Mollie O’Callaghan reveals she has spinal fractures ahead of Commonwe…

Mollie O’Callaghan reveals she has spinal fractures ahead of Commonwealth Games

But Olympic champion has been cleared to swim in Glasgow
Fellow Australian Shayna Jack announces she will retire

Australian Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan had been told to “stop swimming immediately” last month because of spinal stress fractures, but has been cleared to race at next week’s Commonwealth Games. rocore.sbs

O’Callaghan, the reigning Olympic 200m freestyle champion, revealed her anguish in the run-up to the games in Glasgow, which begin on 23 July, and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in California in August.

AFL removes Nicky Winmar from Australian Football Hall of Fame after assault conviction

Former player found guilty of three assault charges against woman
AFL commission says ‘violence against women has no place’

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The AFL has removed Nicky Winmar from the Australian Football Hall of Fame after the former St Kilda and Western Bulldogs player was in June found guilty of three assault charges involving violence against women.

Winmar, who retired from playing in 1999 after 251 AFL games, was finally inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022 after having been eligible since 2005 – a move widely lauded at the time given the Saints great’s feats on the field and the famous stand he took against racism.

‘Diego, give us a hand’: Argentina v England revives historic tensions

Decades after the Falklands war and Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal, the fixture is once again being discussed as far more than a game

When Argentina’s national football team burst into the dressing room after beating Switzerland 3-1, they celebrated by singing The Fourth Star, the country’s unofficial World Cup anthem.

“For Malvinas, for Diego,” Lionel Messi and his teammates chanted, invoking both the Falkland Islands – known as Islas Malvinas in Argentina – and their football legend Diego Maradona.

El partido de la reflexión que juegan Leo Messi y Scaloni entre tantas emociones

Así como lo había hecho Carlos Bilardo en la previa de aquel inolvidable cruce cuartos de final en el Mundial 86, así como lo había contado Diego Maradona en la previa de aquel partido que lo consagró para todos los tiempos, recorriendo el camino del sentido común e intentando que todos los componentes extrafutbolísticos queden a un costado, los dos Lionel transitan las últimas horas hacia un Argentina-Inglaterra colosal. Scaloni y Messi saben que se trata de un partido desbordado por las emociones. Entonces, apuntan a hacer foco exclusivamente en el juego. A no perder el eje. Al cabo, ahí estará el secreto de todo.

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Scaloni Calls England Match 'Just Football'

Forty years after the famous 1986 World Cup quarterfinal between Argentina and England, current Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has repeated a phrase used by Diego Maradona and his predecessor Carlos Bilardo before that match: 'It's just a football match.' The statement comes ahead of Wednesday's quarterfinal clash between the two nations in the 2026 World Cup.

Scaloni, who led Argentina to their 2022 World Cup victory, sought to downplay the intense rivalry that has characterized previous encounters between these two footballing powerhouses, particularly the controversial 1986 match in Mexico where Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal became legendary.

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