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Maradona postpones his Australia tour - again

4:21 PM | After postponing his scheduled visit to Australia in January, Diego Maradona has pulled out of coming to Australia next week and his two shows have been postponed indefinitely.

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Victorian Sport Minister cannot wait for special game between Queensland and ... New Zealand

1:49 PM | It's rugby league's showpiece, and high-ranked Victorians have made no secret that they want more of it. Yet how much do they know about State of Origin?

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Boys in Blue: NSW go old school in search of Origin success

12:44 PM | A lock who was sentenced to jail, a five-eighth who has been warned that he faces jail, a captain who a Herald columnist once wrote should be in jail and a fullback who spent 18 months fighting allegations that would have landed him in jail are among the players who give NSW the best chance of winning Origin for seven years.

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Tale of two skippers: Gallen good to go, Smith laid low by flu

11:23 AM | NSW captain Paul Gallen has declared himself "good to go" ahead of State of Origin I on Wednesday night in Melbourne, while his Queensland counterpart Cameron Smith has been quarantined from his teammates due to illness.

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Besieged Blues feeling squeeze

3:00 AM | After a bright start, Carlton suffers a big loss at home to an energetic Adelaide Crows outfit.

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Embarrassing home video reignites fire for Swans

3:00 AM | NO pre-dawn icy dip at Coogee, no traipsing up and down the beach carrying house bricks, no push-ups on their bare knuckles on concrete. It was far less painful this time for the Swans.

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Travel-weary Giants

3:00 AM | Kevin Sheedy blames his side's gruelling travel schedule for 92-point belting by Lions.

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Shades of Blues keep repeating

3:00 AM | Great football teams have something going for them other than superstars.

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Many characters in search of a plot

3:00 AM | Football regularly tests character, even when things are supposedly going well.

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Harvey and Addison await panel verdict

3:00 AM | North Melbourne dynamo and Western Bulldogs negator wait to learn their fate.

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Roos' loss a debacle: Carey

3:00 AM | Players more culpable than coach for squandering seemingly match-winning lead.

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Rookie Jong delights Bulldogs

3:00 AM | Williamstown smashes Coburg Tigers by 59 points as Lin Jong stars.

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Ramsden delivers up front

3:00 AM | Andrew Ramsden kicks another bag of goals for Old Trinity.

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Unbeaten Frankel extends streak to 10

3:00 AM | Hype and momentum for clash of equine titans, Frankel and Black Caviar, set to intensify.

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The Pateman show is rolling on at the double

3:00 AM | Australia's leading jumps rider steers home two more winners at Mornington,

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Merrett's day out as Lions roar again

3:00 AM | Greater Western Sydney sent crashing back to earth with a thud.

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Rookie Reynolds runs show to make sure Souths don't lament Sandow defection

3:00 AM | CHRIS who? That's the $550,000 question South Sydney fans were asking last night after rookie halfback Adam Reynolds slotted the match-winning field goal against St George Illawarra.

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Poor form to blame for Blues snub, says Soward

3:00 AM | JAMIE SOWARD believes his early-season form - or lack of it - justified Ricky Stuart's decision to overlook the incumbent five-eighth for this year's State of Origin opener.

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