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Mystery, murder and McGurk

The death of standover man Michael McGurk has made big news this morning, with senior ALP MPs and Socceroo Lucas Neill now embroiled in the aftermath.

Socceroos’ tournament of living dangerously

The Socceroos’ year of living dangerously reaches a moment of truth tonight when The Asian Cup favourites face Iraq in Bangkok. With Thailand having secured all 3 points against Oman in last nights other Group A match, a win for The Aussies tonight is essential if they are to top the group heading into the knockout stage of the competition.

Lucas Neill, where art thou?

That was the silent cry from the fans on The Kop at Anfield as Liverpool crashed to earth in spectacular fashion this week.

It began and ended with a penalty kick

Just as the Socceroos’ experience of Germany 2006 began so elatedly with a John Aloisi penalty kick against Uruguay last year, so it ended with a penalty kick by Italian Francesco Totti.

All over in the blast of a whistle

If you happened to sleep through last night’s World Cup action, we have good news and bad news.