to be well in control following the final round of pit-stops with a commanding 6-second lead over Whincup.

But a safety car on lap 65, prompted by Alex Davison's highspeed crash into a concrete wall, stole his advantage and forced him into a fierce fight with Whincup over the final 13 laps.

On a day of a high drama at the sell-out event in Adelaide, van Gisbergen was taken to the Erebus Motorsport garage for a post race television interview where he was forced to endure "I am so stoked to win ... I was able to get off the line today the uncomfortable stares of the team that threatened to take which was awesome," van Gisbergen said. legal action to stop him from racing yesterday.

"Mark (Winterbottom) passed me but I was able to get by him.

It was a tough race but I had good speed.

No words were exchanged between van Gisbergen and his former team but the mood in the garage, where Channel 7 had "I ended up behind Jamie and that was tough. My last stop set up a makeshift studio, was tense with several Erebus emwas shorter and we got a gap and managed it. ployees walking over and staring down the shock winner.

Van Gisbergen yesterday became the first non Ford Performance Racing (FPR) or Triple Eight Race Engineering driver to win a race for 15 months, with the controversial Kiwi silencing his long line of knockers in a crushing win in front of 95,000 people in Adelaide.

"I think they short filled in their first stop and we were able to find time with a shorter fill and jump them in the next one.

Scoring pole position with a breakneck blast around the brutal street track, the 23-year-old fended off a late challenge from Whincup to score his third ever race win and cap off a controversial return to racing after walking out on Stone Brothers Racing (now Erebus) mid-contract to later sign with Tekno Autosport.

Whincup failed to hunt down van Gisbergen but helped Red Bull Racing Australia to a remarkable V8 debut with the fourtime champion finishing second and his teammate Craig Lowndes third.

Van Gisbergen's walk-out was vindicated yesterday with the man dubbed a turncoat scoring a remarkable victory while his former team struggled with Lee Holdsworth the best of the Erebus drivers back in 17th place on a disappointing day for the three Mercedes cars.

"It was quite tense after the safety car but it looked like there was a bit of action back there and I was able to get away."

Lowndes won the first race of the weekend and was able to fight his way to third to leave the first round of the championship holding the series lead.

"We didn't qualify well," Lowndes said yesterday.

"But it was nice to be able to fight our way back up there and score a podium.

"I am happy to talk about the racing and it has been both great and overwhelming," van Gisbergen said.

"All-in-all, it was a great weekend and it is nice to be able to leave here with a good haul of points."

V8′s Motorsports Debutants Nissan and Mercedes struggled to "(But) we came here with the match it with old stagers Holden and Ford with James Moffatt expectation of taking three cars home straight and getting as the best of the new manufacturers, scoring 13th place in his much track time as we could, and I think we ticked both of Nissan Motorsport Altima. those boxes fairly successfully. There was a lot of public expectation on us to perform . . . Aussies seem to love underThe V8s return in exhibition races at the Australian Grand Prix dogs and right now we're definitely the underdog." from March 14-17 while round two of the series is at Symmons Plains, Nissan's Michael Caruso suffered from the heat when his in__________________________________________________ ternal cool-suit failed.

The team poured ice down his vest and smashed two of his car's windows to improve air flow but he was forced to retire Nissan and Mercedes left the track a little worse for wear and when his gearbox failed. hot under the bonnet after a tough Clipsal 500 initiation.

"Once we got to that point I knew it was going to be hard but Todd and Rick Kelly's Nissan Altimas returned to the garage ultimately what stopped us was when we lost fourth gear," banged-up from separate crashes in Race 2, while teammate Caruso said.

Michael Caruso was forced to retire after 27 laps because of heat and gearbox problems.

"When fourth gear's not there, it doesn't matter I guess."

WELCOME to the big time, boys. V8 Supercar newcomers

Caruso said both Jack Daniel's Racing and Norton 360 Racing could leave Adelaide content.

"Qualifying 13th yesterday just outside the top-10 is pretty respectable," he said.

Todd Kelly's banged-up Nissan returns to the pits. Source: Getty Images James Moffat was the best-placed Nissan in 13th yesterday, but things weren't as good for Mercedes.

Maro Engel failed to finish both races because of throttle response issues - and even missed the start of Race 2 yesterday when he was forced into the pits after the warm-up.

Tim Slade lasted 32 laps before his team conceded problems with the car's heat sensor were no longer safe, leaving Lee Holdsworth as Mercedes's sole finisher in 17th place.

"We kept going out there to see if we could continue to run, the more track time the better but we couldn't overcome the concern safely enough," Erebus Racing chief executive Ryan Maddison said.

Despite failing to get anywhere near a top-10 placing on debut, Maddison said the weekend had been valuable.

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"It's very hard to keep your emotions or expectations in check because as soon as you see those (time) mo tors, you always want to be higher," he said.

from the match.

Port’s second term scoring spree – holding GWS scoreless in the process – allowed the home side to take a 25-point break at half time.

GWS were made able to stay in the game by virtue of the Power’s seven consecutive points in the third term.

It left the crowd restless for a circuit-breaker, but it came with the Giants’ 2012 #1 draft pick Lachie Whitfield booting his career-first goal.

But it was young pocket rocket Jake Neade who combined with fellow indigenous footballer Chad Wingard to give Port Adelaide another spurt heading into the final change.

Creating opportunities seemingly from nothing Neade twice

Doing it for J-Mac: Power romp to big win over Giants Brad Ebert is chaired from the ground after his 100th game.

PORT ADELAIDE crushed Greater Western Sydney by 56 points in a match that was literally a matter of life and death on Saturday night.The Power honoured their former teammate John McCarthy with a 19.20 (134) to 11.12 (78) victory at AAMI Stadium.

dished the ball to Wingard in two separate plays to deliver the latter’s second and third goals of the evening.

A string of five majors after three quarter time put the result beyond doubt; the Power’s score of 19.20 (134) a point higher than its Round 1 total against Melbourne.

Port Adelaide now enjoys a long break of seven days before its next match against Adelaide in Balfours Showdown XXXIV. Final scoreboard

PORT ADELAIDE 2.5 8.9 12.17 19.20 (134) defeated Port vice-captain Brad Ebert epitomised a night of high emoGWS 4.4 6.5 8.9 11.12 (79) tion when, after kicking the match-sealing goal, he repeatedly kissed the black arm-band he wore in respect for his great GOALS mate McCarthy.

Port Adelaide: Westhoff 5, Wingard 3, Broadbent, Neade 2, Schulz, O’Shea, Boak, Hartlett, Stewart, Ebert, Mitchell Moving tributes were held pre-match for McCarthy, who GWS: Cameron 3, Shiel, Giles, Coniglio, Patton, Whitfield, died at a Las Vegas casino complex last September while on Treloar, Brogan, Smith an end of season trip with some Port Adelaide teammates.

BEST McCarthy’s Victorian-based family were among the 25,122Port Adelaide: Westhoff, Wingard, Neade, Pittard, Cornes, strong crowd.

Stevenson GWS: Whitfield, Cameron, Ward, Shiel, Coniglio, Treloar Following a moving tribute shared by that crowd before the INJURIES Power players ran through a banner jointly acknowledging Port Adelaide: Hartlett (back), Schulz (ankle) Ebert’s milestone and McCarthy, and a minute’s silence, the GWS: Nil business of a football match got underway.

SUBSTITUTES The Power were sluggish to begin with and conceded four of Port Adelaide: Kane Mitchell replaced Jay Schulz at threethe first five goals as the Giants opened up an 11-point buffer quarter time. at the first change.

GWS: Will Hoskin-Elliott replaced Stephen Gilham in the third But Port responded quickly and effectively settled the match quarter. with a 15 minute surge in the second quarter which reaped Reports: Nil six consecutive goals.

Umpires: Fila, Hay, Pannell Utility Justin Westhoff was best afield with five goals, Chad Official crowd: 25,122 at AAMI Stadium Wingard booted three and experienced trio Ebert, Travis Boak and Kane Cornes formed an effective midfield.

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Since 1930, Australia has been proudly represented at every Commonwealth Games.

From 4 -15 April 2018, Queensland’s Gold Coast will host the 21st Commonwealth Games. It will be the fifth time Australia has staged the Games, and the very first time it will be held in a regional Australian city.

The Gold Coast will welcome athletes, officials and visitors from all over the world, with open arms and warm hearts. The focus will be on the athletes, with the world's best showcased in the pursuit of international sporting excellence. The competition will be passionate and fiercely competitive, but conducted in a fun and friendly environment.

The teams, friends and families will be made to feel right at home by 15,000 of our finest and most dedicated volunteers, and a community intent on delivering a great and memorable Commonwealth Games. From winning that highly sought after gold medal, to sharing the limelight in the Opening Ceremony with the world’s greatest athletes, or holding your sporting heroes shoes while they compete… It will be an event where anything is possible.

The Commonwealth Games bring together the members of the Commonwealth of Nations in the an effort to raise the bar of sport for all humanity and a level playing field where athletes compete in a spirit of friendship and fair play.

Although there are 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, 71 teams participate in the Commonwealth Games as a number of British overseas territories, Crown dependencies, and island states compete under their own flag including the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which send separate teams.

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City of Gold Coast Acting Mayor Donna Gates said the official launch of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games would reignite the city's passion and anticipation.

Emblem unveil heralds great Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

“We all remember how excited we were back in 2011 when we learned the city had won the rights to host the Commonwealth Games, and this major milestone keeps the Gold Coast and the State of Queensland firmly on the world-stage,” Cr Gates said.

“The Gold Coast community is passionate about being the host city for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and our new Games The unveiling of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games emblem will proudly be displayed around the city for all to emblem at Broadwater Parklands today has set the course for see.” an inspiring five year journey until the Opening Ceremony on The emblem has also received praise from the President of the 4 April, 2018.

Commonwealth Games Federation, HRH Tunku Imran of Malaysia. “I’m delighted with the emblem. I feel it captures perCommonwealth Games Minister Jann Stuckey said the Games fectly the warmth, the energy, the fun and the vibrancy of the emblem captured the essence of the Gold Coast and what the Gold Coast and Queensland and represents everything the Commonwealth Games was all about.

Commonwealth is looking forward to in 2018,” Prince Imran said.

“The emblem has been inspired by the Gold Coast’s stunning beach side location, its iconic skyline, and the colours are representative of the coast, the hinterland and the celebratory atmosphere which is synonymous with the region,” Ms Stuckey said.

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“Centred upon fluid representations of a gymnast, a hurdler and a swimmer, the emblem reflects the Games’ deep heritage and humanity. “Today’s unveiling shows the world the Gold Coast can’t wait to share this moment in history.”

GOLDOC Chairman Nigel Chamier OAM said the emblem was a result of months of research and development. “Market research was undertaken to unpack the deeper emotional factors which define the Gold Coast as a place, and those that define the Commonwealth Games specifically,” Mr Chamier said.

“Local focus group workshops were held and we then defined the Games core proposition before engaging brand and design company WiteKite to develop the artwork.

“It has been a very exciting and thorough process and GOLDOC believes the emblem is an outstanding reflection of community sentiment and broader perception of the Gold Coast and its role as host city for the Commonwealth Games.”

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In 2002, the Melbourne Ice, Western Sydney Ice Dogs, and Newcastle North Stars joined the AIHL, expanding it to six well underway The team at Ozsports took time out to find out teams. The Goodall Cup, Australia’s top prize in ice hockey, about our 1st Team Profile. This edition we delve into the also became part of the AIHL that year. Adelaide again finSouth Australian team Adelaide ished second in the overall standings and lost to the Bear’s in Adrenaline. the Goodall Cup final.

With the 2013 Australian Ice Hockey League season

The Avalanche finished the 2003 season with their fourth straight minor premiership but lost to the Ice Dogs in the first round of a newly introduced four-team system. They would lose in the semi finals again in 2004 to the North Stars in double overtime.

ADELAIDE ADRENALINE

Adelaide Adrenaline South Australia’s Ice Hockey Team playing in the AIHL.

As two more teams—the Brisbane Blue Tongues and Central Coast Rhinos—entered the league in 2005 , the Avalanche returned to dominance by finishing first overall in the regular season standings. The “curse of the minor premiers” once again came back to haunt the team, however, despite winning through to the Goodall Cup final for the first time in three years, they were defeated 3-1 by the North Stars in that game

Ice Hockey in South Australia

The Avalanche retooled for 2006 in the quest for their first— A little known fact is that Adelaide hosted an ice hockey game ever Goodall Cup, their roster boasting Mighty Roos players Greg Oddy and brothers Ben and Luke Thilthorpe. They finin Australia back near the turn of the 20th century. Some research indicates a skating rink was at the corner of Hindmarsh ished second after the regular season and hosted the finals series, beating the Ice Dogs 5-2 to reach the final but losing Square and Pirie Street until 1909 when an open air cinema the final 0-4 to the North Stars. called Paris opened on the site of the former Elite Skating Rink.

Members of the Adelaide Avalanche were featured on epiIn 1963, the grandfather of current captain of the AIHL Adelaide Adrenaline team/ Australian Olympic Ice Hockey team Greg Oddy established the Hindley Street Ice Skating Rink where ice hockey began in earnest.

The Goodall Cup was originally a State vs State series run as a carnival once a year. The Goodall Cup is now used as the trophy for the AIHL championship.

HISTORY OF ADELAIDE ADRENALINE The Adelaide Adrenaline was formed in 2000 and is arguably the most successful team in the short history of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL), winning five minor premierships and three championships in their ten years of competition.

Along with the Sydney Bears and Canberra Knights, the Adrenaline (then known as the Adelaide Avalanche) were one of the founding members of the AIHL in 2000. They finished first out of three teams that year and claimed the inaugural AIHL championship. In 2001, the club enjoyed the same 8 success in winning their second consecutive title.

sode 11 of Network Ten’s Cyber Shack TV on 10 October 2006. Both David Huxley and Brad Wanchulak played and reviewed the NHL 2K6 on Xbox 360.

Changes in ownership in 2008 caused some disruption to the team and damaged the 2008 season.

But the start of the 2009 season saw the team adopted a new identity, Adelaide Adrenaline and return to being a powerhouse in the AIHL. During it’s time Avalanche/Adrenaline has imported many high-class players from North America and Europe including Steven MCKenna (ex-captain of the NHL team Pittsburgh Penguins in 2005).

The Adrenaline had an outstanding season in 2009 capped off by a victory over Newcastle North Stars 3-2 to capture their third championship.

Youtube—http://youtube.com/ ozsportsonline Ozsports Website— http://ozpsportsonlinesports.wordpress.com/ australianicehockey With the improvement at the home of Adelaide Adrenaline the IceArenA Ozsports will be supplying footage of every home game of the 2013 season on the screens throughout the IceArenaA.

This season Adrenaline promises a greater viewing both on The Adrenaline carried good form into 2010, reaching the the rink and on the screens.

Grand Final, eventually falling 4-6 to the hometown Melbourne Ice in front of a capacity crowd at the newly construct- Also the video will be up on the Ozsports website in the Australian Ice hockey page post game. Post game the game will be ed Icehouse in Melbourne.

In 2011 and 2012 Adrenaline again made the finals but lost in the semis against Melbourne Ice, 3-8 (2011) and against Newcastle North Stars, 4-5 (2012), in both years they lost to the Championship team.

shown at the Sportys Bar & Arena @ the Arkaba Hotel in ………… South Australia after each match for the post game function.

Between the Posts is Adelaide Adrenaline’s weekly online video show hosted by the Crew from Mad Mondays online sports radio show Celeste Newbery and Patrick Glover.

Between The posts is full of news from the Adelaide Adrenaline Ice Rink. With regular interviews with members of the team and coaches. A favourite segment on the show is the “SIN BIN” where the hosts put a player under the pump each week and the important question with a tongue and cheek approach always worth a laugh.

Between The Posts airs every Wednesday on the Ozsports Youtube page and on the Australian Ice Hockey Page on the Ozsports website.

You can be part of the Between The Posts by sending your questions to be asked of the players to the Between The Posts http://www.facebook.com/betweentheposts.

BETWEEN THE POSTS HOSTS The hosts of Between The Posts Celeste Newbery & Patrick Glover who also host Mad Mondays with Patrick & Celeste an online sports Radio show on Thursdays .

Football Federation Australia have released the draw for the Hyundai ALeague 2013/14 Season with 27 Rounds of action set to kick off on 11 October 2013.

“This season’s draw has been crafted to ensure that whether you are an avid supporter of a team or the many new fans discovering the Hyundai A-League there is always something to look forward to in every round of the 2013/14 competition,” Gallop said.

For the first time ever, the Hyundai ALeague will go all the way through until May with the Hyundai A-League 2014 Grand Final set to close out the season on 4 May 2014.

“This season will also see the competition fight for more turf with the Hyundai A-League 2014 Grand Final set to take place on 4 May.”

In another first, this season the Hyundai A-League will be broadcast on free -to-air television when the first of the weekly Friday night matches is broadcast live into homes on SBS2 and Fox Sports from 7.30pm.

With the introduction of one match a week being shown live on free-to-air television the Hyundai A-League is set to get even bigger.

“For the first time we will have Hyundai A-League action on both subscription and free-to-air television which can only be a good thing for the greater growth of the sport in Australia,” continued Gallop.

Kicking off the season in an action packed opening weekend will be last season’s all time highest rating regular season match, Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets.

“Fox Sports and SBS coverage of the Hyundai A-League will allow for football to continue its sharp growth trend. Reaching a wider audience meaning more fans can get closer to the action than ever before at our fantastic venues or via our television, radio and digital properties.”

On Saturday a Grand Final rematch between Hyundai A-League 2013 Champions the Central Coast Mariners against the Hyundai A-League 2013 Premiers Plate winners Western Sydney Wanderers before the Melbourne Derby later in the evening. And on Sunday, Wellington Phoenix will take on Brisbane Roar before Adelaide United and Perth Glory go head-tohead.

All 135 matches will be broadcast exclusively live on FOX SPORTS with the Friday night match now broadcast simultaneously on SBS2 at the regular slot of 7.30pm AET. This season, Hyundai A-League matches will also be broadcast into China, Italy, the US, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Myanmar as well as international live streaming of all matches by Perform.

To coincide with the release of the Hyundai A-League 2013/14 Season Draw, FFA has welcomed the fact that long-term naming right’s partner, Hyundai, has extended their grassroots partnership that will see Hyundai increase their support of Australian grassroots football.

Fox Sports will for the ninth straight season show all matches of the Hyundai A-League 2013/14 Season and Hyundai A-League 2014 Finals Series The opening match of the Hyundai A-League 2013/14 Season exclusively live, with Friday nights will kick off on Friday night, 11 October, at Allianz Stadium. shared with SBS2 at 7.30pm. The broadcast on free-to-air television will give the Hyundai A-League an even wider audience, expanding Australian football to more football fans around Australia than ever before.

FFA CEO David Gallop has praised the creation of the draw as an example of cooperation in building a dynamic draw for all fans of the game.

Hyundai A-League 2013/14 Snapshot: Hyundai A-League 2013/14 Season to kick off with last season’s record regular season TV audience (164,000) match when Alessandro Del Piero’s Sydney FC hosts Emile Heskey’s Newcastle Jets - First ever match on free-to-air television on SBS - Round 1 to also feature the Melbourne derby and a Grand Final rematch - A series of major derby / rivalry matches distributed over the course of the season * Melbourne derby – Rounds 1, 11, and 21 * Sydney derby – Rounds 3, 14, and 22 * Big Blue – Rounds 5, 16, and 25 * F3 derby – Round 4, 16, and 23 * Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United – Rounds 2, 7, and 20 * Combined, these matches fall in Rounds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 25 - Huge holiday calendar with 16 matches over 18 days (19 December to 5 January), inclusive of matches on Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day

* Note: The Round 6 match between the Central Coast Mariner and Wellington Phoenix is postponed from the original round 6 weekend (due to FIFA World Cup play-off for New Zealand and impact on Wellington Phoenix roster) and will take place on Thursday 19 December 2013 (kicking off that holiday run) - Big Blue on Sunday afternoon of the Australia Day weekend

Full Hyundai A-League Draw go to the Football (Soccer Page) for the 2013/2014 home & away draw.

Round 1

2 NOVEMBER 7:30PM HUNTER STADIUM

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets FC -

Brisbane Roar FC v Melbourne Heart FC -

11 OCTOBER 7:30PM ALLIANZ STADIUM

3 NOVEMBER 4:00PM SUNCORP STADIUM

Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers -

Melbourne Victory FC v Wellington Phoenix FC -

12 OCTOBER 5:30PM BLUETONGUE STADIUM

4 NOVEMBER 7:30PM ETIHAD STADIUM

Melbourne Victory FC v Melbourne Heart FC -

Round 5

12 OCTOBER 7:30PM ETIHAD STADIUM

Melbourne Heart FC v Western Sydney Wanderers -

Perth Glory FC v Adelaide United FC -

8 NOVEMBER 7:30PM AAMI PARK

13 OCTOBER 2:00PM NIB STADIUM

Adelaide United FC v Newcastle Jets FC -

Wellington Phoenix FC v Brisbane Roar FC -

9 NOVEMBER 5:00PM HINDMARSH STADIUM

13 OCTOBER 5:00PM WESTPAC STADIUM

Wellington Phoenix FC v Perth Glory FC -

Round 2

9 NOVEMBER 5:30PM TBA - NZ

Adelaide United FC v Melbourne Victory FC -

Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory FC -

18 OCTOBER 7:00PM HINDMARSH STADIUM

9 NOVEMBER 7:30PM ALLIANZ STADIUM

Melbourne Heart FC v Central Coast Mariners -

Central Coast Mariners v Brisbane Roar FC -

19 OCTOBER 5:30PM AAMI PARK

10 NOVEMBER 5:00PM BLUETONGUE STADIUM

Brisbane Roar FC v Sydney FC -

Round 6

19 OCTOBER 6:30PM SUNCORP STADIUM

Melbourne Heart FC v Sydney FC -

Newcastle Jets FC v Perth Glory FC -

15 NOVEMBER 7:30PM AAMI PARK

20 OCTOBER 3:00PM HUNTER STADIUM

Adelaide United FC v Perth Glory FC -

Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix FC -

16 NOVEMBER 5:00PM HINDMARSH STADIUM

20 OCTOBER 5:00PM PARRAMATTA STADIUM

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory FC -

Round 3

16 NOVEMBER 7:30PM PARRAMATTA STADIUM

Melbourne Victory FC v Brisbane Roar FC -

Newcastle Jets FC v Brisbane Roar FC -

25 OCTOBER 7:30PM ETIHAD STADIUM

17 NOVEMBER 5:00PM HUNTER STADIUM

Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United FC -

Round 7

26 OCTOBER 5:30PM BLUETONGUE STADIUM

Brisbane Roar FC v Western Sydney Wanderers -

Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers -

22 NOVEMBER 7:00PM SUNCORP STADIUM

26 OCTOBER 7:30PM ALLIANZ STADIUM

Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix FC -

Perth Glory FC v Melbourne Heart FC -

23 NOVEMBER 5:30PM ALLIANZ STADIUM

27 OCTOBER 2:00PM NIB STADIUM

Perth Glory FC v Central Coast Mariners -

Wellington Phoenix FC v Newcastle Jets FC -

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27 OCTOBER 5:00PM TBA - NZ

Melbourne Victory FC v Adelaide United FC -

Round 4

23 NOVEMBER 7:30PM ETIHAD STADIUM

Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United FC -

Newcastle Jets FC v Melbourne Heart FC -

1 NOVEMBER 7:30PM PARRAMATTA STADIUM

24 NOVEMBER 5:00PM HUNTER STADIUM

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Round 8 Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory FC 29 NOVEMBER 7:30PM BLUETONGUE STADIUM Brisbane Roar FC v Perth Glory FC 30 NOVEMBER 4:30PM SUNCORP STADIUM Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets FC 30 NOVEMBER 7:30PM ALLIANZ STADIUM Wellington Phoenix FC v Western Sydney Wanderers 1 DECEMBER 5:00PM WESTPAC STADIUM Buy Tickets Match preview Season stats Melbourne Heart FC v Adelaide United FC 1 DECEMBER 5:00PM AAMI PARK ___________________________________________________

All Victorian sports clubs are invited to attend the Sports Club Management Expo on Sunday, November 17, at the State Library of Victoria. This one-day event includes workshops designed specifically for grass roots clubs, and an expo featuring businesses and services specific to your club needs. Early bird tickets are now available for just $30, but are limited! Get yours now at http://melb.scme.org.au/

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“It’s so Mad we had to broadcast on a Thursday.”

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ad Mondays Ozsports newest online sports Show hosted by Celeste Newbery & Patrick Glover

Celeste Newbery Age: 23 Masters of Journalism student. I grew up in the Barossa Valley but am now living in Glenelg. Played netball and tennis when I was younger but now have a passion for watching and analysing sporting matches. I always had the dream of being the first female AFL commentator (damn you Kellie Underwood!) but to become any kind of sports reporter is something I would love to do.

To make ends meet I work in hospitality and love working behind the bar.

Twitter: @CelesteNewbery Twitter: @MadMondays13 Patrick Glover My name is Patrick Glover. I have just finished four years of Uni where I have obtained a degree in communication and Media Management and a Graduate Diploma in Journalism. I love anything sport and this has led to my want to become a sports journalist. I am a huge cricket fan and play at a district level with Glenelg in Adelaide.

Celeste and Patrick bring their passion for sports to Ozsports brand new online sports radio show “Mad Mondays.” Mad Mondays airs every Thursday from 2:30pm ACST. Go to the Mad Mondays page to listen to Mad Mondays http://ozsportsonlinesports.wordpress.com/mad-mondays/ Celeste and Patrick will bring you each week all the latest sports, news and interviews and results and a whole lot more.

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Lunch customers were entertained by the Mad Mondays crew at the Glenelg Mc Donald’s in Mosley Square in Glenelg on Thursday the 28th of March.

Celeste & Patrick took to the internet airwaves talking sports and special guests. Aaron Widger from the Adelaide Adrenaline ice Hockey Team to talk about the up and coming Australian Ice Hockey League season. Also Travis dropped by Mc Donald’s and joined the Celeste and Patrick to talk about Inner Focus Health & Fitness Studio.

To tune into Mad Mondays:https://www.spreaker.com/show/ozsports_mad_mondays_online_sports_show Keep an eye out for the Mad Mondays Crew who will be out and about at sporting events doing live broadcasts. Stop and say hello to Celeste and Patrick.

Mad Mondays is a weekly online sports radio show produced by Ozsports Online Network and airing on Spreaker.com Every Thursday from 2pm ACST.

MAD MONDAYS Patrick Glover & Celeste Newbery hosts of Mad Mondays.

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legendary Brian Goorjian as the only coach to oversee three consecutive NBL titles.

The New Zealand Breakers have claimed a third consecutive NBL Championship, producing a gutsy road performance to win Game Two of the 2012/13 iiNet National Basketball League Grand Final Series tonight at Perth Arena.

Coming off a strong Game One performance, the Breakers proved why they are the best road team in the competition, wrapping up the game and series 2-0 with a 70-66 win over the Perth Wildcats.

After tipping off the season with a loss to the Wildcats at home, the Breakers were quickly back to their dominant best, 24 of their next 27 games – including a 16-game winning streak to secure a third-straight minor premiership.

Consecutive series sweeps of Sydney and Perth, including two massive road wins, ensured Auckland would again be the home of the NBL Championship trophy.

Basketball Australia Chief Executive Officer Kristina Keneally congratulated the Breakers on another outstanding season.

“What we have witnessed from the New Zealand Breakers – not only this season, but over the past three seasons – has been nothing short of remarkable,” Ms Keneally said.

In a game worthy of deciding any NBL Championship, it was a tight opening half with the Wildcats feeding off the capaci“To win an NBL Championship takes an amazing amount of ty 12,500 crowd crammed into Perth Arena.

In a performance indicative of their ability to grind out a result, the Breakers silenced the fanatical home support with a 25-14 third quarter that saw the lead stretch beyond double figures.

With their season on the line, Perth mounted an almighty comeback, getting within one point with less than 30 seconds remaining on the back of two clutch free throws from Greg Hire.

As the Perth crowd pushed the Wildcats towards a remarkable come-from-behind victory it was none other than CJ Brueffort, dedication and desire – to win three consecutive NBL ton who would have the final say.

Championships is testament to the hunger for success of all The man who led the Breakers to the 2012 NBL title was involved at the New Zealand Breakers. again on hand to close out the season, draining two late free “Congratulations to Andrej Lemanis, his coaching staff and throws to ice the win. players, owner Paul Blackwell and the Breakers organisation Capping off a remarkable 2012/13 NBL season, New Zeaon another brilliant season.” land’s star import Cedric Jackson was named NBL Grand Final MVP. The Breakers historic three-peat puts them in the conversation of all-time best NBL teams, becoming just the second team to achieve the feat – joining the Sydney Kings of 2003 to 2005.

Coach Andrej Lemanis also joins elite company, with the

Aussie swimmers bring home 11 medals from Berlin

the 100m fly (1:12.22).

Three-time Paralympian Rose joined Scott on the podium in the 100m fly, collecting the bronze in a time of 40.16.

The nine members of the EnergyAustralia Swim team competing in Berlin have wrapped up proceedings at the Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften (IDM) and will be returning home with a total of 11 individual medals.

While the men’s events saw Paralpympians Michael Anderson and Ahmed Kelly each take home gold from their respective races.

It was the women who led the way over the weekend with Kara Leo, Madeleine Scott and Sarah Rose sharing nine of the 11 medals between them.

A gold medallist from London in the 4x100m freestyle relay, Anderson turned over to take gold in the 100m backstroke, hitting the wall in 1:02.25. Kelly’s gold came in his pet event, the 100m breaststroke, with the 21-year-old hitting the wall in 1:50.92.

A full list of the results can be found here http://www.idm-schwimmen.de/en/.

The EnergyAustralia Swim Team for the IDM Michael Anderson, Sarah Hilt, Ahmed Kelly, Kara Leo, Aaron Rhind, Sarah Rose, Madeleine Scott, Jeremy Tidy and Reagan Wickens.

MADELEINE SCOTT Brings home Gold Medal from Berlin

Paralympian Leo was entered in eight events and, despite a busy schedule and tough international competition, the 2010 IPC World Championship silver medallist managed to muster up enough energy to take home five individual medals including one gold, two silver and two bronze.

A promising freestyler, Leo proved her versatility when she won silver in the 800m freestyle behind Berlin local and four-time Paralympian Daniela Schulte (10:57.82), and then changed pace to take gold in the 100m free in a time of 1:04.17.

West Australian Scott also collected multiple medals, finishing the meet with two silver medals and one bronze.

Scott managed to medal in all three of her butterfly events; winning silver in the 50 in 32.43 and 200m fly (2:48.87), and bronze in

MICHAEL ANDERSON Michael Anderson took home a Gold Medal in his respective event.

at improving performances on the international stage;

Global search for new National Head Coach begins

2. Oversight and monitoring of national level coaches and swimmers in their daily training environment; and 3. Technical Lead of the EnergyAustralia Swim Team at all senior international benchmark events including, FINA World Championships, Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacific Championships, Olympic Games.

Swimming Australia’s Director of High Performance Michael Swimming Australia has today launched a global search for a Scott said the new National Head Coach will also play a key new National Head Coach with the aim to fill the role follow- role in the ongoing professional development and mentoring ing the 2013 Barcelona FINA World Championships in August. of senior Australian swimming coaches.

Swimming Australia is seeking Confidential Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified candidates for the position of National Head Coach, to take the team through to and beyond Rio 2016.

Swimming Australia CEO Mark Anderson said the organisation will undertake a global search for the right candidate with the skills and attributes to lead the EnergyAustralia Swim Team.

“We want to establish a performance culture within every level of our sport, and that starts with our flagship teams for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” said Anderson.

“To coach the Australian Swim Team is a tremendous opportunity and honour, and we are confident that we will attract a quality field. Our search will be focussed on identifying a high quality leader of athletes, coaches and staff. They will be able to demonstrate their ability to develop and implement world best practices, that will deliver our team and athletes international success over the coming Olympic cycle and beyond.”

Reporting to the Director of High Performance Michael Scott the National Head Coach will be the Technical Lead of Swimming Australia’s High Performance Unit, and the EnergyAustralia Swim Team.

The position’s three key areas of responsibilities are as follows: 1.

Developing technical and event specific strategies aimed

“We are after a candidate with proven experience in building and maintaining an internationally competitive high performance environment and culture, and the successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of what’s required to do that,” said Scott.

“The technical elements of this role will be geared towards Swimming Australia delivering on its High Performance Plan and the targets within that plan,” said Scott.

Swimming Australia will send a trio of leadership support to the 2013 FINA World Championships this year with Scott to be assisted by Michael Bohl and Rohan Taylor as the National Team Coaches for both the women and men.

A full job description for the Swimming Australia National Head Coach can be found on the Ozsports Online Network Site in the jobs in sporting organisations page http://ozsportsonlinesports.wordpress.com/jobs-in-sportingorganisations/

Ozsports Surf will be brining you all the latest news, results and interviews on Ozsports Surf. Ozsports weekly online surf show with your host Darren. So if you are a surf fan then make sure you tune into Ozsports Surf on the Ozsports website @ http://ozsportsonlinesports.wordpress.com .

AUSTRALIAN SURFER LAURA ENEVER JOINS BILLABONG TEAM BURLEIGH HEADS, AUSTRALIA—Billabong announced the addition of Australian Laura Enever to its pro surf team.

Enever, 21, is one of the most popular female surfers in the world today and will start the 2013 ASP World Tour later this week ranked eight in the world.

"On behalf of the Billabong brand, we are thrilled to add Laura to our roster," said Graham Stapelberg, Billabong's Global Marketing Manager. "Not only is she a brilliant surfer and a top competitor, but Laura has emerged as something of a style icon within the beach lifestyle world, which makes her a perfect representative for Billabong."

Enever hails from the North Narrabeen area of Sydney, New South Wales and has amassed a formidable collection of titles, including the Australia, ISA and ASP Junior Championships. She joined the women's world tour in 2011 at age 18, becoming the Rookie of the Year during the Hawaiian big wave season at the Van's Triple Crown. Laura was runner up in the ASP's 2012 Roxy Pro on Australia's Gold Coast and is now finalizing her preparation for the kickoff of the 2013 edition that starts on March 2nd.

ABOVE: ASP World Tour Top 8-rated professional surfer Laura Enever of North Narrabeen, Australia, has joined the Billabong Team. photo: Duncan Macfarlane Laura Evans joins Billabong Team

Enever's surfing skills come nicely packaged with a healthy dose of fitness and a natural beauty that have ignited a parallel modeling career. Australia's Stab Magazine, a well-known arbiter of surf style, declared her "cute as hell."

“I really love what Billabong represents," Enever said of the new partnership. "It's a core surf brand with high performance products, but at the same time brings out the beauty of the beach lifestyle. My other passion besides surfing is the fashion world and it's clear Billabong is all about taking high fashion to the beach. They are collaborating with fashion bloggers and coming out with amazing products and wetsuits. Beach fashion is changing and Billabong is leading the way. I'm excited!"

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ANSI n. bicycle helmet standard set by the American National Standards Institute.

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B.A.R. Best All Around Rider. often a competition with points per event. Could be called an omnium.

bail 1) or bail out. v. to jump off in order to avoid an imminent crash.

2) v. to give up on a ride because of bad weather coming in. balustrade n. the outside railing around the velodrome. bars or handle bars. n. on road & track bikes, a refi ned component which promotes aerodynamics, bodygeome try, muscle teamwork, stability, and comfort. bell lap n. the last lap of a race will be announced by ringing a bell & display of the number 1 on the lap cards. blocking n. getting in the way of rival riders, to help a teammate get ahead on a breakaway. blue band also Cote d’Azur. n. French origin. The blue band designates “out-of-bounds” and is the inner edge of the track all the way around. No passing on the blue band during races. bonk n., v. slang term for blowing up, hitting the wall, or otherwise expiring in midride. Can be caused by -- and is frequently blamed on -- insuffi cient water or calorie intake, but in truth is usually a result of insuffi cient training. “Had I eaten more linguini last night, I’m certain I wouldn’t have bonked.” bottom bracket n. the bearing assembly to which your crank arms attach. break or breakaway. n., v. a splitting of the fi eld, where some riders race ahead, trying to avoid being reabsorbed by the larger and more aerodynamicly effi cient peloton. bridge usually “bridging a gap” by making progress from one group to the next one in front. Takes a great deal of energy, but is often worth it.

Burnaby Burnaby Velodrome (200 meter indoor wood track) in Burnaby (outside Vancouver), British Columbia, Canada. Harry Jerome Sports Center. UCI racing and rules apply. Marymoor riders need International USACycling license to participate. www.burnabyvelodrome.ca campy adj., n. short for Campagnolo, a famed Italian road bike component manufacturer. cassette n. the assembly of gears mated to the rear hub of a road bike. See also gear cluster. cashed adj. to be too tired to ride any farther; bonked.

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Emma Johansson Wins Gooik-GeraardsbergenGooik– Cont.

In addition to taking the race win, ORICA-AIS won the overall omnium of the three stand-alone races contested in Holland and Belgium this weekend. Fifth on Friday in Sittard and third on Saturday in Aalburg, Johansson’s win on Sunday sealed her omnium victory.

“It was a successful weekend for the team,” said Johansson.

“We raced for this win every day, and we finally got it. I’m very happy to pay back my teammates for giving everything during these three races.”

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Harry Kewell signs with Melbourne Heart for one year Melbourne Heart has announced the signing of former Socceroos star Harry Kewell.

The club's chief executive Scott Munn confirmed on Wednesday Kewell has signed with the Heart for the 2013-14 A-League season.

Kewell had been in talks with former Socceroos team-mate and Heart coach John Aloisi for several weeks.

"John Aloisi and I have known each other a long time and we have played together, so I'm thrilled to be part of Melbourne Heart at an exciting time," Kewell said in a statement.

"It's always been my intention to come back and play in the A-League."

Kewell, 34, played at rival club Melbourne Victory before leaving at the end of the 2011-12 season due to family reasons.

More recently he played three games for Al Gharafa in Qatar. Hs form there was not good enough to earn a Socceroos call-up in the eyes of national coach Holger Osciek but his attitude impressed Aloisi.

"I have been in regular contact with Harry over the past few months and have been so struck and impressed by his hunger," Aloisi said.

"He has always been a wonderful professional and a winner and, in spending time with him, nothing has changed.

"I watched Harry's progress in the Middle East very closely and it's clear that physically he is in great condition so we are confident that, with a big pre-season, he will be flying by round one."

It will be a highly anticipated return to the A-League with Kewell set face his old team Victory first-up.

HARRY KEWELL Harry Kewell set to join Melbourne Heart for the 2013/14 Hyundai A-League season.

Swimming loses top sponsor Energy Australia after spate of recent controversies Todd Balym The Courier-Mail June 05, 2013 4:56PM

Controversies involving James Magnussen and the men's 4x100m freestyle relay team contributed to Energy Australia's decision to withdraw its support from swimming. Source: News Limited SWIMMING Australia has plunged into an $8 million black hole after being dumped by their major sponsor in the wake of the toxic culture, Stilnox and donkey scandals to rock the sport.

The Courier-Mail can reveal that principal partner of Swimming Australia, Energy Australia, this week dumped their major sponsorship of the sport, fed up with the string of scandalous headlines.

The company had signed a five-year agreement in February 2012, a lucrative arrangement believed to increase in value every year until 2017.

Insiders suggest it was valued at $2m in 2013, which would be an enormous blow for the sport as it constituted almost half of Swimming Australia's annual revenue for corporate sponsorship.

SA will make an announcement later today.

Combined with the $500,000 in annual funding cuts the sport received from the Australian Sports Commission, the sport now has an $8m shortfall between now and the 2016 Rio Olympics.

"I can confirm we have ended our agreement with Swimming Australia," an Energy Australia spokesperson said.

Swimming Australia had yet to reply to inquiries at the time of publication.

It was a case of third strike and you're out for a sport that continues to crucify itself from top to bottom.

The resignation of president Barclay Nettlefold this week, after being accused of inappropriate behaviour, was the final straw for the biggest corporate backers of swimming.

Sam Stosur set for Fed Cup

ensure our juniors develop their tennis on clay early and learn to love it,” Molik continued.

Stosur is looking forward to meeting up with the team this weekend to prepare for the tie.

Australia’s Fed Cup captain Alicia Molik has named an unchanged team of Samantha Stosur, Jarmila Gajdosova, Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty to contest the World Group Playoffs in Chiasso, Switzerland, later this month.

Eighteen-year-old Storm Sanders from Western Australia will join the team as ‘orange girl’ following promising results on the Pro Tour. Sanders won her first title in Launceston and reached the final in Ipswich and semis in Bundaberg.

“I have absolute faith and belief retaining the same team (as in the first round against Czech Republic) to face Switzerland,” Alicia Molik said today.

“Our playing list has collectively enjoyed much success on clay over the last few years. Each of the girls is dedicated to doing everything possible for team success and I am proud of them for this reason.

“It’s fantastic we are able to play in Switzerland, which will provide the best preparation for a favourable European clay court season for the whole team. It is also terrific Australia now has a world class clay court training facility at Melbourne Park as it really is vital to 31

“I’m really looking forward to working with Alicia and the girls to win this tie against Switzerland. Fed Cup is always a great week, we have a terrific team and I’ve played some of my best tennis in this environment,” Stosur said.

Australia have won five of their six Fed Cup ties against Switzerland, most recently posting a 4-1 win in Fribourg in February 2012.

Switzerland is expected to name two top-60 players, Romina Oprandi, ranked 52, and world No.57 Stefanie Voegele to lead the team. Voegele has enjoyed some impressive form recently, qualifying for both Indian Wells and Miami and reaching the semis at Charleston.

Australia needs to win the Play-off to stay in the elite top eight of the Fed Cup World Group.

Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Play-off Australia v Switzerland Date: 20-21 April 2013 Venue: Tennis Club Chiasso, Chiasso-Seseglio, Switzerland Times: Day one: 1200 hrs Day two: 1100 hrs

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WA Football condemns umpire abuse A Goldfields Football League player has been deregistered from playing in any football competition indefinitely following a serious incident of umpire abuse on the weekend

WA Country Football League General Manager Joe Georgiades condemned Kambalda reserves player Kristgen Bennett’s actions as completely unacceptable and said the WACFL had a zero tolerance approach towards umpire abuse.

“This is a serious offence and I am extremely disappointed it occurred,” Georgiades said.

“The deregistration of this player should send a strong message that behaviour like this will simply not be tolerated.

“Football games can’t happen without umpires and we must all treat them with the respect they deserve.”

Bennett was suspended for 18 months by the Goldfields Football League Tribunal for intentionally, recklessly or negligently making contact with an Umpire.

He has also been deregistered under new national rules that apply to all players who accumulate 16 weeks or more of suspension over their senior playing career.

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With just a handful of games before the end of the regular Ange Postecoglu is not the sort of manager to give up howevseason, the A-League is really shaping up a cracking finish with er, and will be desperate to put things right before the finals the race to secure finals positions. come around. The emergence of youngsters Scott Gallaway and Connor Pain has been a particular highlight in the last month and should only help the Victory's cause.

Now to a team that flew out of the blocks, Adelaide United will be rather disappointed at how the season has panned out ever The Central Coast Mariners sit in pole position, since that 6-1 trashing away to Western Sydney. There has been a change of coach, with John Kosmina leaving his post and have their fate in their hands to seal the "Minor" Premiership and an automatic AFC Champions League citing an inability to continue in the job with much uncertain berth. They have come through their toughest tests well, most behind the scenes. impressively demolishing the Melbourne Victory 6-2 at home The team's fortunes have not been great since the new year, in Round 22. inconsistent form seeing them fall behind the pacesetters. A Graham Arnold's side has been the model of consistency yet again this season, and even interruptions with players coming and going in January failed to derail their claims to another league title.

top four spot should be a certainty however and they will be looking to get some consistency before the finals come around.

Chasing the front four are the rest of the teams. Such is the tight nature of the league that teams in finals places drop in and out every week.

The loss of Tom Rogic to Celtic hasn't been felt too much as Mike McGlinchey has stepped into the number ten role, with his A common theme seems to be poor away form, and this is most notable contribution being the hat trick something John Aloisi has been desperate to address with his in the demolition of the Victory.

Melbourne Heart outfit. Their home form is not an issue, havIt's hard to see anyone toppling them come end of March, and ing won the last three home games prior to round 23. The Western Sydney Wanderers now seem to be the only challeng- problem has come when travelling. They haven't picked up 3 points away from Melbourne this season, a huge problem in ers remaining to the minor premiership. any finals push.

And what a season it has been for the Wanderers. Tony Popovic has masterminded a stunning winning streak of 7 games leading up to the showdown with Central Coast in round 23.

The progress of the infant club has been nothing short of amazing, as the fans have turned out in numbers and in voice, supporting their talented squad while making Parramatta Stadium a sea of red and black.

It seems nothing fazes them, and who knows, they could yet steal the title off the Mariners.

The same probably can't be said about Melbourne Victory. The defeat in Gosford was a third on the bounce, and third against rivals for the title. Losses to Adelaide and Western Sydney were costly enough without the trashing in Gosford.

Losing key players to injuries do not help, with Archie Thompson, Nick Ansell and Gui Finkler notable absentees in those defeats, while the new signings of Francesco Stella and Daniel 34 Mullen have yet to settle in.

season.

The Roar have decided to stick with Mike Mulvey as head coach for the next couple years, and he has a big job on his hands to turn Brisbane into a force in time if they are to make the finals, or if they do, make a serious impression.

Melbourne Heart Player Vince Grella retires from A-League The retirement of Vince Grella didn't help their cause, as he had been brought in to re-invigorate a midfield so reliant on the injury prone Fred. Departures of Aziz Behich and Michael Marrone have also caused a problem defensively, though the return of Eli Babalj has given them a bit more edge up front.

Last year's runners-up Perth Glory have also had a season to forget so far. Apart from some indifferent form, injuries and un-replaced departed players meant the squad is threadbare, with not many options.

A team in the a similar boat is Sydney FC. They can't buy a win Ian Ferguson sacked as senior away from home at the moment either. Yet they have imcoach of Perth Glory. proved vastly under Frank Farina who seems to have sorted Ian Ferguson has left the post, and his replacement Alistair out some of the problems that crippled Sydney's start to the Edwards has a big task on his hands. Finals football looks unseason. likely for them now, and they face a big task to rebuild.

Marquee man Alessandro Del Piero continues to dazzle the Finally there is the Wellington Phoenix. The Phoenix have competition, and with the extension of his stay sorted out, he found themselves in trouble this season, unable to go on conshould be able to concentrate on keeping up his form. sistent runs of form. While they have always been there or The arrival of Lucas Neill will also help Sydney, whose leaky thereabouts come the end of the season, it's looking doubtful defence has been the cause of much woe for them this seathat they will finish anywhere other than battling Perth for the son. wooden spoon.

The Newcastle Jets have been in and around the playoff spots all season thus far, and have struggled to find any sort of consistency to their performances. They have had their good and bad moments, and need to sort their consistency problem out if they are to make the finals.

Losing Ryan Griffiths to Beijing Baxi won't help them, but with Socceroo Adam Taggart, marquee man Emile Heskey they would hope that he isn't missed too much for the run in.

Then we have the strugglers. It's almost hard to believe that the Brisbane Roar fall into this category given their success over the last couple years, but that's exactly where they are and have plenty to sort out.

An unsuccessful trip to Thailand to face Buriram United meant failure to qualify for the AFC Champions League, a huge blow for the club.

They have also lost influential midfielder Erik Paartalu, but the whole team has really failed to capture the imagination this

Ricki Herbert has now resigned from his post, a huge blow for the club. While this may signal a welcome change for the club, there is plenty to work on if they are to save their season.

The acquisitions of Isaka Cernak and Corey Gameiro should help their cause, but the task gets tougher with each week for the Phoenix.

Whatever happens in the last four rounds of the A-League, it is set to be a barnstorming finish with so much still to be decided. With a Melbourne Derby final could be on the cards, as could a Sydney Derby final, matchups that could make the new finals series the best yet!

Major League Baseball is coming to Sydney, with the opening series of next season— between the LA Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks— to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground next March 2014.

In a $13 million coup for the state government, the opening series of the MLB will be held at the SCG on Saturday March 22 and Sunday March 23 – the first time a competitive US baseball fixture will be held in Australia and only the sixth time one has been staged outside America.

The games have been described as the biggest internationally recognised event in this country since the 2003 Rugby World Cup final and come exactly 100 years after the Chicago White Sox played against NSW at the SCG. “Sydney will host the first two games for the opening series of 2014 Major League Baseball at the Sydney Cricket Ground,” Premier Barry O’Farrell said.

“The opening series will feature the LA Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks playing the first two games of the season.

“This is a significant win for Sydney and again delivers on my election commitment to bring major events to NSW. It’s estimated the matches will deliver a $13 million benefit for the local economy, as well as attract visitors from interstate and overseas.”

NSW will be showcased to an estimated global TV household audience of up to 168 million, including 75 million in the US. Ironically – or perhaps fortuitously for sports fans who like to see a bit of biff – the Dodgers and Diamondbacks had a huge brawl in their game yesterday, with the entire squads of both teams running across the field to fight each other.

A similar spectacle can’t be predicted next year but the Dodgers and Diamondbacks will be in Sydney for six days, when they will play the two games and open the doors to their training sessions.

Sports Minister Graham Annesley said the event would “generate more than 10,000 international and interstate visitor nights to Sydney, which will help us reach our goal to double overnight tourism expenditure in NSW by 2020″.

“Sydney has a history of hosting significant baseball games at the SCG, with the Chicago White Sox playing against a combined NSW team in 1914,” he said.

“The SCG will be transformed into an MLB field, with the construction of an infield clay area, pitcher’s mound, dugouts and additional grandstand.”

Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers / pic: Stephen Dunn/ Getty Images/ AFP Source The Daily Telegraph

Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars win first Women’s Ashes ODI

Player of the match Erin Osborne spoke to the media following the match. Audio from this media opportunity can be found on the CA Media Centre, details below.

The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars have recorded a 27The second Women’s Ashes ODI will be played at The County run win over England in the first Women’s Ashes One Day InCricket Ground, Hove on Friday 23rd of August 2013. ternational (ODI) against at Lord’s today.

The win places the Australian side two points ahead of England in the race for the trophy in the new multi-format series, following the drawn Test. Commonwealth Bank Southern Star spinner Erin Osborne was named player of the match for her dominant bowling display.

The visitors were on the back foot early when opener Rachael Haynes (0) was caught and bowled by Katherine Brunt (3-29) in the first over. Fellow opener Meg Lanning (56) toiled hard for her half century, finding the boundary on eight occasions.

Captain Jodie Fields (32) worked well with Lanning to steady the innings as they piled on a 74-run partnership before Lanning was caught out by Heather Knight off the bowling of Laura Marsh (2-27). Ellyse Perry (24) and Alex Blackwell (23) were the next highest run scorers, helping the side to a total of 8-203 from their 50 overs.

It took the Australian side more than 19 overs to make their first breakthrough, with Arran Brindle (21) caught out by Sarah Coyte off the bowling of Osborne(3-39). Prior to Brindle’s dismissal she built a 63-run opening partnership with England captain Charlotte Edwards. Edwards then paired up with Sarah Taylor (22) to add 36 runs between them before Taylor was removed leg-before-wicket by Jess Jonassen (4-38). Jonassen struck again in her next over, with Lydia Greenway adding only one run to her side’s total before being caught behind by Fields. Edwards was the main-stayer of the England innings, reaching 61 runs from 90 balls before she was caught behind of Osborne’s bowling. Despite taking only one wicket Sarah Coyte (1-20) proved critical to the bowling attack, conceding only 20 runs from her nine overs, which included two maidens. Jonassen (4-38) went on to claim a total of four wickets, including the final one which saw England finish all out for 176 in the 48th over.

After the match Osborne said: “I think the wicket of Charlotte Edwards changed the momentum back in our way. I thought that came on the back of some really tight bowling by Sarah Coyte, I thought she was the pick of the bowlers from both teams today.”

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Hockeyroos hand over cheque for $9000 and launch Ausdrill Pink Ladies Day 2013 Australia’s women’s hockey team, the Hockeyroos, were joined at training today by representatives from National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) and Ausdrill as the reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallists presented NBCF with a cheque for $9092.05. The money was raised by the Hockeyroos and their major sponsor Ausdrill during a community engagement trip to Kalgoorlie in May. The presentation also marked the announcement that the Ausdrill Pink Ladies Day will return to this year’s International Super Series Hockey 9s in Perth on Saturday 19 October.

The event will see the Hockeyroos don specially made pink bodysuits for their match against world champions Argentina on the Saturday with fundraising activities hosted throughout the day. Fans attending the Hockey 9s are encouraged to get behind the cause by wearing something pink on the day.

Presenting the cheque, Hockeyroos captain Madonna Blyth said: “The Hockeyroos and National Breast Cancer Foundation have formed a strong bond over the past couple of years and it is a real honour to present NBCF with this cheque.

“I have experienced how breast cancer can impact upon families. My aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer ten years ago but, fortunately, she is one of the luckier ones; she came through it.

While one in eight Australian women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, the more positive news is that there is a strong survival rate in this country. The fact that we can play a small part in this through raising funds for further research, screening and improved treatment is hugely important to the team.

“We thank everyone that put their hands in their pockets to donate money in Kalgoorlie, whether they made a gold coin donation, bought a raffle ticket or purchased a piece of Hockeyroos memorabilia in the auction. Thank you.

And Blyth said the Hockeyroos can’t wait to support the cause at the 2013 Ausdrill Pink Ladies Day, adding, “We’re thoroughly looking forward to supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation this year at Ausdrill Pink Ladies Day and hope to raise even more money. I’d urge everyone who comes to the International Super Series Hockey 9s to embrace the event and wear pink.”

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While five-year rates for breast cancer have increased dramatically since the Foundation’s inception, from 70 per cent of all those diagnosed in 1994 to nearly 90 per cent today, Ms Renouf says the National Breast Cancer Foundation is committed to ending deaths from breast cancer and beyond that, prevention and cure.

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"Given the esteemed history and tradition of the Wisden Cricketers Almanac, it is a very humbling accolade and one that I hold in the highest regard.''

Clarke's accolade as leading world cricketer is a relatively new award, given for only the 10th time.

Eight others have won it including Warne and Ponting - with Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag doing so twice.

Michael Clarke named Wisden cricketer of the year

England batsman Nick Compton was named as one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year, joining his grandfather Denis who earned the accolade in 1939.

Compton is the only Englishman to receive the prestigious nod, which can only be given to an individual once in their career.

His form won an England call for the winter tours of India and New Zealand and he appears to have cemented his place as Andrew Strauss' replacement in time for a first Ashes series.

South African trio Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn join Compton, as does West Indian Marlon Samuels.

The cricketers of the year are nominated for their achievements in the previous English summer, with the Proteas players rewarded for their 2-0 Test series win over a home side they ultimately replaced as world No.1.

TEST captain Michael Clarke has been named Wisden's leading cricketer of 2012, becoming only the third Australian to receive the honour.

He joins former skipper Ricky Ponting (2003) and legspinner Shane Warne (2004) in being given the accolade.

Clarke scored 1595 runs in the 2012 calendar year, including four double centuries, averaging a remarkable 106.33.

In the 150th edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, the historic publication said 2012 witnessed a full flowering of the lavish batting talent announced so spectacularly on debut by Clarke in Bangalore in 2004.

"It began with 329 not out against India, the biggest Test innings ever played at the SCG, curtailed only by his own declaration, with (Don) Bradman's (and Mark Taylor's) highest Test scores of 334 one hit away.

"A double century followed at Adelaide before, at the start of the 2012-13 season, free-hitting back-to-back doubles against South Africa. He rounded off the year with his first century in a Boxing Day Test, against Sri Lanka. His score, 106, was also his calendar-year average; only Bradman, (Sir Garfield) Sobers and Ponting before him had reached New Year's Eve on such a plane. And his 2012 Test aggregate of 1595 placed him nearly 350 runs clear of his nearest rival, Alastair Cook.

Clarke said he felt very honoured to be named as Wisden's leading cricketer in the world.

Samuels joined them having excelled for the West Indies earlier in the summer in the face of defeat.

Of the overseas contingent, the inclusion of Kallis is most surprising. Not because he was deemed worthy, but that it had not already happened before.

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Amla and Steyn are equally strong picks, the key batsman and key bowler in the sport's most formidable unit.

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then put a vice-captaincy recommendation to the Cricket Australia Board for its approval.”

The timing of the Ashes squad announcement is yet to be confirmed.

SHANE WATSON STEPS DOWN AS AUSTRALIAN CRICKET VICE CAPTAIN. Australian bowler and batsman Shane Watson advised Cricket Australia that he wished to step down from the role of vice captain across all forms of the game.

Commenting on the decision, Watson said: “Making the decision to step down wasn’t easy but it’s something I’ve been thinking about since the Test series against India ended.” “ I think it’s the right time for a change for both the team and me. I’ll be honest and admit I wrestled with the decision for some time, however once I made up my mind, I informed Cricket Australia so the selectors could consider their options for the Ashes given the squads will be announced soon. “ I want to be the best Test player I can for Australia and think I can do that by stepping down from the vice-captaincy to focus my attention on scoring runs, taking wickets and doing whatever is necessary to help the team achieve success. I won’t be the vice-captain in title but I think I can still be a leader and strong contributor around the group.

Watson rang Australian chairman of Selectors John Inveraity and Australian Coach Mickey Arthur to advise them of my decision and the decision made by Watson and agreed with Shane that this is the best outcome for Watson and the rest of the Australian Team.

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“I thank Cricket Australia for the leadership opportunity over the past two years and I’m really looking forward to the this next phase. In my conversations with Mickey and Michael I reaffirmed my commitment to the team and support for them as we fight to win back the Ashes and get back to being ranked number on in the world,” Watson said.

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The Socceroos have booked a place in the FIFA World Cup in Rio Brazil 2014. After defeating Iraq 1-0 in the 81st minute. A sold out crowd witnessed Kennedy with a header into the back of the net to secure the match and a place in the Brazil.

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knew I had to give it everything at that moment. I had just gotten onto to Iris’ wheel when Maaeke came up to us.”

Emma Johansson Wins Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik

Initially, the trio collaborated in an effort to distance themselves from their former breakmates. As the gap approached 30”, Slappendel began to skip turns.

“Maaeke was keen to work with me, and Iris worked with us initially,” explained Johansson. “I think Iris thought Marianne would ride across to us, so she stopped working at some point. I’m still a bit fuzzy on the details. I was completely at my limit, so a lot of what happened is a bit of a blur.”

After consistently delivering podium results for the Australian squad, Emma Johansson won a three-up sprint in Gooik to take her well-deserved spot on the top step of the podium. It is the double Swedish National Champion’s first victory in ORI- “In the last lap, we still had 30” and we realised then MariCA-AIS colours and her second win of the season. anne probably wasn’t coming across,” Johansson continued.

“Iris attacked, and I shut her down. I tried to get Maaeke to “I’m very happy,” said Johansson. “I honestly didn’t know if I attack after that. I thought if she did, we could make Iris chase. was going to make it to the finish in that break today. I was so It was better for both of us to make Iris tired for the finish cooked.” after she had sat on for a bit. Maaeke didn’t attack, and I honestly can’t remember what happened after that until it was Johansson and Tiffany Cromwell were part of an eight rider time for the sprint. It’s just a black hole. I was hurting a lot.” escape group that formed over the helligen that peppered the opening loop of Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik. The first hill Johansson entered the final corner on Slappendel’s wheel. split the bunch, and all six of the ORICA-AIS riders made the Polspoel sat behind Johansson. first of three groups that formed. The gaps between the groups solidified over the next climb and on the cobbles. By “We were altogether when we came in for the final,” exthe time the race had hit the third hill, eight riders had split plained Johansson. “I kept telling myself ‘Hold it, hold it, hold away from 21 chasers. it. Wait, wait, wait.’ I knew I could beat Iris in the sprint, but I Johansson, Cromwell, Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv Giant), Iris Slappendel (Rabobank-Liv Giant), Jessie Daams (BoelsDolmans), Rossella Ratto (Hitec Products-UCK), Maaike Polspoel (Sengers Ladies) and Katarzyna Pawlowska (GSD Gestion – Kallisto) had 33” over the peloton as they crossed the finish line for the first time. With the 58 kilometre opening lap completed and seven local laps left to race, the eight leaders continued to work together, trading pulls to grow their advantage.

The gap stretched out to over a minute during the first local lap of 10.6 kilometres but fell to 36” during the second lap.

Despite the fluctuations, no team in the bunch could organise a chase strong enough to shut down the move. By lap three, the gap has pushed out to over one minute again. It would continue to grow as the laps ticked down.

“By lap three, we knew were in the race winning move,” said Cromwell. “Emma and I had a talk, and we decided we would wait until the last lap to attack. We planned to use the bit of a climb after the finish to make our move. We didn’t want to go any earlier because we were both struggling quite a bit. It had been a hard race – a hard three days of racing.”

The decisive action unfolded earlier than expected. On the penultimate lap, Vos accelerated on the hill where Cromwell had planned to make her move one lap later.

wasn’t sure about Maaeke. I went at 250 metres. I took the corner wide so neither of them could pass me on the outside, and I sprinted straight for the line after that.”

Johansson edged out Polspoel for the win. Slappendel rounded out the podium. Cromwell outkicked her group of five to win the sprint for fourth place.

“Once Emma was up the road, I just had to sit back, cover and relax,” said Cromwell. “My job was to make sure nothing went across, and there wasn’t ever any serious threat.”

“I knew I wanted to be on Vos’ wheel for the sprint, so I shoved my way there,” Cromwell continued. “The speed dropped dramatically as we entered the sprint. We were going so slow. It was still crawling even at 500, 400 metres to go.

When we hit 300 metres, I knew I had to jump. I can’t sprint if it’s really slow because I can’t match other people’s accelerations. I took the risk to jump first, and nobody came around me.”

Mathew Hayman Joins ORICAGreenEDGE

have been credited to his name. While his basked in his teammate’s glory repeatedly throughout his career, he considers his greatest accomplishment a personal result he achieved not on the cobbles of Belgium but on home soil.

ORICA-GreenEDGE is pleased to welcome a Classics specialist and well respected domestique, Mathew Hayman, to the team in 2014. Hayman has inked a two year contract with the Aus“The biggest moment of my career was winning the Commontralian outfit after having spent the last four years with Team wealth Games in front of a home crowd in ’06,” said Hayman.

Sky. “The day, the people, the emotions, wearing the Australian jersey – it was all unbelievable.”

“Mat Hayman is a very important inclusion into our roster for 2014,” said Sport Director Matt White. “To have him on board “I’ve snuck onto the podium a few times myself in the Clasand hopefully finish off his career with us is great news.” sics,” added Hayman. “That’s been an important achievement As an Australian, Hayman naturally had a keen interest in his homegrown team well before it became reality.

“I watched the team from the start,” said Hayman. “There was talk about it for five years leading up to getting a license and sponsors. I followed along the whole way. Watching it evolve and feeling the excitement in Australia to finally get a team it can support was great.”

A long time veteran of cycling, Hayman brings a wealth of knowledge with him.

as well. Next year I hope to do more sneaking onto the podium.”

Hayman credits Team Sky for a notable four years while he also looks forward to this opportunity with new riders at ORICA-GreenEDGE. “I have had a great four years at Sky,” said Hayman. “It was a wonderful experience, and I learned heaps.”

“I wasn’t part of the AIS so I don’t necessarily know all the Aussies on the team very well,” added Hayman. “I have spoken to everyone but this will be a new experience. The mates“With Mat, we get a lot of experience in a lot of different races manship and friendship on this team have been the basis of its and a great leader for our younger riders,” noted White. “He's success. Without it, it’s a hard sport.” crucial to a lot of things we want to achieve.”

Although many Australians have made their home in Girona, Spain, Hayman has chosen to lay his roots in Belgium in part due to his specialty on the cobbled roads of the Classics.

“I really enjoy the Classics – they are where I get my best results,” said Hayman. “My major focus will be to get the most out of the Classics in the next two years. I’d like to bring all my years of experience together and hope that I’m at the pointy end for all of them.”

In addition to his early season goals, Hayman also hopes to eke out a place in the ORICA-GreenEDGE Tour de France squad.

“It will be a lot of hard work to make the team, but I am motivated to make it happen,” added Hayman.

Because Hayman has played the role of domestique for much of his career, not all of the results he’s had a hand in

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England’s Ian Bell scored his 1500 run in the Afternoon session of the 5th Ashes Test on day three versus Australia in Test matches.

Australia’s Michael Clarke & Steve Smith put on 191 to be the highest 4th wicket partnership in Tests at Old Trafford. Previous best of 189 by Sanjay Manjrekar & Mohammad Azharuddin for India versus England in 1990.

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