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	<title>Crikey &#187; Charlie Happell</title>
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		<title>Thorpe comeback: Jordan-esque success or Schu-like failure?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/03/thorpe-comeback-a-jordan-esque-success-or-schumacher-like-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 London Olympics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do sporting greats make comebacks? Because they're competitors who get off on competing and never really get used to a world where the adulation and applause has died down, writes <i>Back Page Lead</i>'s <b>Charles Happell</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The end of the road for lil&#8217; Lleyton Hewitt?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/20/the-end-of-the-road-for-lil-lleyton/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/20/the-end-of-the-road-for-lil-lleyton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lleyton Hewitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tennis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Surely now, even the hyper-competitive little man from Adelaide -- who has more than made up for his physical shortcomings in 14 years of Grand Slam tennis with an unparalleled strength of mind -- must see the writing on the wall: his days of winning the biggest tournaments are over.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>AFL betting &#8230; and a sledgehammer to crush walnuts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/06/afl-betting-and-a-sledgehammer-to-crush-walnuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/06/afl-betting-and-a-sledgehammer-to-crush-walnuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 03:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The AFL again has reached for its sledgehammer in handing out hefty penalties to six AFL figures caught betting on matches. Perhaps the League should save the leg-irons and manacles for the time they catch out some <em>real</em> crooks.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Malthouse has form when it comes to losing his temper</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/12/malthouse-has-form-when-it-comes-to-losing-his-temper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/12/malthouse-has-form-when-it-comes-to-losing-his-temper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daryl Timms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mick Malthouse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a former chief football reporter for the <em>West Australian</em>, <b>Charles Happell</b> has seen Mick Malthouse's temper many times first hand. And Malthouse's latest spray -- calling St Kilda's Stephen Milne a "f%cking rapist" -- doesn't surprise him.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Howard, the diplomat, may prevail as ICC president</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/03/howard-the-diplomat-may-prevail-as-icc-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/03/howard-the-diplomat-may-prevail-as-icc-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Chappell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international cricket council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The appointment of John Howard as International Cricket Council president from 2012 is more due to his diplomatic nous and less because of his awful bowling technique.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
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		<title>Any sport in a storm: Coates and Co cop a reality check</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/any-sport-in-a-storm-coates-and-co-cop-a-reality-check/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/any-sport-in-a-storm-coates-and-co-cop-a-reality-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Olympic Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crawford Review of Australian Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympic funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olympic games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a moment when we’ve just emerged from recession, when childhood obesity in Australia is at an all-time high and when some state schools have little or no sporting equipment -- let alone PE teachers -- David Crawford’s report into Olympic funding couldn't have come at a better time.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carey and Cousins may be buffoons but don&#8217;t be too quick to judge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/carey-and-cousins-may-be-buffoons-but-dont-be-too-quick-to-judge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/carey-and-cousins-may-be-buffoons-but-dont-be-too-quick-to-judge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Cousins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wayne carey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The behaviour of sporting bad boys has pulled apart by all manner of social commentators in the last few years, some thought-provoking, others laughably simplistic. Just examine Ben Cousins and Wayne Carey.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Taxpayers can&#8217;t separate Tiger Woods from its IMG fees</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/taxpayers-cant-separate-tiger-woods-from-its-img-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/taxpayers-cant-separate-tiger-woods-from-its-img-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Management Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the rest of the country slowly pulls itself out of recession, a full-scale Tiger Woods-led recovery will be raging down in a little suburban pocket of south-east Melbourne.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swimming now a contender for title of worst-run sport</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/swimming-now-a-contender-for-title-of-worst-run-sport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/swimming-now-a-contender-for-title-of-worst-run-sport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[FINA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grant Hackett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swimming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swimsuits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Swimming is now a laughing stock, with its shoddy performance over the past few days at the FINA World Championships in Rome.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>This isn&#8217;t the first time Buckley&#8217;s snubbed the Roos</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/this-isnt-the-first-time-buckleys-snubbed-the-shinboners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/this-isnt-the-first-time-buckleys-snubbed-the-shinboners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Buckley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Melbourne football club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nathan Buckley’s decision yesterday to spurn North Melbourne -- one of the AFL clubs hoping to secure him as senior coach in 2010 -– in favour of an assistant coaching role at Collingwood had many old-time Kangaroo officials shaking their heads ruefully.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Code of silence: the murky mix of stars, sex and sports writers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/code-of-silence-the-murky-mix-of-stars-s-x-and-sports-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/15/code-of-silence-the-murky-mix-of-stars-s-x-and-sports-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Johns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roy Masters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As well as bringing into focus that culture, the Johns Affair also raises questions about the sometimes murky relationship between sportswriters and their sport.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why St Kilda vs. Geelong should be at the MCG</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/why-st-kilda-vs-geelong-should-be-at-the-mcg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/why-st-kilda-vs-geelong-should-be-at-the-mcg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etihad Stadium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geelong football club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Kilda football club]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=55165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The St Kilda and Geelong match in Round 14 should be moved from Etihad Stadium to the MCG.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reviled John Elliott: the man who saved Carlton FC</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/28/reviled-john-elliott-the-man-who-saved-carlton-fc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/28/reviled-john-elliott-the-man-who-saved-carlton-fc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carlton Football Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Elliott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Pratt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the time has come for the Blue Army to raise a glass in Big Jack Elliott’s honour.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bet fixing in Monte Carlo ATP match?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/bet-fixing-in-monte-carlo-atp-match/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/bet-fixing-in-monte-carlo-atp-match/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Igor Andreev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Vassallo Arguello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[match fixing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tennis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The spectre of the dreaded "m" word -- match-fixing -- continues to linger over tennis following an extraordinary round-one match in the Monte Carlo Masters this week.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>D&#8217;Arcy and Dajka parallels cannot be ignored</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/08/darcy-and-dajka-parallels-cannot-be-ignored/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/08/darcy-and-dajka-parallels-cannot-be-ignored/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad behaviour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobie Dajka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick D'arcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swimming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two men and two similar stories should give every sporting administrator in this country pause for thought -- and especially those at Swimming Australia.]]></description>
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