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FFA launch Indig soccer plan
Australian soccer powerbrokers have set an ambitious 10 year-target to boost the numbers of Indigenous players in the sport. With the AFL and NRL both making significant strides forward in Indigenous player numbers of late, Football Federation Australia plans on following suite and wants Indigenous players to comprise at least five per cent of players […]
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Presto steps up
Deputizing for the injured Scott Prince in the half back role, Preston Campbell led the Titans to their second win of the season, downing the Bulldogs 20-12 at a rain soaked Skilled Park last night. Young Indigenous star Esi Tonga also scored his first try of the season in the second half to keep the […]
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Night of Black Stars rocks The Block
Aboriginal boxing made a triumphant return to Redfern with the first Night of the Black Stars. Despite torrential rain, the “House Full” sign went up and latecomers were turned away as a sellout crowd of more than 800 people crammed into the bigtop at The Block on Black Friday, the anniversary of the national apology […]
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League legend fights for life
Indigenous rugby league legend Dale Shearer is fighting for his life in Brisbane’s Royal Hospital after being involved in a horrific car crash. Shearer was returning to his Peregian Springs home on Saturday night after celebrating a friend’s birthday at a Noosaville restaurant. The accident occurred around 11pm along the Sunshine mwy. Shearer was pulled […]
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Sandow visit inspires youth
NRL player Chris Sandow describes his first visit to a juvenile justice centre as “a privilege”. “Some of them might have done the wrong thing, but I felt really honoured to be invited to meet them and have a yarn to them,” says the young Rabbitohs star after visiting Indigenous youth at the Acmena Juvenile […]
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Mundine backs next-gen black stars
Fresh from his victory over Shannan Taylor, Anthony Mundine is looking forward to watching the next generation of Aboriginal boxing stars in action for the ‘Night of Black Stars’ at The Block tomorrow. “I did what I had to do, it got a bit desperate at times and got a bit dirty, but I knew […]
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Mundine outpoints ‘Blaster’
Anthony Mundine has passed his first test in the middleweight division with flying colors, outpointing fellow Australian and former world title challenger Shannon Taylor in Wollongong last night. In a scrappy bout that saw Taylor, known as the ‘Bulli Blaster’, resort to dirty tactics on a number of occasions, Mundine set the pace from the […]
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Night of the Black Stars
Indigenous Boxing Academy launched at historic Redfern Event Sydney, Australia: Aboriginal Boxing, basketball and culture will make a triumphant return to the Aboriginal heartland of Redfern on Black Friday, Friday 13th of February, 2009, as part of a major community event to raise funding for the Indigenous Sporting Academy and Indigenous Boxing Academy. The event […]
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David Williams
This month’s health tips are from international soccer star, David Williams, currently playing for Danish club Brondby FC. What kind of training do you do? We train five times a week, which is roughly two hours a day, which is ten am to noon. We have a whole range of warm-ups and slow drills, then […]
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Bowen, Thurston on track for comeback
Matt Bowen is on track for a surprise NRL return in North Queensland’s round one clash with Brisbane. Bowen missed much of the 2008 season after undergoing knee surgery in July and has just begun light running for the first time since the operation. The Cowboys have described Bowen’s rehabilitation from the surgery as “encouraging” […]
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Magic Rabbit
Deadly Vibe Issue 139 In 2008, South Sydney pulled a rabbit out of the hat in the form of precocious young half-back Chris Sandow. Chris’s electric play energised the Bunnies to a mid-season revival and paved the way to Dally M Rookie of the Year honours. Deadly Vibe catches up with Chris to chat about […]
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A League of his Own
In the midst of rugby league’s 100th year celebrations, Deadly Vibe catches up with one of the sport’s true legends – the one and only Arthur Beetson. Some sportsmen reach such amazing heights during their careers, the impression they leave behind not only canonises them in the sporting history forever; it changes the very fabric […]
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Mundine on track for middleweight showdown
Fighting for only the second time in the middleweight division, Anthony Mundine outpointed Uruguayan opponent Rafael Sosa Pintos over ten rounds at the Whitlam Centre in Sydney’s West last night. While the two time super middleweight champion entered the ring in an unusually subdued mood, once the opening bell sounded the Aboriginal boxer was all […]
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North joins new A-League franchise
Socceroo defender Jade North has become the first big name signing of the new North Queensland A-League franchise that will begin competing in the 2009/10 season. After recently missing out on a European contract, North may now remain on Australian shores long term after the North Queensland franchise presented the 26 year-old with a lucrative […]
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Thurston inspires Kangaroos win
Overcoming a family tragedy the night before, Johnathan Thurston has produced one of his most polished displays at the international level, leading the Kangaroos to an impressive 30 to 6 win over New Zealand and earning Man of the Match honours. The Australian team wore black armbands as a sign of respect for the tragedy […]
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Campbell honoured to lead Dreamtime team
Gold Coast Titans star Preston Campbell has described his appointment as Captain of the Indigenous Dreamtime team set to play New Zealand Maori this weekend as the equal of any of his achievements in the game thus far, including his Dally M Player of the Year Medal and Premiership triumph with Penrith in 2003. The […]
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