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Sportsmanship is dead: It's all about winning the Ponting, Botham and Miandad way

The so-called sporting tradition has given way to a relentless pursuit for the winners' podium. Any notion that it still has a spirit worth protecting died with Bob Woolmer. Posted April 17, 2007 by Craig Hackney

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It's Australia, South Africa or India - and I take Graeme Smith to lift the World Cup

The tournament has never been so open and with so much talent on show, it's hard to pick a winner. But three teams stand out as genuine contenders to be world champions. Posted March 06, 2007 by Matt Genner

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Indian cricket: Tendulkar, Sehwag and Ganguly are big business, not sport!

The game is all about money and profit these days but the BCCI should be putting the interests of the country's millions of cricket fans first. Posted April 03, 2007 by Indira Chatterjee

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Kelleher the key as All Blacks prepare their Italian job

After the taunts about being chokers, the form team of the last four years will make a statement in Friday's Rugby World Cup opener. But they won't reveal too much too early against the Azzurri. Posted September 01, 2007 by James Mortimer

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IPL not cricket? It's going to be the saving of the game!

The Indian Premier League has got off to a rip-roaring start with full houses crammed in to see the best in the world take each other on in scintillating style. Instead of criticising, we should be enjoying a ride which is going to see cricket take on baseball. Posted April 21, 2008 by Mark Rivlin

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All Blacks out for a French revel as Henry rings the changes

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has rotated his squad with six new faces lining up for this weekend's second Test in Wellington. Posted June 06, 2007 by Scott Donaldson

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Goodbye Knight Riders, you were high on IPL drama but low on substance

Franchise owner Shah Rukh Khan brought together the cream of world cricket to take the IPL by storm. But it all turned sour as controversy off the pitch, and a lack of teamwork on it, sent the Bollywood star's boys tumbling out of the tournament. He couldn't have performed the script better himself. Posted May 22, 2008 by Thomas Josey

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Is today's lust for viewing figures pushing cricket towards the gutter?

It's a far cry from the days of Christians fighting lions in the Coiosseum in Rome, but the motives are much the same - excitement and entertainment. But do we really need the Jackass, Fear-Factor-style mindset in cricket today? Posted May 08, 2008 by Greg Smith

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Defiant Ponting not ready to hand over Australia's No.1 world ranking

After a disappointing series defeat by India, the Baggy Greens will be keen to regroup against New Zealand and South Africa. Posted November 16, 2008 by James Mortimer

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It's a record as six-sational McCullum gets Kolkata off to storming IPL start

After all the hype, the tournament got under way in Bangalore with a bang. The game was over as a contest after the hosts collapsed but no-one will ever forget Brendon McCullum's incredible unbeaten 158 for the Knightriders - the best knock in Twenty20 history. Posted April 18, 2008 by ganesh s

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