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Brisbane Times

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Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

England didn’t just lose the first Ashes Test in Perth. They suffered one of their most bruising defeats in Australia.

23.11.2025 8

WA Today

Oliver Brown

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

England didn’t just lose the first Ashes Test in Perth. They suffered one of their most bruising defeats in Australia.

23.11.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

England didn’t just lose the first Ashes Test in Perth. They suffered one of their most bruising defeats in Australia.

23.11.2025 8

The Age

Oliver Brown

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

England didn’t just lose the first Ashes Test in Perth. They suffered one of their most bruising defeats in Australia.

23.11.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

England didn’t just lose the first Ashes Test in Perth. They suffered one of their most bruising defeats in Australia.

23.11.2025 8

WA Today

Oliver Brown

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

England didn’t just lose the first Ashes Test in Perth. They suffered one of their most bruising defeats in Australia.

23.11.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

England didn’t just lose the first Ashes Test in Perth. They suffered one of their most bruising defeats in Australia.

23.11.2025 10

The Age

Oliver Brown

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

England didn’t just lose the first Ashes Test in Perth. They suffered one of their most bruising defeats in Australia.

23.11.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown

How a decade of IOC dithering enabled one of sport’s great scandals

How a decade of IOC dithering enabled one of sport’s great scandals

The bureaucrats in Lausanne could have resolved this absurdity 10 years ago, but finally a resolution nears.

11.11.2025 8

WA Today

Oliver Brown

How a decade of IOC dithering enabled one of sport’s great scandals

How a decade of IOC dithering enabled one of sport’s great scandals

The bureaucrats in Lausanne could have resolved this absurdity 10 years ago, but finally a resolution nears.

11.11.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

How a decade of IOC dithering enabled one of sport’s great scandals

How a decade of IOC dithering enabled one of sport’s great scandals

The bureaucrats in Lausanne could have resolved this absurdity 10 years ago, but finally a resolution nears.

11.11.2025 8

The Age

Oliver Brown

How a decade of IOC dithering enabled one of sport’s great scandals

How a decade of IOC dithering enabled one of sport’s great scandals

The bureaucrats in Lausanne could have resolved this absurdity 10 years ago, but finally a resolution nears.

11.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown

‘Xenophobic frat-boy viciousness’: Trump’s America laid bare at Ryder Cup

Rabble-rousers interested in nothing but subjecting the Europeans to relentless venom turned the Ryder Cup into an unedifying experience.

30.09.2025 10

WA Today

Oliver Brown

‘Xenophobic frat-boy viciousness’: Trump’s America laid bare at Ryder Cup

Rabble-rousers interested in nothing but subjecting the Europeans to relentless venom turned the Ryder Cup into an unedifying experience.

30.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

‘Xenophobic frat-boy viciousness’: Trump’s America laid bare at Ryder Cup

Rabble-rousers interested in nothing but subjecting the Europeans to relentless venom turned the Ryder Cup into an unedifying experience.

30.09.2025 9

The Age

Oliver Brown

‘Xenophobic frat-boy viciousness’: Trump’s America laid bare at Ryder Cup

Rabble-rousers interested in nothing but subjecting the Europeans to relentless venom turned the Ryder Cup into an unedifying experience.

30.09.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown

Un-Australian, tepid and toothless. Wallabies slammed over first Test performance

It wasn’t just a gulf in class between the Lions and the Wallabies - it was a chasm. And a whitewash is on the cards.

20.07.2025 9

WA Today

Oliver Brown

Un-Australian, tepid and toothless. Wallabies slammed over first Test performance

It wasn’t just a gulf in class between the Lions and the Wallabies - it was a chasm. And a whitewash is on the cards.

20.07.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

Un-Australian, tepid and toothless. Wallabies slammed over first Test performance

It wasn’t just a gulf in class between the Lions and the Wallabies - it was a chasm. And a whitewash is on the cards.

20.07.2025 8

The Age

Oliver Brown

Un-Australian, tepid and toothless. Wallabies slammed over first Test performance

It wasn’t just a gulf in class between the Lions and the Wallabies - it was a chasm. And a whitewash is on the cards.

20.07.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown

Gary Lineker has no one to blame but himself for exiting BBC in disgrace

Britain’s highest-profile television presenter considered himself bulletproof. That level of hubris is ultimately what caused his demise.

20.05.2025 5

WA Today

Oliver Brown

Gary Lineker has no one to blame but himself for exiting BBC in disgrace

Britain’s highest-profile television presenter considered himself bulletproof. That level of hubris is ultimately what caused his demise.

20.05.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

Gary Lineker has no one to blame but himself for exiting BBC in disgrace

Britain’s highest-profile television presenter considered himself bulletproof. That level of hubris is ultimately what caused his demise.

20.05.2025 20

The Age

Oliver Brown

Gary Lineker has no one to blame but himself for exiting BBC in disgrace

Britain’s highest-profile television presenter considered himself bulletproof. That level of hubris is ultimately what caused his demise.

20.05.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown

Sam Kerr the victim of white privilege? Give me a break

Just when you think you have seen an athlete do something indefensible, you are told it was all a justified reaction to the patriarchy, to the white...

17.02.2025 10

WA Today

Oliver Brown

Sam Kerr the victim of white privilege? Give me a break

Just when you think you have seen an athlete do something indefensible, you are told it was all a justified reaction to the patriarchy, to the white...

17.02.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

Sam Kerr the victim of white privilege? Give me a break

Just when you think you have seen an athlete do something indefensible, you are told it was all a justified reaction to the patriarchy, to the white...

17.02.2025 20

The Age

Oliver Brown

Sam Kerr the victim of white privilege? Give me a break

Just when you think you have seen an athlete do something indefensible, you are told it was all a justified reaction to the patriarchy, to the white...

17.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown

Novak has signed one of his fiercest rivals as his coach for the Australian Open. Will it work?

Novak Djokovic might just have produced tennis’s greatest curveball yet. Even by the standards of his Melbourne theatrics, encompassing 10 titles...

24.11.2024 3

WA Today

Oliver Brown

Novak has signed one of his fiercest rivals as his coach for the Australian Open. Will it work?

Novak Djokovic might just have produced tennis’s greatest curveball yet. Even by the standards of his Melbourne theatrics, encompassing 10 titles...

24.11.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

Novak has signed one of his fiercest rivals as his coach for the Australian Open. Will it work?

Novak Djokovic might just have produced tennis’s greatest curveball yet. Even by the standards of his Melbourne theatrics, encompassing 10 titles...

24.11.2024 2

The Age

Oliver Brown

Novak has signed one of his fiercest rivals as his coach for the Australian Open. Will it work?

Novak Djokovic might just have produced tennis’s greatest curveball yet. Even by the standards of his Melbourne theatrics, encompassing 10 titles...

24.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown

The haka is overused, and it is absurd to stand there and simply watch it

Sometimes it can feel as if the haka’s primal intensity is diluted by its sheer ubiquity. Take the recent America’s Cup, where New Zealand skipper...

31.10.2024 3

WA Today

Oliver Brown

The haka is overused, and it is absurd to stand there and simply watch it

Sometimes it can feel as if the haka’s primal intensity is diluted by its sheer ubiquity. Take the recent America’s Cup, where New Zealand skipper...

31.10.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

The haka is overused, and it is absurd to stand there and simply watch it

Sometimes it can feel as if the haka’s primal intensity is diluted by its sheer ubiquity. Take the recent America’s Cup, where New Zealand skipper...

31.10.2024 3

The Age

Oliver Brown

The haka is overused, and it is absurd to stand there and simply watch it

Sometimes it can feel as if the haka’s primal intensity is diluted by its sheer ubiquity. Take the recent America’s Cup, where New Zealand skipper...

31.10.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown

Cricket’s horror in indulging Afghanistan under Taliban must be stopped

It was the “unveiling” video that triggered the nausea. Hashmatullah Shahidi and Tim Southee, the Test captains of Afghanistan and New Zealand,...

18.09.2024 3

WA Today

Oliver Brown

Cricket’s horror in indulging Afghanistan under Taliban must be stopped

It was the “unveiling” video that triggered the nausea. Hashmatullah Shahidi and Tim Southee, the Test captains of Afghanistan and New Zealand,...

18.09.2024 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

Cricket’s horror in indulging Afghanistan under Taliban must be stopped

It was the “unveiling” video that triggered the nausea. Hashmatullah Shahidi and Tim Southee, the Test captains of Afghanistan and New Zealand,...

18.09.2024 4

The Age

Oliver Brown

Cricket’s horror in indulging Afghanistan under Taliban must be stopped

It was the “unveiling” video that triggered the nausea. Hashmatullah Shahidi and Tim Southee, the Test captains of Afghanistan and New Zealand,...

18.09.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown

Tennis drug testers have lost all credibility over Sinner silence

When the men’s world No 1 is cleared of any fault or negligence in a doping investigation, you might expect his peers to circle the wagons in...

21.08.2024 1

WA Today

Oliver Brown

Tennis drug testers have lost all credibility over Sinner silence

When the men’s world No 1 is cleared of any fault or negligence in a doping investigation, you might expect his peers to circle the wagons in...

21.08.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Oliver Brown

Tennis drug testers have lost all credibility over Sinner silence

When the men’s world No 1 is cleared of any fault or negligence in a doping investigation, you might expect his peers to circle the wagons in...

21.08.2024 1

The Age

Oliver Brown

Tennis drug testers have lost all credibility over Sinner silence

When the men’s world No 1 is cleared of any fault or negligence in a doping investigation, you might expect his peers to circle the wagons in...

21.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Oliver Brown