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Enlarge textBlackburn Rovers are rightly considered one of the staples of the EPL – they won the league in 1995 and remain just one of four clubs to have won the revamped Premier League.
Steve Kean, a man with no prior managerial experience, replaced Sam Allardyce as manager. (Getty)
topMen's final, strap yourselves in
Tonight’s Australian Open men’s final is a clash of the titans – and one
from which I expect Rafael Nadal to emerge victorious.
Just.
Rafael Nadal will verse Novak Djokovic in the 2012 Australian Open final. (AAP)
Already everyone’s billing the Australian Open women’s final as the "shrieker vs the screamer", as Maria Sharapova prepares to take on Victoria Azarenka.
Ridiculously, Channel Seven had a decibel meter on centre court to measure Sharapova%u2019s shrieks. (AP)
Windies legend Holding talks to SBS
Michael Holding says he never expected anything like a film would be made on the now legendary Windies team.
Cricket Australia finally wields the axe
As heads roll, seven months after the Ashes debacle, most seem to be saying “about time”.
Andrew Hilditch has been dumped as chairman of selectors, with a new full-time chairman to be appointed to a five-man panel. (AAP)
Not Kewell – the ultimatum when you don’t have an ultimatum
The ongoing – and seemingly never-ending – Harry Kewell saga is symptomatic of the indecisiveness now engulfing Melbourne Victory.
Harry Kewell. (AAP)
James Magnussen’s superb victory in the 100m freestyle at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai was a landmark moment in Australian sport.
James Magnussen. (AAP)
Nathan Djerrkura is using his father as inspiration, both on and off the football field.
Nathan Djerkurra took time out to chat to SBS reporter Glenn Osborne. (SBS)
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