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Matildas have AFLW to thank for pay parity

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Original article by Michael Bailey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 7-Nov-19

Deakin University’s Professor David Shilbury says the success of the women’s Australian Football League was a major driver of the pay-parity deal for the national women’s soccer team. He notes that negotiations over new pay deals for female cricketers and soccer players only made progress following the AFLW’s launch in 2017, which provided those sports with competition for female athletes.

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DEAKIN UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AFLW, FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED, MATILDAS, SOCCEROOS, CRICKET AUSTRALIA

Tedesco on the cusp of the game’s greatest season

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Original article by Brent Read
The Australian – Page: 32 & 31 : 3-Oct-19

Sydney Roosters fullback James Tedesco has won the National Rugby League’s prestigious Dally M Medal for 2019. Tedesco was widely expected to win the award for player of the year, while Melbourne Storm’s Cameron Smith was the runner-up. Tedesco, who has also won the 2019 Brad Fittler and Wally Lewis awards, will be seeking to cap a stellar season with a victory against the Canberra Raiders in the NRL Grand Final on 6 October.

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SYDNEY ROOSTERS RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, CANBERRA RAIDERS

England win fifth Test to draw Ashes series but Australia keep urn

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Original article by Vic Marks
theguardian.com – Page: Online : 16-Sep-19

England has won the fifth Ashes test at The Oval by 135 runs, after bowling Australia out for 263. The win meant that it was the first time since 1972 that an Ashes series had ended in a draw, with Australia having already retained the Ashes. Matt Wade scored a defiant 117, while Steve Smith was an obvious choice for the Compton/Miller award for the man of the series, having scored 774 runs. Opener David Warner scored just 95 runs for the series, with Stuart Board dismissing him in seven of Warner’s 10 innings.

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Dream in tatters: doping spotlight on Rioli

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Original article by Courtney Walsh
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 13-Sep-19

West Coast Eagles football player Willie Rioli has been stood down by the club after it was revealed ASADA has alleged he substituted a urine sample during a drug test in August. Former ASADA chief Richard Ings says it ‘can never be for a good reason’ when someone substitutes a urine sample, and it is an act that normally results in a four-year ban. Rioli will not play for the Eagles, who are seeking to defend their 2018 premiership, for the rest of the season, but he can still train with them.

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WEST COAST EAGLES FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY

Second Smith hit could be catastrophic: expert

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Original article by Jill Margo
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 20-Aug-19

Dr Adrian Cohen says Steve Smith should not be allowed to play in the third Ashes cricket test, which starts on 22 August. Smith was hit on the neck during the second Test and became the first player to be replaced under international cricket’s new concussion substitution rule. Cohen is the founder of concussion research and advocacy organisation Headspace. He says the brain needs around eight to 10 days to recover from concussion, and any blow to Smith’s head or neck before the end of that period could prove fatal.

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IOC rule flip puts Brisbane in frame

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Original article by Wayne Smith
The Australian – Page: 2 : 28-Jun-19

Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says changes to the Olympic Charter will boost the chances of southeast Queensland bidding for the 2032 Summer Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee has traditionally selected the host city just seven years before the event, but it has agreed to extend this to up to 12 years. Southeast Queensland is already widely regarded as the favourite to win the 2032 Olympics, and IOC president Thomas Bach has praised Brisbane’s feasibility study on hosting the world’s biggest sporting event.

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BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL, INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET

Exercise isn’t always good

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Original article by Jill Margo
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 4-May-19

Robert Newton says that exercise should not be viewed as a ‘single medicine’ and should be tailored to an individual’s needs. Newton, who is professor of exercise medicine at Edith Cowan University, contends poor prescribing of exercise for those with chronic disease can compromise patient health and possibly their survival. He said he was amazed when the Oncology Society of Australia announced in May 2018 that exercise should become part of standard practice in cancer treatment.

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY

AFL kicking goals as Toyota signs record $18.5m annual sponsorship deal

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian – Page: 21 & 24 : 15-Mar-19

Toyota has renewed its naming-rights sponsorship deal with the Australian Football League until 2023. The car-make will pay $18.5m a year to be the AFL’s major sponsor, compared with $16m annually under its current deal. As part of the new deal, Toyota will also become the AFL’s official community partner, as well as the official automotive partner of the women’s AFL competition. The AFL’s latest financial report shows that it boasted revenue of more than $200m from commercial operations in 2018, including sponsorship packages.

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AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, TENNIS AUSTRALIA, KIA MOTORS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Village halts plans for more Topgolf centres

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 17-Jan-19

Village Roadshow is believed to have put the rollout of its Topgolf venture on hold. Village Roadshow opened the first of eight propose Topgolf venues in mid-2018, but the company is said to have halted the rollout until the performance of the Gold Coast venue can be ascertained. Meanwhile, Village Roadshow’s deputy chairman John Kirby is pushing for asset sales and the removal of executive chairman Robert Kirby and CEO Graham Burke.

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VILLAGE ROADSHOW LIMITED – ASX VRL, TOPGOLF, WET `N’ WILD WATER PARK, K CAPITAL PTY LTD, ARNOLD BLOCH LEIBLER

Governing body happy with series attendances but ODIs face uphill fight

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Original article by Jon Pierik
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 51 : 13-Nov-18

Attendances for Australia’s recent three-match one-day cricket internationals series against South Africa have been described as modest. Ratings for the matches on Fox Sports were probably only a third of what they would have been if they had been on free-to-air television. Cricket Australia is hoping for better attendances and ratings when the first of four Twenty20 internationals begin at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast on 17 November.

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CRICKET AUSTRALIA, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD