Tasmanian Times
Sport
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1.1KYoung female scientist to join international team in Antarctica
Miss Bliss in action, top, in the Dove canyon near Cradle Mountain where she works as a canyoning guide. Miss Bliss, bottom,...
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FIFA and Blatter: how money and sport are joined at the hip
Sepp Blatter … The nail-biting penalty shoot out that has been taking place in FIFA during the past week has been fully...
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Flicking footy tipping
Yes, I know, betting in sport is big business. I accept that the genie is well and truly out of the proverbial...
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Passing of a legend …
Former Australia cricket captain and renowned commentator Richie Benaud has died aged 84. He had been receiving treatment for skin cancer since...
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Gone to the dogs …
It was 30 years ago and I was not long back from five years or so in Pomland. I was working part-time...
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Just not cricket – how Channel Nine is destroying a legacy
Something weird happened during India’s recent Test tour of Australia. On television sets across a nation, not just once but over and...
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The Hobart Cup demo …
During 2014, 124 racehorses died on the track in Australia. Catching the most public attention were the two horses that died during...
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Conversations under an acacia tree and at a coal mine blockade
I was sitting under the shade of an acacia tree on a few rickety old chairs that a grade five student had...
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St Andrews – Home of “Golfe”
Background: This was a background piece for the 1984 British Open. Ian Baker-Finch, 23, was a tall, nice lad from Nambour, Queensland,...
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Elite sport remains a cesspit of casual misogyny
The message from Di Patston was desperate. “I am sitting here in the team room doing my job and I can’t stop...
